Pregnancy snacking top tips?

[TheGrandOldDuke]

I'm determined not to fall off the wagon this time, so please can people let me know their best healthy pregnancy snack ideas?
I've managed to wean myself off caffeine pretty quickly, but don't want to create a baby out of salt and vinegar Mccoys. But I am thoroughly uninspired. What should be on my shopping list??
Thanks

I'm finding this difficult also. I can't cope without carbs as I just feel sick and feeble and yet haven't the energy to cook and sickness is putting me off most things.

Therefore:
Usual quick healthy snacks - fruit, raw veg, bags of dried fruit and nuts, fruit juice, cereal bars and weirdly for me, milk. Keeps me going until I can think of something needing more effort.
I sometimes take tins of soup to work for hot warming drinks instead of coffee and tea which might also provide some nutrition. On the odd enthusiastic week I've made my own soup which doesn't take too long and you can freeze some.
Also have found having a slightly more substantial salad helps - try tin of mixed salad beans, half a finely chopped onion, a few tomatos and some olive oil and salt and pepper as a base. You can then add some spinach/salad leaves/herbs, and things like capers/tinned artichoke hearts and some fish such as smoked mackeral or trout. (Good for omega 3 oils for babys brain and eyes though you can't have more than 2 portions a week). Only takes 5 mins to make.

Crumpets in the morning, provided in bed by partner have sometimes saved my life :) not sure they fit the healthy bit though.

I also have chocolate and crisps too as sometimes that's what morning sickness demands!

Raw Carrots and humous, apple and humous, raw broccoli and humous - anything as long as u can dip it in humous well it worked for me anyway lol

Snack a jacks are good and you can get salt and vinegar ones too, much lower in fat than crisps.

When I was pg and had gd I was advised to have malt loaf, I hated it before, but developed a bit of a habit, a little slice could keep you going for awhile I reckon. I was advised it because I was losing weight and had ++++ ketones, so probably not one for those wishing to minimise weight gain.

When I was managing GD, I did used to snack on mullerlights and crackers with extra light philadelphia, yummy.

When I used to do slimming world there was a recipe for a kind of fritatta thing that you would keep in the fridge for snacking, I bet that would also be good for pregnancy sncking.

I always had a container of dried apricot and apple on my desk/in my bag. Brilliant shot of energy when needed. Wish I'd stuck to it properly in the 3rd tri rather than having a carrot muffin every day!

Second hummous and raw veg though their are quite a lot of calories in it, I believe the chickpeas balance it out. Yogurts. Flatbreads. Creamed rice - make your own with semi-skimmed milk if you wish and you don't have to put as much sugar into it than if you were buying it.