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I tend to have the less healthy snacks. I like good fruit snacks (like the kids have) or cookies!
Triscuits (reduced fat) and light cream cheese is my hands-down fave!
Candy.....I love to eat candy when I read. Always have!!
I usually have a variety of drinks, hot tea for morning reading and late afternoon breaks. I drink water all the time and since I gave up diet sodas I tend to want to snack but I can't read and eat for some reason so I have been drinking flavored waters.*note: if I do get hungry though there is usually some crumbs in my library books ... ewww I know!! :P
I like to eat popcorn at night when I'm reading. When I was in college, my favorite study food was a (caffienated) root beer float, sugar and caffiene to keep me up, plus it could be drunk through a straw so I didn't have to stop reading or writing. :)
Nutella and bananas! Really, Nutella and anything or sometimes just the open jar of Nutella and my book and water.
Jennifer wrote: "I like to eat popcorn at night when I'm reading. When I was in college, my favorite study food was a (caffienated) root beer float, sugar and caffiene to keep me up, plus it could be drunk through ..."Do you ever have popcorn and root beer together? It is a great combination. We used to rent a house in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the house's name was Popcorn & Root Beer. The story was that it was the family's favorite snack. We tried it and we were hooked, too.
KrisT- It's SO gross finding crumbs in library books! Bleah! LolIf it's @ night & I'm reading in bed, then I'm snacking on Corn Pops right out of the box with a glass of AZ Iced Tea. (I know, completely unhealthy, but I love it so! I swear that stuff is like crack for me). Other times of the day I may be drinking a cup of green tea or water or Vitamin Water Multi. I don't really snack when I read during the day. (Sometimes I read during breakfast or lunch though).
I don't eat very often when I'm reading. I do enjoy a cup of tea though. Hot or iced are equally enjoyable.
Popcorn with real butter (I know, I know).Wine in the evening, coffee in the morning (I know, I know).
Kate, I'm a fan of real butter so I know, lol!
Geeze! Not sure what happened there but it won't let me delete my repeats!
Tera, I've been munching the banana chips, lately, too! Kate, YES to ALL 3 :-)
For me it's popcorn or light cheese and triscuits. My husband always knows to get the Triscuits with the green on the label and light Laughing cow cheese when I ask him for snacks. Sometimes I munch on Honey Nut Cheerios.As for drinks: tea or Diet Sprite are my choices.
If I'm reading during the day, I love to eat solid milk chocolate candy (Bliss is really good) and at night I like to eat popcorn, usually Popsecret Movie Theater Butter. I always drink Diet Coke, from sunup to sundown.
I snack on whatever is around - cookies or my favorite - nuts. But my college-age-English-major daughter and I are so BAD. Our idea of a great time spent together (if not wandering Borders) is to walk into a restaurant, (usually Ruby Tuesdays) current books in hand and read while we wait for our orders. We end up talking over dinner of course. Our days are so busy, that sometimes it is the only time we get to bury ourselves in a good read.
I like to eat almonds or the sesame, honey crackers from Trader Joes. I try not to snack at all since I have a tendency to always overdue it. So who needs dinner anyway! hehehehe
I usually like the read while I'm eating meals, so I'm reading while eating, not eating while reading! (Couldn't help it). But if I snack while reading, its usually water with chips and salsa. Mmmm.
I always read while eating meals too! I also like to have Sweet-Tarts or Spree's handy while reading!
Wanda514 wrote: "Nutella and bananas! Really, Nutella and anything or sometimes just the open jar of Nutella and my book and water. " Oh, yes, Nutella is the best! I don't snack on it though at night when I usually read, but it's awesome on waffles! I like to drink tea with dark chocolate squares (Dove) when I read.
Cindy, I love Sweetarts!! Great reading snack... ;) And I also read while eating meals....dinnertime at my house is me reading and Brad watching TV. It works for us!!
Holli, That's how it is here too! Me in the breakfast nook right off the kitchen, usually everyone else in the family room off the kitchen eating and watching tv! Unless we have a 'family' moment which includes a touch of guilt for never sitting down at the table and eating together!
I love to have a glass of wine in the evening with some cheese and crackers and of course my book. :~)
Lately I've been eating sour gummy worms, but I also eat triscuits or whatever other crackers we have on hand.
I think I could move in with either Kate (coffee, wine, popcorn w/ butter) or with Cindy (sweetarts and sprees!).The wine is essential though....
I'm on-board with the winos! A nice glass of wine with a book for a night time treat--I love it. It's an excellent way to relax after a long day. :)
Oh the wine while soaking in a hot tub of water! No kids allowed!
I love to drink skim milk or Diet sodas and munch on sugar free jello or wheat crackers!!! I usually only have snack attacks when I am bored. So when i'm deep into a good book I can't pause to snack. :o)Ohhhhh and I can't forget my grande non-fat mocha mmmmm....so nice for a chilly late afternoon reading session.
I like tea or a glass of wine! I don't really eat much when I am reading. To me, it is too hard to hold a book and put something in my mouth!
Eating while reading is my diet downfall because I don't pay attention, and invariably eat more than I intend to! It's always coffee in the morning and water at night (I read very late at night, being a night owl), along with a few wheat thins, or an apple.
If I had chocolate in the house, that would be my choice. (which is why I don't have chocolate in the house)
Huh. You know when I hunker down to read I don't always make a point of getting a snack. Never realized that.
I like having cold water and either Honey Mustard pretzel bits (so good but messy) or I like to have mini Famous Amos cookies. Something small that I can just pop in. :)
I guess I just like either a good cup of coffee or tea, I don't usually eat while I'm reading.
It depends on my mood. Most of the time I don't eat anything while reading but from time to time I need some chocolate or chips. I take whatever is available. But I always need something to drink. Can't go without it while reading.
Jo - I LOVE AZ Iced Tea! I never usually snack while I read. My reason is because I read pretty late in the evening and I try not to eat after dinner so I don't keep packing on the lbs.
I generally need to READ while I EAT. lol! If I don't have company for a meal, I MUST have a book. Nothing tastes quite the same without one. :)
A perfect cup of tea= milk, no sugar. Sometimes a pastry or just a bowl of fruit...crumbs must stay out of my book!
I usually read while I am having breakfast in the morning, and at night I will have a glass of wine or a cup of tea with dessert.In the summer I will keep a big glass of iced tea and popcorn or chips.
Andrea wrote: "A perfect cup of tea= milk, no sugar. Sometimes a pastry or just a bowl of fruit...crumbs must stay out of my book!"I'm the same way Andrea, no crumbs in my books :) That is why I generally just have coffee/tea.
Coffee in the a.m., diet cola in the afternoon/evening, water at night. No food--it disrupts my reading flow. What...I just realized if I read more, I'll eat less. That's a brilliant diet plan!
Little Debbie snack cakes are ideal for reading.Easily held in one hand while I turn pages with the other. And they're especially delicious when reading diet books or books where the characters bitch and moan about their weight.
banana bread sounds so good, Kelly Jo!
Always a hot cup of tea, coffee, or hot cocoa. Sometimes chips, chocolate, or a nice crunchy apple.
Lately it's been banana chips for me. Always always always a big bottle of water.