Snack suggestions for guests who do not eat sugar.

[William247]

An upcoming guest sent the following message: 

    " I also noticed in several reviews that you often provide snacks for your guests. While we don’t expect anything of the sort, I figured I should let you know that my husband and I do not eat any sugar, so no yummy baked goods or treats are required. I only mention this so that you don’t go out of your way preparing anything that we wouldn’t happily gobble up!! 🙂

We will likely be picking up some breakfast foods to prepare in the mornings...bacon, eggs, veggies...so all we will require is directions to the nearest grocery store. :)"  

I really appreciate her consideration and would like to provide her with the same level of service that we do all of our guests, but I don't have any idea what to provide.  I have directions to grocery stores in a book in the cottage, and have told her that I provide free range eggs.  

Any suggestions?

[Robin4]

@William247 @Emily487 @Yulianna0 @Victoria567

William, many years of culinary experience have seen an unending array of dietary requests!

So, after much thought I do believe I have come up with the perfect all round snack!

It has satisfied the....

Gluten intollerant!

The Celiacs!

The no monosodium Glutonate brigade!

The legions of sugar free!

Vegetarians, Vegans....even the super vegans who won't eat anything that an animal has walked/flown/swam within 1 metre of!!

And as an added advantage this snack satisfies the diet conscious!

Could this be the most acceptable snack on the face of this planet?

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And just one more plus, (sorry I had to use that word!) 

It is well suited to the budget conscious!

Cheers......Rob

[Victoria567]

Bravo@Robin.........priceless😉

[Robin4]

@Victoria

I sign of age and the problem that this creates, I do tend to leave things incomplete these days.......apart from my reviews...... ;-))

One important statisical bit of information I did not include where this 'snack' is concerned......

The solid materal on that plate must be made from spring water sourced from an underground limestone aquifer....free from the effects of Chlorination, for those who may suffer from 'irritable bowel syndrome'!

It seems every day we have a new chronic symptom added to the journey of life!

Cheers.....Rob

Cheers......Rob

[Victoria567]

Hi@Robin

Have yourself a belly laugh and down load on Youtube

JP Sears How to become Gluten Intolerant.

It sums up the mindset of the entitled guest 

[Lizzie]

Looks very tempting @Robin4, I think my teeth are shaking at the sight of that! I will go and make a cup of tea to make up for seeing it! hehe 🙂

Has anyone ever tried sugar free biscuits? Perhaps this could be a possible option William, I can't imagine they are very expensive and I've heard you can get some which are quite tasty. 

@Emily487, @William247, @John1080, @Yulianna0, @Linda108, @Jan209, @Gregory87 

[Ned-And-Laura0]

I put microwave popcorn for every guest. I also put a Trader Joe's chocolate bar but that wouldn't work in this situation. Perhaps some Sparkling Waters or pretzels or maybe if you normally do cook treats and give cookies and such maybe instead a little pack of dry pasta and a jar of sauce?

[Susan151]

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@Ned-And-Laura0 wrote:

a little pack of dry pasta and a jar of sauce?

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But you do have to check the sauce label since most commercial sauces add sugar.  😞

[Alexandra316]

@Susan151 This! I did the Whole 30 eating thing last year, and it was amazing to me how many things have sugar. Pretty much all prepared foods, whether sweet or savory, have some type of sugar in them. It was quite an eye-opening experience.

[Mika8]

nuts (in original pack), fruits, also some special like fig, date or dry ones .. but dried without suger coat 😉 .. crackers (but even whole wheat crackers mostly contain added sugar 😕 )

[John1080]

This discussion reminds me of why I do not provide any snacks at all. When I first got started I was planning to provide an assortment basket, but a wise host told me that she had found over the years that the more she provided the more people complained, whether about ingredients, brands, lack of other types of snacks, etc

[Alexandra316]

@John1080 Same! There are too many variables, and I'm not playing 20 questions with a guest so I can leave them some cookies. There are too many dietary variables and allergies. I leave hot drinks of various types and leave it at that.  

[John1080]

@Alexandra316, yes, I have coffee (in a glass canister-again without the label) and a wide arrangement of teas. Much less chance someone is getting offended ha! 

[Robin4]

  @John

John, that is ironic you should bring that up and it just goes to prove how different we all are and how varied our guests are.

I offer a lot of food....cheese plate, nuts, crackers, health bars, fruit, cereals, eggs, bacon.....I have never had a guest query the food or the content of it! They are just happy that it is there. They either eat it or leave it....simple!

Hot beverages on the other hand, no matter what tea I supply, English breakfast, green, black, herbal, cammomile, Peppermint, Lemon Balm, sage, I can bet, the one they want will be missing! Coffee......oh goodness me, apart from the various instants a lot of guests ask if I have a percolator, both electric and stove type, pod machines and what sort of pods, do I supply, can they bring their own and some even show disappointment there is not a full blown espresso machine lurking somewhere on the confined benchtop!

Food, that's easy, but beverages.....that's like walking along a middleastern road! That's IED territory!

Cheers......Rob

[Emilia42]

@William247

It doesn't have to be food. I usually leave beer or wine and had a guest who did not touch it. When they recently stayed for the second time I left them some locally made soap ($4) tied with some ribbon. They look that with them and were very appreciative of the small gift. Everyone uses soap!

[Sarah977]

Costco sells these seaweed snacks- they're essentially 2 bite squares of seaweed, like a sushi wrap, but small. They're not cheap, but they're good and you could store them for a long time- they don't need to be refrigerated and don't have oils, like nuts do, which can go rancid if kept for a long time.

And you really have to read the labels on "sugar free" items. Most of those use artificial sweeteners like Aspertame and such in place of sugar, which is most definitely not a healthy choice.