I’m still confused. I thought the Snack situation was,

1. You’re hungry,

2. The chips are ready to eat,

3. You eat the chips.

So if there are no chips, you have to make something to eat instead, which becomes de facto Dinner. So the No Snack situation is

1. You’re hungry,

2a. There is no food ready to eat,

2b. You make food to eat,

3. You eat the food.

I might be off base here.