Low Calorie Snack Ideas
 
Snacking is very important but it has to be “mindful” and intentional.  This means you don’t just eat something with no thought about it.  If you are on a weight loss program you must be mindful.  Below is a list of some 100 calorie ideas.
 
1.  Half an apple with 2 teaspoons peanut butter.
2.  An orange and a few dry-roasted nuts
3.  10 cashew nuts
4.  10 raw almonds
5.  2 ounces lean roast beef
6.  3 ounces cooked whole-grain noodles with 1 fresh tomato and 1/2 ounce hard cheese
7  1 seven-grain Belgian waffle
8.  4 mini rice cakes with 2 tablespoons low fat cottage cheese
9  1/4 cup fat free ranch dressing with mixed raw veggies.
10.  6 wheat thins crackers with two teaspoons of peanut butter
11.  1 small baked potato with 1/2 cup salsa and 2 tablespoons fat free sour cream.
12.  Nabisco brands: 100 calorie packs include: Oreos, chips Ahoy, Planters Peanut Butter Cookie Crisps, Shortbread cookie crisps, Cheese Nips, Ritz Toasted Chips, Ritz Snack Mix, Oreo Chewy Granola Bars, Nutter Butter Granola bars, Chips Ahoy Granola Bars
13.  1/2 cup frozen orange juice, eaten as sorbet.
14.  1/3 cup of unsweetened applesauce with 1 slice whole wheat toast, cut into 4 strips for dunking.
15.  2 large graham cracker squares with 1 teaspoon peanut butter.
16.  3 handfuls of unbuttered popcorn, seasoned with herbs.
17.  4-6 ounces of no fat or low fat yogurt.
18.  1/2 “finger: of string cheese with 4 whole wheat crackers.
 
The following ideas are 1 point each:
 1.  1 1/2 tbsp all fruit spread
2.  1/2 cup apple cider
3.  1 cup (slices) apple
4.  6 halves apricot
5.  1 cup cooked artichoke hearts
6.  1 6” banana
7.  1/2 cup black beans, refried, canned, regular, low fat or fat free
8.  1/2 cup cannelloni beans
9.  1 cup blackberries
10.  1 slice turkey bologna
11. 6 oz cantaloupe (1 cup)
12. 1/2 cup carrot juice
13. 1/4 cup fat-free cream cheese
14. 1 cup fresh cherries
15. 1 chicken drumstick
16. 7 fat free crackers
17.  1 fat-free frankfurter
18. 1 cup kiwi fruit
19. 1 rope of licorice (43 inch long)
20. 3” mandarin orange
21. 2 medium marshmallows
22. 4 slices melba toast
23. 1 medium pear (6 oz)
24. 1/2 cup pico de gallo
25.  1 6” diameter corn tortilla
26. 2 slices fresh pineapple 1/2” thick
27. 1 medium plum (2 1/8 inch)
28. 6 mini popcorn cakes, plain or butter flavored
29. 5 cups 94% fat free microwave popcorn
30. 1 slice soy cheese
31. 1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
32. 4 inch flour tortilla
33. 1 cup vegetable juice
34. 1 bag cotton candy
35. 1 oz fat free Pringles
36. 4 small fat free biscotti
37.  1 fortune cookie (fortune is free)
38.  Fruit juice bar, no sugar added,
39. 1 cup chicken noodle soup, canned
40. 1 cup egg drop soup
41. Cappuccino, made with fat free milk, small, 8 oz
42. cocoa, hot, instant, fat free, 6 oz.
43. 12 fl. ounces non alcoholic beer
44. General Foods Intl coffees, French Vanilla Cafe, sugar free, fat free, decaf 1 cup
45. 6 large olives
 
I hope this list helps.  If you have anything to add, let me know.
 
 
 
Low Calorie Snack Ideas
Tuesday, April 17, 2007