Low cal emergency snacks!
SunnyDayzMomma
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What is your go to snack when you don't want to waste calories, but you're soooo hungry? When dinner is postponed, the amazing salad you made for lunch didn't end up tiding you over, you're starting before bed, etc. Example, I ate very well all day so I could dip my crab in butter at a special supper recently. Not a lot of butter, but enough to have worked for it all day. Then dinner was postponed, and I was starving. I drank a huge glass of water, it did nothing. What would you do?
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vegetables dipped in hot sauce (~30-50)
half a serving of crackers with a cheese wedge (90)
one ounce of cheese wrapped in two ounces of deli meat (130+)0 -
Lightly salted cucumber slices
Lemon-ginger tea (no sugar, no honey, no milk)
Slightly higher cal ...
-- mandarin or kiwi fruit (40-60 cal depending on the size)
-- 150 grams of a light yogurt (60 cal)
-- 100 grams of cottage cheese (85 cal)0 -
I eat a handful of nuts - ok they are high in kcals but they fill you up nicely and are healthy0
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I eat a handful of nuts - ok they are high in kcals but they fill you up nicely and are healthy
Am I the only one who does not feel full from nuts? I need at least two handfulls of the stuff to feel somewhat sated and that is a huge amount of calories!
A small apple works for me (~70 cal), or a large bell pepper (~30 cal) because it takes a lot of chewing. A little quark with some fruit is also great to sate the hunger (~70 cal) and of course things like munching on a cucumber or carrot. A few grams of chocolate also go a looooong way!0 -
Babybel cheese (70 cals), a HB egg (70 cals), few spoonfuls of either cottage cheese or greek yoghurt, herbal tea.0
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Ah, had to look up quark! Cottage Cheese? Yuck ;-) Greek Yoghurt is much better!0
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i just boiled chunky strips of carrots like 500grams - quick to boil, tasty and like 200 cals if u eat the lot0
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if i were stuck somewhere waiting for dinner and did nothave access to any of the aforementioned excellent goto's I'd chew sugar free gum or drink tea if available.0
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[quote="Faithful_Chosen;33255852"
Am I the only one who does not feel full from nuts? I need at least two handfulls of the stuff to feel somewhat sated and that is a huge amount of calories! [/quote]
No, you are not alone! I have the same problem...besides they're so moreish it's hard to STOP eating them!
[quote="Faithful_Chosen;33255852"A small apple works for me (~70 cal), or a large bell pepper (~30 cal) because it takes a lot of chewing. A little quark with some fruit is also great to sate the hunger (~70 cal) and of course things like munching on a cucumber or carrot. A few grams of chocolate also go a looooong way! [/quote]
Yep, these snacks work for me too, but is a small apple really ~70cal?0 -
Faithful_Chosen wrote: »Am I the only one who does not feel full from nuts? I need at least two handfulls of the stuff to feel somewhat sated and that is a huge amount of calories!
No, you are not alone! I have the same problem...besides they're so moreish it's hard to STOP eating them!Faithful_Chosen wrote: »A small apple works for me (~70 cal), or a large bell pepper (~30 cal) because it takes a lot of chewing. A little quark with some fruit is also great to sate the hunger (~70 cal) and of course things like munching on a cucumber or carrot. A few grams of chocolate also go a looooong way!
Yep, these snacks work for me too, but is a small apple really ~70cal?
My small elstar apples are, according to the database? Like this one, about 150 grams.
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my trusty wasabi peas have never let me down.0
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I make little wraps out of quorn slices spread with extra light laughing cow cheese + add sweetcorn, onion and cucumber NOM. Some other things I usually pick: raw or steamed veggies, frozen grapes or banana, fruit in general, greek yoghurt, sugar free jelly..
If I don't have any calories to play with I just drink herbal tea.0 -
Ah, had to look up quark! Cottage Cheese? Yuck ;-) Greek Yoghurt is much better!
No, it's different! I bought cottage cheese a few days ago because everyone was raving about it and it's disgusting! It's like cheese water with chunks! *shudders*. Quark is probably a European/Dutch thing? It's like slightly thicker yoghurt, but about half as liquidy as Greek yoghurt. The taste is inbetween the two, too: slightly more sour than Greek yoghurt but a lot less than actual yoghurt. It's about 50 calories for 100 grams. And delicious! I tossed the cottage cheese after one go. Ugh!0 -
At 3:00 am, I went out to the garden with a flashlight, and picked my snacks for the night. Yum!
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »Ah, had to look up quark! Cottage Cheese? Yuck ;-) Greek Yoghurt is much better!
No, it's different! I bought cottage cheese a few days ago because everyone was raving about it and it's disgusting! It's like cheese water with chunks! *shudders*. Quark is probably a European/Dutch thing? It's like slightly thicker yoghurt, but about half as liquidy as Greek yoghurt. The taste is inbetween the two, too: slightly more sour than Greek yoghurt but a lot less than actual yoghurt. It's about 50 calories for 100 grams. And delicious! I tossed the cottage cheese after one go. Ugh!
yeah I love quark - it's great ! With fruit it's a dessert. Cottage cheese is fab on top of a green salad. Add a bit of salad sauce and you have a great snack.0 -
I'd love some Ginger Snap cookies. Or cheese? Cheese & crackers. If I start eating those, I don't know when to stop. So I try to eat some raw veggies or make a salad. Greek 100 Yogurt is always good too. I can't keep too many in fridge at a time, though. ( I need to be locked away on an island, and have my food shipped in once a day.) lol0
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »Ah, had to look up quark! Cottage Cheese? Yuck ;-) Greek Yoghurt is much better!
No, it's different! I bought cottage cheese a few days ago because everyone was raving about it and it's disgusting! It's like cheese water with chunks! *shudders*. Quark is probably a European/Dutch thing? It's like slightly thicker yoghurt, but about half as liquidy as Greek yoghurt. The taste is inbetween the two, too: slightly more sour than Greek yoghurt but a lot less than actual yoghurt. It's about 50 calories for 100 grams. And delicious! I tossed the cottage cheese after one go. Ugh!
yeah I love quark - it's great ! With fruit it's a dessert. Cottage cheese is fab on top of a green salad. Add a bit of salad sauce and you have a great snack.
Exactly! And it's naturally make with low fat. If you buy full fat, it actually has fat added to it to create it. It's meant to be lean and I use it in so much!
It's my replacement for Greek yoghurt on days where my dinner is big (I am planning a huge cauliflour base pizza tonight!), cutting out over 100 calories for breakfast. I snack on it when hungry, make egg salad with it, or salad dressing.
I am not touching cottage cheese again. Not ever.0 -
After having repeatedly given up on cottage cheese (and high sodium too), I found a "dry curd" cottage cheese the other day. Excitement (low sodium too!).... NOT. It is still sitting in the fridge. I supposed I could toss it over a salad as a protein, assuming I drown the salad with something... but I generally don't drown my salads ;-)
In the meanwhile the little splenda or stevia sweetened 35-50 Cal 100g desert yoghurt's are flying out..0 -
Same here!Faithful_Chosen wrote: »
I don't really eat Nuts anymore because of this,...would rather eat something else more filling for the same cals.
Peanut Butter on Toast is pretty filling for a quick snack.
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »
You are not alone!
I was horrified to discover that what I thought was about one serving of nuts (a couple decent handfuls) was about 400-500 cal ... and they didn't quite fill me up. Nuts just don't work for me at all.
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2 oz ham or turkey (around 50 calories)
1 light string cheese (50 calories)
dill pickles
I crave salt so this works great for me
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »
Ditto. Once in awhile I'll have a huge craving for almonds, and that's the only time I'll eat them. 100 calories for so little! I'd rather eat a couple ounces of deli turkey or something.0 -
Faithful_Chosen wrote: »Am I the only one who does not feel full from nuts? I need at least two handfulls of the stuff to feel somewhat sated and that is a huge amount of calories!
I don't get full from nuts, I can literally eat a whole bag or so.
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veggies and hummus
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Faithful_Chosen wrote: »I eat a handful of nuts - ok they are high in kcals but they fill you up nicely and are healthy
Am I the only one who does not feel full from nuts? I need at least two handfulls of the stuff to feel somewhat sated and that is a huge amount of calories!
A small apple works for me (~70 cal), or a large bell pepper (~30 cal) because it takes a lot of chewing. A little quark with some fruit is also great to sate the hunger (~70 cal) and of course things like munching on a cucumber or carrot. A few grams of chocolate also go a looooong way!
Yes! 400 calories is just getting me started with mixed nuts.
I like cottage cheese.0 -
Laughing cow cheese (35 cal). It comes in all different flavors, I buy a whole bunch and keep at home and work.0
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And to me ... cottage cheese tastes better and has a better texture.
I'm OK with Greek yogurt, I just find it a bit like trying to eat a tub of margarine.
But to each his/her own.
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SunnyDayzMomma wrote: »What is your go to snack when you don't want to waste calories, but you're soooo hungry? When dinner is postponed, the amazing salad you made for lunch didn't end up tiding you over, you're starting before bed, etc. Example, I ate very well all day so I could dip my crab in butter at a special supper recently. Not a lot of butter, but enough to have worked for it all day. Then dinner was postponed, and I was starving. I drank a huge glass of water, it did nothing. What would you do?
So ... what did you do?
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So many awesome ideas everyone thank you!! I've started keeping way more fruit and veg around, and lean deli meat. Cottage cheese has always been one of my favorites, especially with sliced tomato in it. Mmmm! And pickles are a great idea to get a date kick Thank you everyone, I'm writing all these down to keep me inspired! 0
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