Food or Snack Ideas 75 calories or less?

stongue · June 2010

Sometimes I find that I have just a small amount of calories left toward the end of the day and I'm still hungry. I was wondering if you could help me come up with some ideas for snacks or foods that are less than 75 calories a serving. This would be great if I could have some ideas ahead of time of things that I could use to fill those gaps if necessary. Thanks for any input!

baggins706 · June 2010

CHIQUITA: carrot bites, carrot with ranch bites, apple bites and apple & grape bites!

aprueitt · June 2010

I like the jello puddings, The Boston Cream Pie with a squirt of reddi whip is 75 caloies and very yummy. It takes care of my sweet cravings.

Good Luck

ieatstickers · June 2010

I like the caramel rice cakes by quakers. 7 cakes is only 60 calories! Or you could try their new multigrain blueberry fiber crisps, if caramel isn't your cup of tea.

ssmom · June 2010

small piece of fruit, couple of grapes, strawberries, etc. I like the mini cheddar rice cakes--depending on the brand ( I buy generic) they are about 10 pcs. for 70 calories--makes me feel like I'm eating cheese curls or chips. And there is always the 100 calorie pack stuff, or microwave popcorn packs--it might make you over by a few calories but not by much! I also like carrots (35 cal) and hummus (50 cal) or light dressing to dip. I know cucumber and celery are VERY low in calories so if you like quantity for snacking those are always good. Sugar free jello/pudding cups. Good luck!

mwadams · June 2010

Check out HungryGirl.com for lots of lower-calorie recipes and ideas. I personally *love* Vita Tops, but they are 100 calories each, which is more than your 75 calorie threshold.

Morningstar Farms vegetarian sausage patties are also very good (80 cals each).

For a sweet treat after dinner I like a Tootsie Roll "Caramel Apple" pop. It's an apple-flavored sucker coated in caramel! Each one has about 60 calories.

Seriously, you've got to check out the Hungry Girl website--you will learn all sorts of tricks and substitutions that will save you tons of calories!

absie107 · June 2010

Aside from quite obvious fruit and veg that will give you a lot of nutritional bang for your 75-calorie buck... (a cup of sliced strawberries is around 50 calories - SO GOOD.)

Jell-o chocolate mousse temptations are 60 calories each. Two pieces of Dove Promises chocolate (preferably dark) are under 75 as well. Half a tablespoon of peanut butter is around 47. Half a cup of Kashi GoLean original is 70 calories, 3/4 cup of Cheerios is around 75. A piece of Healthy Life double fiber bread is 60 calories. 20 M&Ms are something like 60-ish calories.

Also fill up on some tea or coffee or water! Plus, a tall iced nonfat latte from Starbucks... 70 calories. Woop woop.

mamaturner · June 2010

string cheese is around 60 cals and is a nice loooong snack

It's my after morning workout snack often paired with a 1/2 cup of grapes. Fresh strawberries with a slight drizzle of chocolate syrup. Ritz crackers are 80, not much more and give you that nice crunch.

stongue · June 2010

This is awesome! Thanks so much for all of these great ideas! I'm actually typing them up as they come in so that I can take them with me when I grocery shop. Also, thanks for the suggestion about Hungry Girl. I will definitely check that out. I'm sure there will be many people here that will appreciate all of these great ideas as much as I do. Please keep them coming:)

And thanks for the encouragement too

timbotina · June 2010

laughing cow light swiss cheese is 35 cal a wedge, I like to add a little garlic powder, and spread it on some reduced fat wheat thins (I thing you can have maybe 7 for 50 cal, (check your individual box to be exact) ...also now that it is hot, take just about any fruit and make a smoothie with ice and some fat free plain yogurt...hope this helps

mamitc01 · June 2010

thewarrenfarm.com

Warren Farms had a stand at my local farmer's market and I was looking at the jams because they actually had nutrition facts on them! I asked how he figured it out and he told me they have a machine that calculates the ingredients and the amounts in each jar and determines the labels.

The regular jams were as expected: about 50 calories per tbsp BUT the CRANBERRY MAPLE BUTTER (butter in terms of texture, it's not a butter or dairy product) was only 15 cal per tbsp!!!!!! AND it tastes amazing! Apparently the maple's natural sugars sweeten it w/o adding excess sugars!

They ship and I highly recommend ordering one to try, but save yourself on shipping and order a whole bunch because it's great! You can put it on anything. Today I tried it on toast, a rice cake, mixed in w/ greek yogurt. Or you could make pb&j with it or use it instead of mayo on a turkey sandwich.

If you live in Massachusetts, they are located in North Brookfield and I found them at the Farmer's Market at Harvard. SO good

grantm · June 2010

i like celery with hummus or a little tuna (protein, no carbs!) and my personal late night snack--jello sugarfree gelatin--a whopping 10 cal!

Amy_B · June 2010

I definitely suggest something with protein to hold you over until the morning, so if these suggestions contain protein, go for them! Also, drink a couple cups of water too.

rowie · June 2010

great ideas! Bump

RacheBell · June 2010

Celery and a laughing cow cheese wedge

wrinklesmom · June 2010

Well, if you are really hungry...jello is only 10 calories a serving...so you could have 6 cups..

Jenks · June 2010

I'd go for the 100 calorie popcorn, I normally can't eat more then half the bag.

SweetPea120 · June 2010

Hard boiled egg...about 72 calories and 7 grams of protein!

stongue · June 2010

Wow...fantastic is all I can say! I wanted to add one that I forgot about ...would be great with a few of these ideas. Coco Pops (they are a type of rice cake). You can find them in some grocery stores, they make them right at the store, they are pretty large and I think only 16 calories a cake. Very good and can be used so many different ways.

Jennplus2 · June 2010

Veggies! Snack away baby

april522 · June 2010

Great ideas for snacks! I'm commenting so I can have this post in my topics.

angandq · June 2010

That is a cool website

Thanks for the info.

RMX82 · June 2010

Grapes are my go to low cal snack. That or blueberries.

ShastaAngel · June 2010

Luigi's brand Italian Ice... sugar free... 60 calories and ohhhhhh so yummy... I found it at super walmart

antiadipose · June 2010

BUMP!!!!!

NikkiLaFleur · June 2010

I usually eat baby carrots, which are only like 4 calories for a medium sized one. Boiled egg, or lately to treat myself I'll eat like a 1/4 of a candy bar as a reward. Averages about 62 cal

lamabazzi · June 2010

I took the liberty of looking at your food log. What I would try instead of cookie and cream snack bars is Gnu bars. They have 130-140 calories each but provide half your daily fiber as well as protein and the fruit flavored ones are delicious. You can try one mid morning and one midafternoon. They're filling and fulfill sweet cravings:)