What's your best calorie surprise?

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  • Muana1005
    Muana1005 Posts: 172 Member
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    Cous cous is only 100 cals for 100g dry. Can make it sweet with milk saffron and cardomon for an extra 20 cals, or savoury with roast veg/meat. Yum
  • lilolilo920
    lilolilo920 Posts: 184 Member
    edited June 2017
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    gamerbabe14 wrote: »
    Potatoes, like seriously they have had a bad rap, they aren't high in calories. Love those delicious things.

    YES! I love sweet potatoes especially. Other pleasant surprises for me: plain Greek yogurt (love to mix it with about 1/4 scoop chocolate protein powder!), string cheese, eggs, any type of veggies, ooh and hummus!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
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    Hard candies
    Puffed cereals
    Spaghetti Squash
  • MorskaDeklica
    MorskaDeklica Posts: 1 Member
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    Muana1005 wrote: »
    Cous cous is only 100 cals for 100g dry. Can make it sweet with milk saffron and cardomon for an extra 20 cals, or savoury with roast veg/meat. Yum

    USDA database lists dry couscous (NDB No 20028) as having 376 kcal per 100 g.

    The MFP food database is notoriously full of inaccurate entries. It's safest to look for those that have "USDA" in the description. I sometimes double check those as well if they look suspicious to me ...

    Good luck with accurate logging and working towards your goal!
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
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    Roasted chickpeas.
    Only 88 calories for a 65g bag and that packs a lot of chickpeas. Very filling too.
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
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    I can't think of anything big right now, but popcorn. I opt for Pop Weaver's light butter popcorn, which is about 220 calories a bag, and their normal butter version is only 50 calories more a bag. The bags aren't super tiny either, so it makes a filling indulgence.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,389 Member
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    black and white, Dutch licorice powder! It makes sense that one tub only has about 100kcal, considering there's just 30 grams in it. But man, it looks so much, and gives a lovely taste for a long time. Certainly not a candy I eat quickly.
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
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    jgnatca wrote: »
    Hard candies
    Puffed cereals
    Spaghetti Squash


    Spaghetti squash for me too. I put pasta sauce over it. At first I missed the pasta, but now I like the spaghetti squash better.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,596 Member
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    Graelwyn75 wrote: »
    Roasted chickpeas.
    Only 88 calories for a 65g bag and that packs a lot of chickpeas. Very filling too.

    I would double check on that as it looks closer to caned chickpeas than roasted that I've seen as high as 4+ Cal per gram depending on preparation.

    The one time I roasted my own I thought that they were excellent but a little bit too HIGH in calories.... de-canned, washed, dried, weighed, oven, re-weighed, appreciable shrinkage. Yummy though.
  • Graelwyn75
    Graelwyn75 Posts: 4,404 Member
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    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Graelwyn75 wrote: »
    Roasted chickpeas.
    Only 88 calories for a 65g bag and that packs a lot of chickpeas. Very filling too.

    I would double check on that as it looks closer to caned chickpeas than roasted that I've seen as high as 4+ Cal per gram depending on preparation.

    The one time I roasted my own I thought that they were excellent but a little bit too HIGH in calories.... de-canned, washed, dried, weighed, oven, re-weighed, appreciable shrinkage. Yummy though.

    I have checked. It is on the bag. Been eating them for years, but I am not here to lose weight so I am not too bothered if they are a bit off. I don't believe they are however. They are a company called Garbanzo, sold in the Uk.
  • Farmin_Carmen
    Farmin_Carmen Posts: 10 Member
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    Freeze dried peaches and strawberries +/- 40cal per serving, satisfying for a low cal sweet treat :)
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
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    Cabot' s saltwater taffy. 28 calories a piece.
  • tess5036
    tess5036 Posts: 942 Member
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    Raspberries, blueberries, mango, and melon, all low
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,596 Member
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    Watermelon. Tomatoes. Green pimento stuffed or sliced olives.
  • mumpuff
    mumpuff Posts: 5 Member
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    Mozzarella cheese
    Popcorn
    Yoghurt ice lollies
    Jelly

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