Anyone know of some light, but calorie dense foods?

MiriCotton

Hi!

I, more often than not, struggle to meet my daily caloric goal. Not because I'm not eating, rather it's the foods I'm eating being very low in calories. Like yesterday, I was munching on a (9 oz) bag of carrots while making dinner and made it half way trough the bag and was full. I measured out the remaining carrots & there was about 2 ozs left meaning I ate around 90 calories of carrots. I couldn't even make it through my dinner & was under my daily goal because of it. The same thing goes with celery.

I try to incorporate avocados, bananas, & nuts into my diet because they're so caloric dense, but they've gotten boring. Does anyone have any ideas?

P.S; If I posted this in the wrong section, I honestly don't know, I sincerely apologize! I only comment on other peoples posts, I never make my own!

tonynguyen75

Lather some butter on those carrots. Dip those carrots in ranch. Spread peanut butter on your celery, this one in particular is good because it'll add a bit of brotein.

Cheese, seeds, sugar, etc etc.

perrinjoshua

What about maybe adding an avocado to your salad (or half at a time). They can also be used like a mayonnaise on a sandwich, etc. Smoothies mid-day may be a nice snack that will add some calories and give you an energy boost along the way. I'm going to start adding some brazil nuts to my diet (4-5 daily is the recommended amount) to increase my calorie counts but you said you are already eating nuts. That's all I got. Good luck.

jayjay12345654321

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juniperfox

Nuts, dried fruit, cheese, crackers. Try some superfood snacks like dark chocolate covered cherries or dried blueberries

Maybe try pesto? If you make it homemade, it's very healthful.

cdahl383

I'd go with nuts. They have lots of healthy fats and one serving is usually near 200 calories.

ostrichagain

granola bars, energy bars . . . chocolate covered nuts and dried fruits.

itsscottwilder

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AZKristi

I dip veggies in yogurt dip (either jalapeno or cucumber dill flavored). Hummus is another option. Also, you can make your own vinaigrettes using things like olive oil or walnut oil - super delicious, healthy fats, with plenty of flavor varieties.