"Treat" foods that are actually healthy?

sweetheart03622 · April 2012

Fruit dipped in dark chocolate - for 200 calories you can have an entire orange in 1oz dark chocolate or about 8 strawberries in dark chocolate. Hello amazing!!

I've even done 4 strawberries dipped in dark chocolate and then rolled in crushed heath bar. Same thing - less than 200 calories!

leahnoelle31 · April 2012

Grilled pineapple. YUM!

Buttercupmcgee · April 2012

I'm eating mine right now..a whole wheat pita with hummus, chicken and veggies! (Aka, a healthy falafel.) 400 cals for the entire lunch.

Maybe some day I'll see carrot sticks as a delicacy....until then, god bless the chick pea!

Anyone else have a food like this that tricks your brain?

Mmmmmmmm...dark chocolate come to mama. Well, it's a "treat" insofar as it's bread-y and creamy and not salad-ish. My brain feels indulgent when I eat it.

that doesn't sound like treat food to me.... I'm thinkin more along the lines of some dark chocolate covered raisins lol

Dark chocolate anything is treatfood to me!

strawberrie_milk · April 2012

Plain greek yogurt + Splenda + frozen blueberries

sollyn · April 2012

I'm eating mine right now..a whole wheat pita with hummus, chicken and veggies! (Aka, a healthy falafel.) 400 cals for the entire lunch.

Maybe some day I'll see carrot sticks as a delicacy....until then, god bless the chick pea!

Anyone else have a food like this that tricks your brain?

that doesn't sound like treat food to me.... I'm thinkin more along the lines of some dark chocolate covered raisins lol

I find Melting a little dark chocolate and then dipping ripe strwberrias into it is just devine and can be eaten slowly and with complete yummy concentration! We all love that!

live2dream · April 2012

ANYTHING from chocolatecoveredkatie.com - it's all soooo good!

But just cause it's healthy, doesn't mean it won't make me gain weight. (one thing i've learned from being a vegan). Although almost everything I eat these days tastes like a treat (my taste buds are happier when i eat plant-based!)

I just got an ice cream maker and have been making amazing low-cal vegan frozen desserts. Tonight it's either mint-chocolate chip or chocolate cherry love

. And I do the frozen banana icecream thing sometimes too- it's pretty amazing.

I'm a chocoholic, but I eat chocolate in the healthiest way I can imagine (usually using raw cacao + natural sweeteners).

SheilaEwing · April 2012

Love the WW fudge bars, Special K chocolate pretzel bars and a ice cold fruit smoothie with mixed berries 1/4 of a banana and non fat yogurt.

maggie4097 · April 2012

check it out later...........:drinker:

monharri · April 2012

Love cherries or dried mango fruit. Wouldn't have been able to say that four months ago but things change!

sirpake · April 2012

Where is that recipes? I'd like to try it. Thanks.

tistal · April 2012

Am I the only one who hates hummus? Blah. Maybe I have just not had good hummus. My go to snack is a whole wheat tortilla, warmed a bit, smeared with peanut butter and rolled up with a banana in it! YUM! My kiddo's love it too!

Punkedpoetess · April 2012

Here are some healthy treats I like:

* Homemade Fruit smoothies (I often add baby spinach, greek yogurt, and/or protein powder to these to turn them into a small meal or big snack)
* Frozen grapes
* A frozen banana blended in the food processor. Sometimes I also add add ins such as cinnamon, peanut butter, and cocoa powder.
* Hummus with baby carrots and other cut up veggies or wheat thins.
* A serving of nuts such as almonds, cashews, or peanuts (plain or flavored).
* PB and banana sandwiches (going to try the tortilla one suggested by another person on this thread).
* Greek yogurt (sometimes I add protein powder, kashi cereal, or cut up fresh fruit to this).
* Small serving of good dark chocolate (I like the ones from trader joes, lindt, and ghiradelli the best)

I need to try some of these other ideas suggested. Thanks for the healthy snacks reminder.

k8lyn_235 · April 2012

This is sort of weird but I freeze my light strawberry yogurt for a healthy yogurt treat that's like ice cream!

brb putting all my yogurts in the freezer

^haha

btw - does this taste like the frozen yogurt you can get from tcby and such? because i HATE regular yogurt but LOVE frozen! if it tastes the same.. i need to go shopping!

k8lyn_235 · April 2012

Am I the only one who hates hummus? Blah. Maybe I have just not had good hummus. My go to snack is a whole wheat tortilla, warmed a bit, smeared with peanut butter and rolled up with a banana in it! YUM! My kiddo's love it too!

i hate hummus too! i thought i was the only one

so gross. mushed up chickpeas? no thank you.

but i need to try this treat of yours because i love pb and bananas.. yum

kendra0224 · April 2012

I'm eating mine right now..a whole wheat pita with hummus, chicken and veggies! (Aka, a healthy falafel.) 400 cals for the entire lunch.

Maybe some day I'll see carrot sticks as a delicacy....until then, god bless the chick pea!

Anyone else have a food like this that tricks your brain?

that doesn't sound like treat food to me.... I'm thinkin more along the lines of some dark chocolate covered raisins lol

I eat dark chocolate raisinets as well. lol I cannot trick my mind when it comes to this kind of thing! Plus, after I eat the raisinets I am usually pretty full and got my chocolate fix.