Healthy Dips and munchy foods advise?

htalexander

Hi everyone. I have always been more into snacking than huge meals, and until I started a weight loss journey I enjoyed various dips (ones with cheese or cream base usually) with chips, bread or crackers soooo much. It was one of my favorites, and it took me a while to refuse at events or get togethers because I knew if I started I would end up eating way more than intended. I understand its not the best way to spend calories so I have substituted with some of the Laughing Cow cheese products and multigrain crackers for a good while now. I also have trieddifferent flavors of hommus and veggies or low cal crackers..its ok but not my favorite. Guess I am just wantin something new so please enlighten me on your healthy dip of choice (if there is a such thing lol) or other healthy options??thanks!

nxd10

Tomato salsa
I make a bunch of different dips with mango or peaches and peppers, spices, bean sprouts
Black bean or chick pea dips
Low fat yoghurt and spices

Low fat sour cream with a can of tiny shrimp. Put the liquid in for more flavor

I_love_frogs

Tzatziki dip is my choice.... its a yogurt and cucumber/garlic dip.

I usually use some sort of cracker/chip whatever fits into my cals for that day.

SoDamnHungry

This dip isn't healthy, but Dean's Ranch Dip is only about 30 calories for tbsp, and it tastes really good. It's pretty strong, so you don't need a ton.

I've heard of mixing dill into plain greek yogurt as a good dip. Never tried it though, since I hate greek yogurt with a passion.

SEishen

Like peanut butter as a dip? Mix a little bit of it with your favorite low-cal vanilla yogurt, just enough to get your peanut butter craving taken care of. Works really well with celery.

Trechechus

Pico de gallo or mango salsa with tortilla chips
Carrots, celery, bell peppers, etc
Popchips, Lentil chips
Wasa flatbread
Laughing Cow light cheese
String cheese
Yogurt
nuts
Apples, oranges, plumbs
Peanut butter!

(I'm a snacker, too)

stylistchik

Salsa is the king of dips - it's low cal and flavorful. I mix hummus and salsa sometimes. My other go-to snack is air popped popcorn. Crunchy, high fiber and low-calorie for a decent portion.

ETA: grapes are my new go-to sweet treat. I always keep some in the fridge and they make a nice snack.

LarsyRagnhild

Babaganoush and hommus. Make them at home with little oil and you should be fine. Cut up many more carrot and celery pieces than you need.
I'm a bit wary of dips when losing weight. They seem a bit empty and pointless. They never fill me up anyway.

postrockandcats

sour cream, garlic and fresh herbs! Let it sit overnight and YUM!

grover

Try frozen grapes

AlabasterVerve

Sour Cream and Onion dip, if you're not afraid of fat, is a delicious snack. 4 oz of dip -- a huge portion -- is only 245 calories and add in another 20 of so calories for veggies to go with it. Yum!

There's sugar and msg in the soup mix though which is unfortunate but there's only a few of these types of foods left in my diet so I'm ok with it. I am looking for a powdered beef bouillon without all the crap so I can make my own soup mix but so far I haven't had any luck.

htalexander

Oooooo ya'll are making me hungry! Thanks for the ideas so far..the light sour cream with garlic and herbs or plain greek yogurt with stuff mixed in sound so good. I never even thought of that!