low cal BUT DELICIOUS snack ideas?

My mum made these delicious savoury muffins the other day --

Ingredients:
- 100g carrot (grated or finely chopped)
- 110g capsicum (finely chopped)
- 60g mushroom
- 60g spring onions
- 100g light cheese (i used coon light'n'tasty but can find lower calorie/lower fat cheese)
- 100g short cut rindless bacon
- 320g gluten free plain flour (can substitute regular flour)
- 375mL light milk
- 1 egg
- 180g Nuttelex Lite (reduced fat spread replacement)

Mix them all together and bake in the oven! Makes 24 small muffins.

Nutritional info:
- Calories: 118
- Carbs: 12
- Fat: 6
- Protein: 3
- Sodium: 330

To reduce the calories/fat you can change the cheese and take out the bacon but they were delicious and a great snack!!!

Another great recipe I discovered recently on this site was for zucchini tots --

Ingredients:
- 1 cup finely chopped zucchini
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup light cheese
- 1 egg

Mix them all together and bake in mini muffin pans (spray first to grease) for ~12 - 15minutes or until brown. Makes ~24.

Nutritional information:
- Calories: 16
- Carbs: 1
- Fat: 1
- Protein: 1
- Sodium: 25

And lastly, a nice sweet treat I make sometimes are vanilla bean scones --

Ingredients:
- 225g gluten free self raising flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 100mL light milk
- 3tsp vanilla extract
- equivalent to 1/4 cup sugar (depends on what substitute you use - i used 12.5 sachets of stevia)
- 50g light spread

Mix the flour, baking powder and sugar together in a bowl with a pinch of salt. Rub the margarine in until it has consistency similar to breadcrumbs. In a jug, mix the egg, milk and vanilla. Mix the egg mixture into the bowl, leaving a few tsp to brush on scones before placing in oven. Roll out on floured surface, and cut scones out. Bake in oven on baking trays for ~10 minutes, after brushing the top with remaining egg mixture.

Makes 23 small scones.

Nutritional information:
- Calories: 47
- Carbs: 9
- Fat: 1
- Protein: 1
- Sodium: 10


Hope I didn't ramble too much! Good luck

I firmly believe that, in order to avoid binging, you have to allow yourself to eat the yummy things you love, just in moderation. If you allow yourself a reasonable amount, guilt free, I think you take some of the pressure off.

I quit smoking a few months ago and had the worst sweet tooth of my life. After eating a pound of recee's pieces in a weekend, I realized I needed to make an adjustment so that didn't happen again. I bought myself Hershey's - Dove White & Milk Chocolate Swirl (you can use that to look up the nutritional facts on MFP) and ate 3 pieces a night (5 is a full serving at 220 calories). I didn't feel guilty about it because I was factoring it into my calories and I logged every single piece. And I got to eat more than one piece at a time, so I didn't feel like I was limiting myself as much.

The less than awesome thing about sugar is the high carb content... so if you're watching your carbs and the chocolate option doesn't appeal to you, I would recommend Philly Swirl - Sweet Delights Frozen Bar. They are low cal, low carb creamsicles... and they are amazing! 14 calories, 4 carbs and they taste phenomenal.

Remember, everything in moderation. The harder you make it to reach your goals, the harder you will fall if you slip up. Good luck on your journey!

Frozen strawberry drink. I actually make this now for breakfast too and add a handfull of spinach and a scoop of protein powder and omit the cool whip.

Crush up some ice in the blender
Add some fresh strawberries, a little sugar sweetener if u want, and a splash of milk
Blend it up, transfer to a glass and top with a tablespoon or 2 of cool whip.

Kind of like a virgin strawberry daquiri.

Hey everyone
Ive found that Ive been depriving myself too much so that I go on a 3000-4000 calorie binge on the weekends.


So as hard and counter intuitive it is for me
Im making an effort to stop dieting too extreme and eat little treats throughout the week so I dont lose control on the weekends.

So far Ive found brown rice cakes and maria gullon biscuits. (4 cookies = 100 cal WOW)

So what are some of YOUR fav snacks that are pref lower than 200 cal?
(Please dont say fruit, carrots and hummus or nuts etc...)
eating carrot sticks all week is the reason why I eat 3 packs of chips on the weekend
obviously I want relatively healthy snacks not loaded with trans fats and sugar.
maria cookies are really good.
choc chip and short bread 'check them out guys !!

anyways... ideas anyone?

I have chocolate chip/oatmeal cookies down to just over 100 calories each by substituting Stevia for granulated sugar (still use regular brown sugar). Will continue to play with recipe and swap out full butter for a lighter version (when I get some!) and expect to make this an even lower-cal treat that satisfies the sweet tooth.

Recipe on back of choc chip package, add a cup (or more) of oats, and 1/4 to 1/2 the amount of choc chips.


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Nature Valley PB Dark Chocolate Protein bars. Can get at most any grocery store and they are really good. I had 2 today and really want another...

whatever you like! .. cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, curry powder. I've only ever made my kale chips with garlic seasalt and cayenne pepper, but the chickpeas can basically be made with any spice you like. u can find tons of recipes on the internet if u look up roasted chickpea poppers. good luck and sorry for the late post

i cut an apple in half, scoop out the core & fill it with a mixture of oats, brown sugar, flour, and butter.
its like apple pie & sooo delicious!
http://www.skinnytaste.com/2010/09/delightfully-baked-apples.html

I hear you, so what I do is bake. I get out my clean eating cookbooks and find some delicious desserts that are also low cal, low fat and highly yummy! like almond butter cookies, or slow cooker carrot cake and blackstrap molasses cookies. There are a lot of recipes online.

I really like frozen berries and yoghurt at the moment. 1 cup of frozen berries and 100 grams of lite yoghurt, mixed them together and leave for a minute or two then mix it again and it is like frozen yoghurt. So good.

I eat what I want to eat.

Granted, that's typically like raisins or banana mini-cupcakes (which I make myself), but if I want ice cream, I eat ice cream. If I want chips, I eat chips. The secret is in portion control. Measure out ONE serving, then put the container away, go to a table, and eat. When you're done, go out of the kitchen and do something else to preoccupy yourself.

laughing cow cheese (I do the wedges--garlic and herb--or the babybel light) and townhouse flatbread crackers (italian or garlic). 1.25 servings of crackers (10 crackers) and 1 wedge is ~105 cals.

I crave savory snacks rather than sweets, so mu new go-to is Triscuit crackers...Love the Balsamic and Basil Flavor. I top them with egg salad, or tuna salad, and 6 loaded crackers are 250-350 calories depending on the toppings

http://www.myarcticzero.com/nutritionfacts.php 150 CALORIES PER PINT

ENJOY:drinker: