Low Carb Snacks

FitChickBritt · March 2010

I just recently realized that all my snacks usually consist of carbs and I'm trying to eat a more balanced ratio of carbs/protein/fat. My snacks usually consist of banana, rice cakes, baked chips, nutrigrain bars, or granola bars. I need good snacks I can take to work with me that aren't all carbs.

kkochend · March 2010

Baby Carrots and Hummus are good sometimes I also packed sliced cucumber instead of hummus.
Small Apples, grapes, and yogurts also make my lists daily for healthy low carb snacks.

Ang8178 · March 2010

I was eatting very high protien to gain muscle mass and ran into this problem! Meat, :laugh: that's the only thing I could really snack on. I did roast my own soy beans and they kinda taste like nuts. Just pick some up in the frozen food section. I used sea salt and olive oil. I think they were 9 carbs, but very very high in protien (for a snack anyway)

tinasullens · March 2010

Some ideas I use:

raw almonds w/apple
low-fat string cheese w/pear
1% cottage cheese w/pineapple
hummus w/carrot sticks
natural peanut butter w/celery

Make sure the almonds are NOT salted or roasted. Try to find string cheese that is 1.5g of fat or less. They're hard to find sometimes, but they're out there. I think the Frigo brand has some. Processed peanut butter is no good.

You can also mix 1 scoop of protein powder with 8 oz. of orange juice or other natural fruit juice (no added sugar and not from concentrate).

Mix it up anyway you'd like! Hope these ideas helped.
Tina