What Is Your Favorite Healthy, Easy Snack?

BlitzClipz · June 2013

Since I do a lot of night time snacking and I realize this is hurting my shape up journey, I'm trying to at least switch my snacks out with healthy, low calorie stuff. I've been eating a lot of fruits, like plums and apricots and berries but I'm getting tired of just fruits lol. I just bought some carrots and cauliflower with some organic low fat dill dip and I think I can go along with that for a while.

But I'm really wanting some new ideas for easy, healthy, low cal snacks that I can munch on when the mood calls. I think if I can cut out the crap foods, it might also help with my night time eating as most of the stuff I start to crave around then is crap. If I can train myself to crave healthy stuff instead, I think I will have my snacking under control.

So what are your favorite healthy, easy snacks??

psykins · June 2013

I LOVE honey roasted almonds. 28 almonds is about 150 cals. It seems like a lot of food because you get to count them all out

onwarddownward · June 2013

Raw nuts, pb2, bananas.

lemonmon1 · June 2013

bell peppers and hummus
carrot and hummus
carrot and peanut butter
tamari pumpkin seeds
almonds
fruit - red grapes, blueberries, watermelon, kiwi, apple, etc!

just to name a few! I snack between meals most days!

SoDamnHungry · June 2013

I'll eat string cheese and baby carrots at the same time.

kganc001 · June 2013

Popcorn!

You can spritz it with a little olive oil or water and flavor it how you like.

I personally prefer the 100 cal smart pop bags. Not the best for "clean eating" I guess, but they're tasty, fast and easy.

pchesnut · June 2013

I love to eat 1/2 C of plain Greek yogurt with strawberries/pineapples/banana etc

or I like a handful of raw walnuts and 7 reduced fat triscuts

or a sugar free jello snack-pak (only 10 calories)

or celery sticks and a few T of all natural peanut butter

taso42 · June 2013

sausage and egg mcmuffin

linsey0689 · June 2013

I love popcorn and carbmaster yogurt from kroger only 60 calories.

cchardy82 · June 2013

Emerald makes 100 Calorie Almond packs-they come salty or sweet.
yogurt and low fat granola
hummus and low carb crackers or rice cake
hummus and veggies
salsa and fat free cream cheese with low carb crackers
pb and rice cake
pb and apples
100 Calorie popcorn

starryphoenix · June 2013

Kefir, has 20 grams of sugar per serving, but still very healthy. especially the plain kind which has no sugar.

BlitzClipz · June 2013

Great ideas so far!! I LoVe nuts, the only problem is I have difficulty stopping within a healthy/low cal range. So I'm hesitant to add them in to my snacks

pchesnut · June 2013

If you have a hard time stopping with eating nuts then you can get a small bowl and dish out the suggested serving and then take your snack and leave the kitchen. Also remember that nuts (and walnuts in particular) are high in fat but it is the good fat So pair it with something like crackers or yogurt to help fill you up faster

vaironika · June 2013

I love steamed broccoli, edamame beans (has a very good amount of protein) or some carrots

Unsweetened almond milk is good too, or you can even put in some stevia to sweeten or put a teaspoon of natural cocoa powder to make a healthy chocolate milk. Also try sipping on flavored tea so you can fill up on hydration without any extra calories. Try to consume most your calories during the day

UAYpull · June 2013

One serving of cashews.

foot1647 · June 2013

Raw Cashews
Yogurt
Toast - Daves Killer Bread is my favorite
Frozen Yogurt
Berries

Graelwyn75 · June 2013

I tend to always go for raw carrots with various dips or houmous.
or baby plum tomatoes(grape tomatoes), berries, greek yoghurt, dark chocolate.

justtodayjen333 · June 2013

On eating nuts in moderation, my husband read somewhere that drinking lots of water while eating almonds actually makes the almonds expand in your stomach and you feel really full. Now as I actually write that, doesn't seem like it really happens, but who knows. And I know when I drink lots of water in between each nut, I do feel full. Just my thought.:)

thatonegirlwiththestuff · June 2013

Plain greek yogurt, apples and red bell peppers. I eat the bell pepper whole just like I would an apple.

sdionnemoore · June 2013

Emerald cocoa roasted Almonds, 100 cal pack, crushed, and stirred into a vanilla Greek yogurt.

foot1647 · June 2013

I eat the bell pepper whole just like I would an apple.

I've done that with onions before. I love onions, I haven't done that in a while, but if I make a burger or almost anything, I'll use almost half an onion to myself. Onions and Garlic are delicious raw. Probably doesn't help my breath any, but my wife doesn't care as she's the same way.

toothpastechica · June 2013

I'm loving celery right now, with or without something on it (just peanuts peanut butter, light ranch, when I have calories to spare.) It's becoming my goto snack at night when I don't have a lot of calories left in my budget but I feel like I need to eat something.

pandorakick · June 2013

Smoked ham slices, cottage cheese or a bit of extra dark chocolate. What also might help is to have somewhat smaller breakfast and lunch, giving you enough space in your calorie budget to enjoy those snacks in the evening. That's what I do!

healthypenguin · June 2013

cocoa dusted almonds, roasted jicama w/ cream cheese and sugarfree jam, hardboiled eggs with faces drawn on the outsides

Mario_Az · June 2013

quest bar

RealityRobin · June 2013

Try sticking with your fruit routine, but expand it to include other in-season fruits. Chilled fresh pineapple is AMAZING.

For the nuts, try portioning out the correct amount into ziploc baggies, tupperware, whatever, so you don't have to count them out and put the bag back in the pantry when you're hungry. Just grab ONE serving and go.

Edamame is always filling and a yummy snack that's easy to prepare.

I've also found individual pickle packs... not great for sodium, but I put them in the door of the fridge at eye level so I see them first. Eating a pack of those while I'm making my "real" snack helps keep me in control.