Your Go-To Foods

Raw veggies & 2 tbs marzetti classic ranch....fills you up
blue diamond almonds (not salted)
16 (1serving) snyders mini sour dough pretzels
fruit

keep these on you at all times in baggies

my diary is public..I eat lots of snacks all day...I eat little meals all day

Good luck
Lynda

atlantic salmon on half bagel with a little whipped cream cheese- about 200 calories but an amazing breakfast that keeps you filling full

Usually some sort of fruit...especially strawberries, pineapple, or grapes.

rice cakes, and flatbread are good for making a variety of small snacks and meals. you can top rice cakes with cheese, salsa, veggies, fruit, nut butter, jelly, any type of syrup or sauce. flatbread (or a tortilla wrap) can be made into a quick personal pizza, a wrap stuffed with veggies, a breakfast wrap stuffed with nut butter and fruit, a burrito, a quesadilla, a wrap with scrambled eggs and choice of toppings, and so much more.

i love salsa as a super low-cal flavor-enhancer.

hummus is a healthy fat/protein that improves the taste of just about anything

nuts, baby carrots, snow peas, and celery sticks, crackers, and apples are all easy things to travel with.

Eggs (omelets, scrambled, fried, hard-boiled - all of the above!!)
fresh veggies (I cut them up ahead of time and keep them ready to grab on the go)
unsalted almonds (I know that .18 grams is about 100 calories - quick snack!)
almond milk
beans (black, pinto, garbanzo, kidney - I buy canned, no-salt-added beans - great fiber & protein!)
fresh fruit - nature's sweet snack
ground turkey - delicious and typically more lean than ground beef - can be used a million ways. I like turkey burgers, omelets w/turkey, a stir-fry with fresh veggies & turkey...
Seitan - my current favorite vegetarian protein - I could eat it for every meal!

A great, easy meal that's a favorite in our house: cooked ground turkey sauteed with various fresh veggies (usually a little of bit of everything that is in the fridge), then some low-sodium vegetable broth is added to the pan and brought to a simmer. We add a little thickener at the end - we use xantham gum, since I'm trying to avoid most dairy, but milk or cornstarch would work too. This can be spooned on top of brown rice or quinoa - we also like to add in some black or pinto beans.

Edited to add: my diary is public - feel free to take a peek if it might help with ideas.

• Eggs
• Old-fashioned oats
• 1% organic milk
• Turkey breast
• Oroweat whole-wheat sandwich thins
• Whole-wheat pasta
• Baby organic spinach
• Bolthouse Farms yogurt dressing

Edited to add:
• Dark chocolate
• Wine

Edited to add:
• Dark chocolate
• Wine

Yumm! My kind of go-to-foods list. I didn't add these to mine, but should have. :happy:

For snacks I keep almonds and dried apricots in my desk at work because that combo seems to keep me going. For breakfast a must have is Adam's natural creamy peanut butter (I eat 1/2 serving and it is plenty) raw honey and orowheat double fiber english muffins. Other meals, salad in the box or bag, lots of veggies, fruits, frozen chicken breast in the freezer, Trader Joe's frozen brown rice, fish, tuna packed in water, black beans, kidney beans, and the small white beans. I have found if I have something on hand at all times that I can prep fast in an emergency it keeps me on track.

Green monster smoothies! They are delicious! I have one everyday!

1 cup skim milk
1 frozen banana
1 scoop protein powder ( i use gnc amp vanilla)
2 cups fresh baby spinach ( i PROMISE that you cannot taste the spinach)
ice

I have so many that it's hard to give just a couple!

1. BSN Lean Dessert Protein Powder Banana Cream (1/2 scoop) mixed with 1/2 - 1 cup Fage 0% non-fat plain yogurt ... put on plain non-fat graham cracker. Tastes like banana cream pie! Yum!!! Sometimes I put in sliced bananas or blueberries or both! Sometimes when I don't add fruit, I'll put another graham cracker on top and freeze to make an "ice cream" sandwich. Not bad drizzled with just a touch of chocolate. Oh I could go on and on ... it's delish!

2. Vegetable pizza: Kangaroo 100% whole wheat pita pocket bread split or FlatOut light original flatbread, 1-2 T Prego spaghetti sauce (chunky tomato, onion, garlic), 1-1.5 tsp reduced fat basil pesto (a little goes a long way), fresh mushrooms, onion, spinach, whatever veggies you like, topped with little dabs of goat cheese. Bake 350 degrees until hot and crunchy. Variations are endless.

3. Chips and dip: Take wonton wrappers, cut diagonally and place in a single layer on a baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees until crisp. Dip into chunky salsa plain or mixed with Fage 0% non-fat plain yogurt or fresh pico de gallo.

I keep Larabar minis in the glove box of my car. My son plays soccer and my daughter swims so 4 nights out of the week there is a HUGE possibility I'm going to be stuck out 45 minutes from home when the dinner pangs hit. Practices start at 4:30 and we get home at 8 :-(. Where they practice has every fast food joint you can imagine so I have to have something on me. Larabars warm up but don't melt and I love they have a ingredient list I can actually read lol.

I LOVE Lara bars. They're fantastic - the only "bars" I'll eat, since I understand every single ingredient, and there's no added sugar, preservatives or artificial anything - just the fruit and nuts.

Oatmeal, peanut butter, zone caramel crunch bars, almonds, a bowl of special K with almond milk, english muffins (topped with honey, or pb), smoothie (made from fruit juice, frozen mixed berries, 1/2 small banana and 1/2 papaya),

- yogurt and a fruit
- hummus and veggies and a few multigrain crackers
- a handful of almonds
- a small bowl of non-creamy soup
- a few pieces of sushi

I love Hummus and Tabouli. There is this amazing low cal dip from Costco's. Jalepeno Yogurt dip, 30 cal for 2tbps...tons of flavour. Quesadilla's with a little cheese, 2 tbsps of salsa and 100g chicken breast.

Snacks I like fresh fruit, almonds and cliff energy bars.