very low or no calories snack food?

I always called it "ants on a log" when I was little too.... but hadn't heard that recently, made me smile!

Fruit of any sort, air popped popcorn or a 100 calorie microwave bag, a hard pretzel (slather it with a weight watchers or laughing cow cheese wedge!), sliced veggies either plain or with a small amount of creamy "light" dressing to dip them in, a Kashi TLC bar (I love the dark chocolate cherry ones!), a huge salad with a vinegar or lemon juice dressing (or "light" dressing of your choice- but actually only use 2 tbsp or less), light yogurts (freeze them for an icy-creamy treat), There's lots!

I have always preferred jerky as my snacks and have found it good one. They are definitely the best ones.

Jerky

pureed frozen banana and pineapple....soooooooooo goooood.

Kale/spinach chips
tear up kale or spinach leaves (or just use baby spinach), wash and dry them, spread them out on tinfoil on a cookie sheet, spray them with a misto (or with pam), sprinkle on spices, pop in oven for ~15 mins at 375 (You'll know they're done with they're stiff and crispy)

Or get a popsickle kit (They're on sale right now since summer is over, or you can get them at the dollar store)
Mix up crystal light or mio or whatever flavoured water you want and fill the popsicle mold. Its great if you can toss in some fruit with a simular flavor. Another option is to mix almond milk with a tsp of vanilla extract, a tsp of brown sugar and fill up molds, then add a tsp of chocolate chips to each. It makes a chocolatey popsicle thats usually under 100 calories (imput the recipie as you go)

Or fruit. Clemintines/Mandarins are great and about 50 cal. Same with grapefruit. Cut up apples sprinkled with cinnamon.

2 bananas + 1 cup oatmeal (uncooked) + handful of chocolate chips or blueberries. mix. Plop onto parchment paper on a cookie sheet, bake at 350 for 15 mins = low cal

popcorn

tea/coffee

sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, celery, cucumber, pepper slices

cut up banana, freeze it, blend it, add mixings = "ice cream"

yogurt

I'll stop now. I really like talking about food and recipes. :laugh:

Bamboo Worms are a tasty insect snack which is high in protein, fiber and low in fat. Like Cheetos? You will love these. A hint of corn, slightly fibrous.
Or try crickets. Just snap off the legs and wings first so they go down the throat more easily.
Water beetles are slightly higher in fat content and don't look quite as appetizing to many (including me) but still a local delicacy here (usually eaten with a beer instead of peanuts but that would up your calorie intake....maybe ok for those of you that follow IIFYM. :drinker: )

The only 0 calorie food is water.

broccoli
celery
strawberries
cucumbers
cauliflower
baby carrots

are all low calorie foods. You could gorge yourself on any of the above, cooked or raw, and it'd be hard to make a big dent in your calorie goal.

Also with the summer months coming up, I like to puree ripe strawberries and pour them into Popsicle molds and freeze them for a calorie-cheap dessert or snack.

^^^^^ I like this stuff if I am just looking to keep my hands busy - I also like raw cabbage I just cut it up in smallish chunks

sometimes you need to hit a craving though - I keep 10g squares of dark chocolate in my freezer and will occassional grab one or two of those (I had a giant bar from Christmas so I broke it up and froze it). For salt cravings I like Quakers Crispy Minis they have all kinds of flavours and 12 is under 100 calories.

Be careful with baby carrots because the are soaked in chemicals to preserve them since they are cut.

http://digitaljournal.com/article/260034 << here is an article on the baby carrot issue - it debunks the rumor that they are bad because of being soaked in chlorine - they go through a chlorine wash for a specified amount of time and then are rinsed in potable water

I was sucked into that one also lol

If it has no calories, it's not made of food.

Any fruit or vegetable is low in calories. I make a great and easy dill dip for veggies that is pretty low cal, about 50 cals for 4 tbsps.

Dill Dip

3 tbsps. Hellman's half fat mayonnaise
8 tbsps. fat free sour cream
2-4 tbsps. dill weed

Mix well.

AdvantEdge protein shakes.. can get at walmart. Not expensive and only 110 calories. That's all I really have for lunch and it fills me up.