List your favorite healthy snack

I like an apple sliced up with some peanut better to dip it in. Turkey pepperoni and a sliced up string cheese. Greek yogurt with some berries and a little splenda. Air popped popcorn. Great post idea !

celery sticks and 1 triangle of Laughing Cow light swiss

I like string cheese, a piece of celery with some laughing cow chees, greek yogurt, sorbert.....

Rice cakes with laughing cow and turkey ham, hummous, salsa or sugar free jam! ( I am on a rice cake kick )

Sliced up banana drizzled with just a drop of honey and peanut butter to dip it in. Or celery and carrots dipped in Athenos Roasted Red Pepper hummus!! Yum!

A handful of grape tomatoes, or a honey crisp apple. When I want something REALLY sweet, I'll slice the apple, and sprinkle it with cinnamon and splenda, and then microwave it for a couple of minutes. YUM

These are not my recipes - I actually got all of them from members here in the recipe forum... but they're my favorites!!! :-)

-Take a banana, and cut it down the middle lengthwise and then in half so that it'll be in fourths.
-Put 1 tsp of Jiff reduced fat peanut butter on each piece... this can be a tricky task due to the two textures... but I put peanut butter in a sandwich bag, cut a small whole in the corner, and squirt a line on the banana slice (like how you squeeze out cake frosting)
-Squirt a few drizzles of Hershey's chocolate syrup over the pieces.
-Freeze for a few hours.

Cals: 95 Carbs: 16 Fat: 3 Protein: 3 Fiber: 1 Sodium: 67

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Banana Split Dessert

PER SERVING (1 slice): 161 calories, 1.25g fat, 81mg sodium, 36g carbs, 3g fiber, 17g sugars, 3g protein -- POINTS® value 3*

People will FLIP when you slice into this crazy multi-serving dessert...

Ingredients:
One 60-calorie sugar-free chocolate pudding snack (like the kind by Jell-O)
2 cups Cool Whip Free, thawed
3 cups fat-free vanilla ice cream (like Breyers Smooth & Dreamy Fat Free)
1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
2 bananas, sliced
2 tbsp. Hershey's Lite Chocolate Syrup
1 tbsp. crushed dry-roasted peanuts
8 maraschino cherries

Directions:
Set out all your ingredients so your ice cream doesn't melt too much once you start assembling.

Combine pudding snack with Cool Whip in a bowl and mix thoroughly. Set aside.

Once slightly softened, scoop ice cream into a large pie pan and spread into an even layer along the bottom. Evenly place strawberry slices flat over the ice cream, pressing down lightly so they adhere.

Spread pudding/Cool Whip mixture into a smooth layer over the strawberries. Evenly place banana slices flat over this layer, and drizzle with chocolate syrup. Sprinkle with nuts and evenly place the cherries on top of the pie. Freeze for about 4 hours (or overnight), until completely firm.

Allow pie to sit at room temperature for 5 minutes before slicing. Cut into 8 slices and enjoy!

MAKES 8 SERVINGS

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PUMPKIN PIE MUFFINS


Nutritional info: (I entered all of this into the database so that I would have it in "my recipes")
Makes: 12
Serving size: 1 muffin
Calories 194
Total Fat: 6 g
Carbs: 33
Protein: 4
Sodium: 239 mg
Potassium: 163 mg

Ingredients
Cooking spray (I use muffin cups as I don't like cooking spray)
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3 tablespoons molasses
1/4 cup canola oil
2 large eggs
1 cup canned solid-pack pumpkin
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray (or use muffin cups).

In a medium bowl, whisk together both flours, the baking soda, salt, and spices. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, molasses, oil, and one of the eggs until combined. Add the other egg and whisk well. Whisk in the pumpkin and vanilla. Stir in the flour mixture in two batches, alternating with the buttermilk, just until combined. Put the batter into the prepared muffin pan, filling each about two-thirds full. Tap the pan on the counter a few times to remove any air bubbles. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of one of the muffins comes out clean, about 20 minutes.

Allow the muffins to cool about 15 minutes then remove from the muffin tins and allow to cool completely. Enjoy them warm or store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

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Low Low Fat Brownie Recipe
Submitted by hongchng
Makes 24 servings

Low low fat brownie. serving size:24. Calorie: 37/serving (17g)

Ingredients 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
4 ounce (1/2 cup) applesauce
2 eggs

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degree F (175 degree C). Grease an 8x8 inch square pan.
2. In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, sugar and salt.
3. Pour in oil, vanilla, applesauce and eggs. Mix until everything is well blended. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top is shiny and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

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Oh my that chocolate frozen recipe sounds delicious!!!!!!

CocoPop rice cake (16 calories, no fat, 4 carbs and 5mg Na) topped with 1 Tbsp peanut butter and 2 tsp sugar free maple syrup
The only place I have seen these sold are in Wegman's Grocery store which is concentrated in NY, PA, VA, MD and NJ. Their website sells them directly as well. Even though it is on the sweet side I still consider it healthy. It really helps calm my sweet tooth.

About anything dairy. Mainly yogurt or Cottage cheese. I like my salads with Feta cheese. yummy stuff.

Strawberries..lots and lots of strawberries. Too bad they are going out of season. I do buy low sodium baby carrots and put a smidge of low fat ranch to dip..sometimes i cant have many veggies without some taste..except from brocolli.

popcorn (home made) and pickles are my low calorie lifesavers! Then for quick food with more staying power I'm a big fan of apples with peanut butter or cheese.

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