Healthy, inexpensive snacks?

I take a canister and mix walnuts, dried cranberry's and white chocolate morsels and use that as a trail mix. Then I have a measuring cup beside it and scoop out 1/2 a cup. You get good nutrients and it fills you up....you don't really "over-eat" it.

Another great thing to get is an air-pop popcorn machine....you can make up to 5 cups and the calories are almost none, I flavor mine with 0-cal butter spray and seasoning, like pampered chef citrus basil, so good

I certainly wouldn't recommend nuts as they are so calorie dense, 600 cals for 100g!

How about veg slices, cucumber, peppers, carrots, very low calorie too

Yogurt (from the big containers), cheese sticks, apples, cottage cheese, popcorn, peanut butter

Apple is a great snack, fills me up, sweet, good energy. I purposely look for bags of small apples at the store as it usually suffices the need at smaller calorie consumption

I second the discouragement of nuts, 3 tablespoons of peanuts, 170 cals! 3 tablespoons ... cant even take the edge off!

Oh, and also as a sub for nuts, roasted seasoned chickpeas! Just toss/spray with tiny drop of oil, toss in seasoning and bake until crispy golden ????

I like to make my own beef jerky. I buy a rump roast trim off as much fat as possible then slice it in to strips, put it in a container with soy sauce, a bit of honey, onion powder, red chili flakes and some liquid smoke. Let that marinade for about 24 hours then take the beef out pat it dry with paper towels and lay it out on some furnace filters (don't use fiberglass filters) and strap them to a box fan and let it run on high for about 24 to 48 hours when it is dry it is done. Put in to a mason jar or plastic bags.

Much cheaper then the stuff at the store and no nitrates or other stuff I could not pronounce, also as long as it is dry it will keep practically forever.

You can make it out of other meats just try to find a lean piece which is why I use the rump roast trim off the fat and it is very lean fat is what will go rancid. I know wild game is known to make great jerky because it is normally very lean meat. Lots of protein almost 0 carbs and a great salty treat, chewy so you eat slower.

Apples. bananas and grapefruit as they are so filling. Pop corns are good too. Sweet low calorie snacks like would trigger my cravings.

I make the "Healthy Cookies" from the blog Skinnytaste. They are just made with overipe bananas and oats (and any chip, nut or dried fruit you like in a cookie). Tastes like banana bread and does a good job curbing cravings at about 45 calories a cookie.

Also, light string cheese (takes forever to eat so that helps too) and low cal popcorn measured out to 1 serving size are favorites of mine. I find the longer I can pick at something, the better.

There is also the PB & J healthy oatmeal cookies on Skinnytaste.com. So good and only 91 calories for 2 cookies.

I make some of my snacks more inexpensive by shopping at Costco. Roasted Seaweed, Mini bags of microwave popcorn, Pistachios, almonds and edamame are regulars around our house. Oh, and for special treats, Brookside Dark chocolate covered fruit thingies (they have different ones, but they are really just gourmet chocolate covered jelly beans).

Cheaper yet I like peanut butter with celery. Or cheese and an apple, cheese and V8, cheese and popcorn. And my husband just eats cheese with his cheese.

In season fruits can be pretty reasonably priced, depending on where you live.