What are your favorite snacks?

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  • stiobhard
    stiobhard Posts: 140 Member
    That is funny to me! We are a natural peanut butter household and I usually forget that there is another kind of peanut butter. If I had answered, I might have used the same language in reverse: "I hate the sugary kind. I eat the regular stuff." No judgement. Just funny how perspectives on what is regular are different!

    the best peanut butter is the stuff you make yourself by pouring peanuts into a machine.... alot of grocery stores seem to offer this nowadays though ive also done it at home with a food processor.... but it depends how sturdy your food processor is....just make sure that the peanuts are roasted instead of raw.
  • ummommyme
    ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
    cottage cheese with a few almonds, sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds. It's soo yummy! For something sweet I melt a few chocolate chips with peanut butter and pour it over a banana, it's delicious.
  • Pack3rsLA
    Pack3rsLA Posts: 1
    Fiber One oats and chocolate bar

    140 calories
    Calories from fat 35
    Total fat 4g
    Saturated fat 2g
    29g Carbs
    9g Dietary Fiber
    10g Sugars
    2g Protein

    Great when you have a chocolate craving or just a sweet tooth in general :)
  • rebbylicious
    rebbylicious Posts: 621 Member
    brie cheese with an apple
    blue cheese with a glass of red wine
    lime and sea salt popcorn
  • jilllangtree
    jilllangtree Posts: 1
    I can relate..my second week and after going cold turkey on chocolate I'm free.
    For a snack I use one of my pieces of fruit...a pear is yummy. Some soaked almonds or rice cakes and a topping like tomatoes or cottage as and gherkin...you can do it:happy:
  • megan_elizabeth8
    megan_elizabeth8 Posts: 216 Member
    A mug of soup, homemade muffins, greek yogurt and berries, english muffin with peanut butter or a boiled egg, muesli bar, smoothies/milkshakes, the list goes on...
  • onlyjulz
    onlyjulz Posts: 11 Member
    thats what it says on the label.. http://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/vlasic/zesty-dill-pickle-spears
  • janinelambiase
    janinelambiase Posts: 68
    Ricotta cheese + coffee flavored powder

    (my diary is open to the public if you'd like to take a peak)

    I like ricotta cheese more than cottage cheese because I find cottage cheese to be too salty.

    I like ricotta cheese more than yogurt because I can't seem to fully cover up the tangy taste in yogurt.
    Thank you, I looked at your diary and noticed the same as on mine, always a little bit over the fat and sodium.
    I was worried about it, but I guess its ok.

    Keep the ideas coming! Maybe we should create a list with all snacks and pin it somewhere for easy access on the "brain dead" days! (not sure how that works though.
  • onlyjulz
    onlyjulz Posts: 11 Member
    Dill pickle and a diet pepsi = 0 calories!!!!!!! (the dill pickle makes the soda taste sweet like reg) ..........................

    I am a little confused how a dill pickle is 0 calories?
    I know it's pretty low calories, but 0? ,,,,

    http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-pickles-cucumber-dill-i11937

    the label says it has 0 cal on my vlasic zesty dill spears but you made me question this .. I found something that said pickles do have a few cal but because they are so low the FDA allows them to say 0 cal.. a little misleading but still very low about 5-10 cal depending on the pickle :)
  • SilverLuster
    SilverLuster Posts: 3
    One trick with peanut butter, you can half the serving size and still enjoy the flavor. Hummus has a lot of calories too. Try eating veggies if you're having a hard time keeping your calories down and don't forget your water. Water and exercise keeps me from snacking. But some fun easy snacks: Cucumber slices, carrots, celery, any vegetable with salsa, banana + chocolate peanut butter protein + almond milk. Oatmeal with apples and cinimon. Find out what is in your diet that you can cut back so you can enjoy some snacks. I've replaced most of my milk with unsweetined almond milk, started eating egg whites instead of the whole egg, replaced most mayo with just mustard, reduced my cheese munching. Snacks can me 100 cal or less, can be of anything, to include just a few chips (5) or tbsp of ice cream :)
  • IndianCat3
    IndianCat3 Posts: 158 Member
    im a huge fan of Peanut Butter, so huge that i end up eating the whole darn jar..lol..so i had to switch to PB2, and it has saved me sooooo many calories and fat!!!

    my favorite snacks are: peanut butter crackers, almonds, granola bars and fruit snacks
  • Elsie_Brownraisin
    Elsie_Brownraisin Posts: 786 Member
    One trick with peanut butter, you can half the serving size and still enjoy the flavor. Hummus has a lot of calories too. Try eating veggies if you're having a hard time keeping your calories down and don't forget your water. Water and exercise keeps me from snacking. But some fun easy snacks: Cucumber slices, carrots, celery, any vegetable with salsa, banana + chocolate peanut butter protein + almond milk. Oatmeal with apples and cinimon. Find out what is in your diet that you can cut back so you can enjoy some snacks. I've replaced most of my milk with unsweetined almond milk, started eating egg whites instead of the whole egg, replaced most mayo with just mustard, reduced my cheese munching. Snacks can me 100 cal or less, can be of anything, to include just a few chips (5) or tbsp of ice cream :)

    About hummus , a tip I learned from Weighwatchers - replace some of it (a third or half) with yogurt (lowfat natural or greek, but greek would keep the thickness) and add a little pulped garlic.
  • imawatermelon
    imawatermelon Posts: 7
    Fruit, esp apples, mangos, honeydew, watermelon, plums and pineapple which fill me up pretty quick and are low in fat and calories. I also like frozen yogurt bars.
  • commanderval
    commanderval Posts: 187 Member
    sugar snap peas...I could eat them allllll dayyyy loooong!
  • WaynesGurl
    WaynesGurl Posts: 44 Member
    Greek yogurt (I love vanilla Dannon light and fit) with a hand full of chopped almonds/pistachios/pecans (mix I get at the store) and 2 tablespoons of flaxseed meal.....yummers
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    I don't snack much, but when I do it's usually: String cheese, Seapoint Farms dry roasted edamame, fruit, nuts, or low sodium V8
  • sadiebrawl
    sadiebrawl Posts: 863 Member
    I've jumped on the smoothie bandwagon. They are easy if you get the magic bullet and you can keep them relatively low cal/low fat with lots of flavors if you use the right stuff. I use Pinterest for recipes, but I usually end up just using what I have. I keep lots of herbs and fruits frozen so I always have them. I use coconut water most of the time as it helps with digestion. But I use almond milk for sweeter drinks or when I need some extra protein.
  • janinelambiase
    janinelambiase Posts: 68
    Another idea, I have been squeezing fresh lemon onto my veggies and other food, just so they don't taste so blend.
    Its actually very refreshing !

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