Looking for friendly budget meals and snacks

take a look at my food diary for some suggestions.... also

100 Family Snacks Under 100 Calories -- courtesy of Canadian Parents Magazine (http://www.canadianparents.com/article/100-family-snacks-under-100-calories) They are healthy too! No more excuses....Enjoy:)

1. 1 tablespoon hummus with 1 rye crisp, 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes, 2 celery stalks
2. 1/4 cup berries with 2 tablespoons full fat, plain yogurt and 1 tablespoon chopped nuts or seeds
3. 1 cup unsweetened chocolate almond milk and ½ scoop chocolate-flavoured protein powder blended with a couple of ice cubes
4. 5 almonds, ½ cup air-popped popcorn, 2 tablespoons raisins
5. 1 small tomato sliced with 1 ounce crumbled feta cheese
6. ½ slice of whole-wheat toast with 1 tablespoon almond butter and ½ an apple or pear
7. 1/4 cup cooked quinoa with 3 tablespoons chickpeas and ½ cup diced veggies
8. 1 rye crisp topped with ½ sliced hardboiled egg and 1 sliced plum tomato
9. 1/4 cup high-fibre, low-sugar cereal with 1/4 cup diced fruit or berries and 1/4 cup plain soymilk
10. ½ mini pita stuffed with 2 tablespoons each of mashed avocado and chopped tomato
11. Chopped steamed broccoli florets sprinkled with 1 ounce of cheese
12. Can of diced tomatoes sprinkled with 1 ounce of cheese
13. Small baked potato with a ½ cup salsa and 2 tablespoons non-fat sour cream
14. ½ cup orange juice (try freezing it and eating it as sorbet!)
15. 4-ounce container of low-fat yogurt
16. 4-ounce container of low-fat pudding
17. 1 container no-sugar-added rice pudding
18. 1 piece of toast cut into sticks with ½ cup of applesauce for dipping
19. 1 slice reduced-calorie bread with ¼ cup cottage cheese, 2 tablespoons applesauce and dash of cinnamon
20. 1 cup unsweetened applesauce (or ½ cup sweetened)
21. 1 cup berries with 3 tablespoons fat-free Cool Whip (or 1 tablespoon regular Cool Whip)
22. 1 cup berries with 2 tablespoons of plain yogurt and 1 teaspoon honey
23. 10 strawberries dipped in 2 tablespoons of light chocolate syrup
24. ½ cantaloupe
25. 3 plums
26. 1 medium banana
27. 1 large apple
28. 1 medium orange
29. 2 cups watermelon chunks
30. 4 dates
31. ¼ cup dried cranberries
32. 10 dried apricot halves
33. 30 grapes (try them frozen!)
34. 1 cup chopped mango
35. Small sweet potato
36. Corn on the cob (1 ear)
37. 2 tablespoons sunflower seeds
38. 10 cashews
39. 10 almonds
40. 10 walnut halves
41. 25 pistachios
42. ¼ cup pumpkin seeds
43. 2 tablespoon roasted soy nuts
44. 1 tablespoon nuts mixed with 2 tablespoons dried cranberries or raisins
45. 6 crackers with 2 teaspoons nut butter
46. 2 graham crackers with 2 teaspoons nut butter
47. Large stock of celery with 1 tablespoon nut butter
48. 1 rice cake with 1 tablespoon nut butter
49. 1 small apple and ½ tablespoon natural peanut butter
50. 1 rye crisp cracker with ½ tablespoon almond butter
51. 1 cup pureed cauliflower with salt and pepper to taste
52. 1 carrot with 2 tablespoons tzatziki
53. 1 cup baby carrots with 2 tablespoons hummus
54. One packet unsweetened instant oatmeal
55. 1 cup minestrone soup
56. ½ cup split-pea soup
57. 1 cup tomato soup (with 1% milk; fewer calories with water)
58. 1 cup vegetable juice with 2 ounces roasted turkey breast
59. 8 shrimp with 4 tablespoons cocktail sauce
60. 10 jelly beans
61. 14 gummy bears
62. 15 chocolate-covered raisins
63. ½ cup edamame (measured with shell)
64. 3 cups air-popped popcorn
65. 2 cheese strings
66. ¼ pita bread with 2 tablespoons hummus
67. ½ red bell pepper with 3 tablespoons hummus
68. 2 egg whites on one slice whole-grain toast
69. 1 hard-boiled egg with one slice Melba toast
70. 3 breadsticks in 3 tablespoons of salsa
71. 5-ounce tossed salad with ¼ cup fat-free dressing
72. 1 multigrain waffle
73. 1 low-fat granola bar
74. 1 snack pack of plain cottage cheese
75. ½ cup low-fat cottage cheese with 5 strawberries
76. 1 serving of Jello sugar-free chocolate pudding
77. ½ cup vanilla soy ice cream
78. ½ cup sherbet or sorbet
79. ½ cup frozen yogurt
80. ½ cup unsweetened applesauce with 2 teaspoons of crushed walnuts
81. 2 tablespoons of fat-free ranch dressing with chopped celery and red pepper
82. 2 ounces smoked salmon with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
83. 1 ounce smoked salmon on ½ mini bagel
84. ½ cup of low-fat fibre-rich cereal with ½ cup vanilla unsweetened almond milk
85. 2 ounces water-packed tuna with ½ cup chopped tomatoes sprinkled with lemon juice, salt and pepper
86. Two ounces of water-packed tuna with 1 tablespoon fat-free mayo
87. ¾ cup whole-grain, low-fat cereal
88. 8 animal crackers
89. 4 whole-grain crackers with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
90. One slice pumpernickel bread with 1 tablespoon fat-free cream cheese
91. 1 piece whole-grain bread with 1 tablespoon no-sugar-added raspberry jam
92. 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk with 1 packet of light hot chocolate
93. 1 cup skim milk and 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa
94. 3 tablespoons of guacamole with ¾ cup raw red pepper strips
95. 2 sesame breadsticks
96. ½ English muffin with ½ teaspoon butter
97. 1 frozen fruit bar
98. 1 fudge popsicle
99. 50 small pretzel sticks
100. 8 low-fat tortilla chips with 3 tablespoons of salsa