Snacks...

I am trying to find snacks that healhy, low in calories but at the same time taste good.

Any advise on what to snack on? I like to snack throughout the day and in between meals ( I sit at a desk which can become pretty boring). I dont want to snack on chips or anything out of the vending machine...

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    One of my all time favourites are baby carrots - crunchy, sweet & convenient.
  • scatgash
    scatgash Posts: 101 Member
    Peanut butter on apple wedges, chocolate covered rice cakes, edamame beans, grapes :3
  • tcunbeliever
    tcunbeliever Posts: 8,219 Member
    sliced red bell peppers...yum
  • Jameslemond
    Jameslemond Posts: 60 Member
    100 Family Snacks Under 100 Calories

    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
  • litatura
    litatura Posts: 569 Member
    Raw almonds - Blue Diamond has 100 calorie packs
  • Tropical_Turtle
    Tropical_Turtle Posts: 2,236 Member
    I am addicted to Wasabi Soy Almonds
  • sparkie51
    sparkie51 Posts: 98 Member
    Try some nuts,stick pretzels,popcorn-no butter. Portion them out so you can monitor the calories.
  • erikrichter
    erikrichter Posts: 19 Member
    One of my all time favourites are baby carrots - crunchy, sweet & convenient.

    ^^ This
  • ErnieM88
    ErnieM88 Posts: 146 Member
    I like wafer thin ham - with pretty much anything, red peppers, mushrooms, rice cakes, cucumber and lettuce.
    And I LOVE oranges - but these can be a bit tricky to eat at a desk, a tangerine might be better
  • Helen1860
    Helen1860 Posts: 10 Member
    Celery, broccoli, cauliflower, sugar snap peas, strawberries, grapes, pineapple, all fresh fruit and veggies. Veggies are better because of the lower sugar counts, but definitely all better than most snacks.
  • sparkie51
    sparkie51 Posts: 98 Member
    I just copied and pasted this.Thanks love it
  • marmarlaw
    marmarlaw Posts: 19
    Luna Bar - the peppermint stick is almost like candy. :)
  • Greek yogurt or an apple WITH greek yogurt, Baby carrots are amazing, Walnuts are also wonderful. Larabar's are my favorite ^_^
  • xoeva
    xoeva Posts: 209 Member
    I used to eat baby carrots but now stick to regular sized ones...my daughter went on a field trip to a farm and the farmer told us how they make baby carrots =yuck! it's actually normal carrots, cut to look like baby carrots and then they add dye....best to cut a big carrot into slices, or circles for variety...I like to add hummus...there's low fat variety of it. And there's protein in it.
  • dypab
    dypab Posts: 19
    baby carrots w a Laughing cow light cheese wedge
  • xoeva
    xoeva Posts: 209 Member
    Greek yogurt IS amazing...where was this product 20 years ago?????
  • ErnieM88
    ErnieM88 Posts: 146 Member
    snack a jack popcorn is also really low in calories I think
  • Sugar free jell-O snack pack with 1tbsp sugar free cool whip = 20 calories!!! LOVE IT!
  • I love love love Larabars (: Also, if you really want to indulge and have a chocolate addiction (like myself hahaha...) have you tried Lindt 99% cacao chocolate? It's like 10 cals per square because it hardly has any sugar!
  • Some of my favorites are:
    homemade snack mixes (a few recipes here: http://kitchencourses.com/homemade-snack-mixes/)
    rice cakes
    granola
    roasted chickpeas (you can add any spices you want to change the flavor!)
    veggie strips and hummus
    popcorn
    greek yogurt
  • mbajrami
    mbajrami Posts: 636 Member
    Cucumber slices, sliced bell peppers (red, orange, yellow...even green) in apple cider vinegar