Snack Ideas from MyNetDiary Members

Snack Ideas from MyNetDiary Members For the past 2.5 years, subscribers have shared their ideas for calories-controlled snacks on MyNetDiary's Community Forum . For those of you who are unaware of the Forum or don't have time to browse older posts, you might find these snack ideas helpful.

• Air-popped popcorn with: 1 tbsp of low fat whipped butter mixed with 1 tsp of lemon juice; 1 tbsp chopped dried cranberries mixed with 1 tbsp fat-free feta cheese; or 1 tbsp Parmesan cheese
• Kashi Go Lean Crunch® cereal
• Low calorie Triscuit® crackers with sliced avocado
• Low fat animal crackers with 1 tbsp dark chocolate chips
• Melba toast
• Rice cakes or flax seed cakes
• Shredded wheat & bran cereal added to vanilla low fat yogurt
• Wasa® Light Rye Crispbread

• 2% cottage cheese with: fresh fruit; 1 tsp Nutella®; or 3-4 chopped walnut halves with cinnamon
• Buffalo chicken dip with celery: boil chicken and then run through food processor. Add low fat mayo or sour cream, ranch dip powdered mix and Frank's® RedHot sauce
• Hummus with mini whole wheat pita bread, tomato, and cucumber
• Hummus with baby carrots
• Low fat cheese sticks or string cheese
• Non-fat Greek yogurt with: honey, vanilla agave syrup, berries, and/or ground flax seed
• Low fat ricotta cheese (1/4 - 1/2 cup) with honey and vanilla extract, topped with Cool Whip® Lite
• PB2® powdered regular and chocolate peanut butter (half the calories of regular peanut butter)
• "Sandwich thin" with turkey, lettuce, tomato
• Skim milk or soy milk
• Sodium-free bread & butter pickle chips with 2% cheese on water crackers
• Whey protein powder blended with low fat unsweetened almond milk and fruit

• Broth-based soup (homemade will be a lot lower in sodium than canned)
• Cucumber wrapped with sliced low fat ham (also high in protein)
• Laughing Cow® cheese on celery or crackers
• Nabisco® Wheat Thins Hint of Salt (these are actually low in sodium)
• Nuts & Seeds: 1 oz (1/4 cup) of any type - most are not high in sodium even though they taste salty
• Popcorn (microwave bag): Orville Redenbacher's® Smart Pop; Smart Balance® Smart N' Healthy Popcorn
• Rold Gold® pretzel thins
• Salsa
• Steamed veggies with siracha hot sauce and hoisin sauce

• Baked apples: bake a cored Macintosh or Granny Smith apple that has been stuffed with walnuts, dash cinnamon, ginger, and a drizzle of honey until soft (about 20 minutes)
• Chocolate rice cake with fat free whipped cream and fresh strawberries
• Dried fruit - 1/4 cup or less added to other foods to sweeten (e.g. oatmeal and yogurt)
• Fiber One® Yogurt - key lime pie flavor
• Fresh fruit - plain or with a nut butter (e.g. apple with almond butter, banana with peanut butter)
• Fudgsicle® (sugar free or regular)
• Goodness Knows® snack treats
• Grapes, frozen
• Ice cream: Skinny Cow® single serve treats
• Ice cream: slow-churned low fat vanilla ice cream with sliced peaches, fresh berries, or heated frozen berries
• Small pretzels with 1 tsp Nutella®
• Sugar free jam or jelly
• Red Mars® Bar
• Pudding: no sugar added
• Steel cut oats cooked with cinnamon, sugar free maple syrup, and/or fruit
• Tesco® healthy living snacks
• VitaTops®
• Weight Watchers® snacks (e.g. caramel wafers, chocolate biscuits)

• Raw sliced sweet peppers or baby carrots
• Roasted squash, eggplant, or peppers with spray oil
• Roasted chickpeas - dust with spice of choice. This snack is also high in protein.
• Roasted kale with spray oil
• Zucchini and eggplant sprayed with oil and microwaved (turn every 5 minutes until dark and crunchy)

Katherine Isacks, MPS, RDN, CDE - Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)

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