Snack Ideas from MyNetDiary Members
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- Oct 4, 2011
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.
Crunchy
- 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)
