Instead of potato chips I at baked lentil chips. Super yummy.
When I want chocolate or something sweet, I ate either an atkins peanut butter cup or two or a kind chocolate and nut bar (trying to find one with lower carbs).
My favorite snack/lunch is apple with a huge amount of cinnamon and peanut butter. Seriously never tire of it and I eat it almost every day for lunch.
My all time favorite snack is an apple with a tbsp or two of natural peanut butter.
Fresh fruit and nuts in general for me, really.. maybe a bowl of berries or cherries coupled with an ounce of almonds or walnuts, or instead of an apple and peanut butter I'll have an apple and almond butter, and so on.
The embellishment I use is usually sugar free instant pudding mix. I just stir in the pudding mix (some jello gelatin flavors also work well as stir-ins). I especially like the Jello pudding sugar free pistachio or chocolate fudge.
If I want to eat it for breakfast, I'll also stir in some whey protein.
The texture is so dense, it really feels like I'm eating cheesecake. Even my husband was impressed (and he's not easily impressed by "diet" foods).
I also substitute a much smaller amounts of really strong cheese for mild cheeses
such as
asiago in place of mozzarella
very sharp cheddar in place of American or mild cheddar
Hard, aged swiss in place of soft Baby Swiss
strong blue cheeses for mild blue cheeses (I buy the most expensive, funkiest, moldiest, strongest blue cheese I can afford).
semi-ripe bananas
cheddar cheese (alone or with 3-4 ww soda crackers)
apples (alone or with peanut butter)
peanut butter on ww soda crackers
Saltless nuts
fiber cereal
strawberries
homemade fruit & fiber muffins
jello chocolate pudding
favorite yogurt
turkey pepperettes
babybell cheeses
My go to dessert: I take a banana and slice it in two lengthwise. Then I wrap each half with a sheet of filo dough that I have spritzed with butter flavored cooking spray and bake at 350 for about 10 minutes.... about 165 calories.
You can add a quarter cup of plain, fat free Greek yogurt or light ice cream too !
I'll second (or third?) apple slices with a very thin layer of peanut butter. I like granny smith best for this, the combo of sweet, tart and salty is great!
If I really need some chocolate or chips, I'll often get some of those 100 calorie packs. It can help with cravings. I also love kettle corn and Orval Redenbachers (or however you spell that) makes 100 calorie microwave kettle corn. YUM! It's not the same as the stuff you get at the fair, but it's still pretty good. And I can eat the whole bag! There's something about that that's just satisfying.
I've heard that almonds are a great healthy, and filling, snack but I'm allergic to them. But it's an option for the rest of you.
I love ice cream, so I'll get Skinny Cow ice cream treats. Or, if you are in an area where you can get Kemps, they have a fudge bar that's either 60 or 80 calories. I can't remember right now. At that low, I can usually have two!
I also like light string cheese as a snack, for 50 calories a piece I'll usually have two of those as well.
Finally, if I'm feeling really naughty, or if it's a special occasion, I'll bake an angel food cake. 100 calories a piece and fat free!
Any favorite healthy snacks or tasty alternatives??
