Healthy Snacks

I thought starting a thread like this could be helpful to a lot of us. What are some of your healthy snack options, for those hours between meals when you need something to keep you going?

Some of mine are:

• Quaker Chewy bars (Strawberry Yogurt - so awesome, and 140 calories), although I think as far as grenola bars go there are better options.
• Kellogg's All-Bran Snack Bites, which come in packs of 110 calories.
• Yoghurts are love - some of the Danone ones are less than 100 calories per serving.
• Fresh fruit are a given.

What gets you through the day?

How about dry cereal?

Im not much of a snacker, but a small bowl of dry cereal has gotta be good!

Dannon Light N Fit vanilla cream yogurt...add cinnamon and it is delicious! 0 grams of fat and only 60 calories

Rice cakes

Cut up an apple and spray lightly with pam. Then sprinkle a mixture of cinnamon and splenda on top.

Sugar free jello ... 10 calories!

some plain yogurt with protien powder mixed in, with oatmeal and kashi go lean stired in, i had this before i lifted ( just finished)

ive found many uses for plain yogurt, you can make it into good meals anytime of the day, including a good sauce on chicken or meat.

cereal is good, as long as you mix it with protien, or have a high protien cereal.

fruit is a good one too.

my ideal snack is ususly a peaice of fruit, some almonds and a glass of milk

raw veggies like broccoli, celery sticks, baby carrots, cucumber etc...

raw nuts,

yogurt like you mentioned, but I like Yoplait's Source no fat yogurt,

homemade muffins and breads made with whole wheat and little or no salt and made with Splenda or little sugar and low fat as well,

different flavoured Green teas or flavoured black tea or herb tea, no calories at all!

fruits like apples, tangerines, kiwis, bananas, berries, melon, figs etc.

air popped popcorn with NoSalt and Garlic Powder sprinkled on top

bean salad

Crispy Minis

homemade low-fat rice pudding with raisins

1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce with added cinnamon

diet jello

fig newtons

popsicle

a few of my favorites:

my sinless "apple pie:" apple, sprinkled w/ splenda and cinammon. add 2 tbs. water, cover and microwave 2 1/2 min. mmmm.

OR

carrot sticks dipped in salsa or honey mustard.

OR

steamed broccoli topped with pasta sauce (and sometimes parmesan cheese). better than pasta!

OR

frozen blueberries/strawberries mixed with dannon light 'n' fit vanilla yogurt, topped with cinammon.

I like Luna Bars, dry whole grain cereal, dried apricots, reduced fat triscuits, bananas, whole grain toast with a little jam, popcorn, almonds, Annie's bunny grahams, TLC 7-grain crackers, fruit snacks, Breyer's yogurt snack packs, low fat cottage cheese snack packs...

I vary my snacks a lot.  It keeps me from growing bored with my diet.  I'd have to say that I eat some sort of whole grain snack most often.  Today I had reduced fat tricuits with one Kraft free single as a snack.  Not too many calories, and very satisfying.

all of the above... plus soy crisps! yum!

CocoaVia *healthy* dark chocolate bars - 100cals

Clementines -30ish cals

Bananas

Apples

Weight Control Oatmeal -160cals

Raw cabbage leaves with salsa. It sounds odd but licks tortilla cravings :)

my top snacks are:

1. muler light yoghurts- less than 110 calories per pot

2. tesco healthy living mini fruit lollies- only 40 calories per lollie

3. delmonte smoothie lollies mang or rasberry - only 96 calories per lollie

4. ALPEN LIGHT APPLE & SULTANA, ALPEN LIGHT CITRUS FRUITS, ALPEN LIGHT SUMMER FRUITS, ALPHEN LIGHT CHOCOLATE AND APPLE - All under 70 calories per bar.

healthunut, for that sinless "apple pie" do you core and cut up the apple first before u add the splenda and cinnamon?

I like cherry tomatoes, a handful of mixed nuts - no salt, amaranth graham crackers, frozen banana, or mixed frozen veggies nuked with some salsa.

Apples w/ peanut butter, slice of whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter, jelly belly sport beans (before I work out 100 calories, extra boost), cheerios w/ skim milk, grapes, plums, oranges, nature valley trail mix granola bar 140 calories.  And today I discovered one of my new favorites... Myoplex Lite  peanut caramel crisp bar 190 calories 15g of protein 8 g of fiber...  Very filling and yummy!!!

I have my own little version of 'sinless' apple pie, except its probably not the same at all. 1 apple sliced, 1/2 a lemon juiced, and cinnamon. Shake it up in a bag and you have yourself a sweet and sour treat in 65 calories. YUM.

Other snacks I LOVE to eat that fill up calories:
- Dannon light and fit yogert w/ cinnamon
- Kashi Go Lean waffles with PB2 & cinnamon
- Pop secret 100 calorie pop
- Fruit Leather
- Apples
- 100 calorie packs of anything (they're all good)
- Vitatop muffins
- Dry cereal - Fiber one is my fave
- Quaker rice cakes
- Frozen Yogert!!! Especially Micky D's (140 calories an ice cream cone - 120 in a cup)

The list can go on for ages :)

Cottage Cheese! I always thought because it had "cheese" in the title it was high in calories. Turns out, it's a great lean protein and tasty to boot.

I also have an apple pie...

1 apple sliced  w. a pinch of cinnamon
then I mix about a tbsp of oats with 1 tsp maple syrup.

Put oats on top of apple w. cinnamon

Bake.

Ridiculously good, and about 100 calories.

Also,
carrots
rice cakes
rice crackers
Steamed broccoli
Steamed spinach w. lemon juice & pepper
Frozen grapes
Classic popsicle (you know the ones that come in grape, orange, or cherry) - only 45 cals
Red peppers (w. goat cheese)
Smoothie - I gen. just put banana and almond milk w. cinnamon
Lipton cup of soup (high sodium but key)

Toppings
Apple butter (20 cals per Tbsp)
Hummus
Baba Gahnouj (sp.?)
Peanut Butter
Almond Butter
Home-made guacamole

Ice cold diet pop!

Just tried the Apples, Pam, Splenda and Cinnamon! YUM!


Thanks for the wonderful suggestion!

fruit (personal favorites- apples & pineapple)
light yogurt
90 calorie chocolate chunk chewy bars. yum
orville redenbacher smary pop 100 calorie mini bags (and you still get a lot of popcorn!)
pria bars
apple cinnamon rice cakes (none of that plain crap, haha)
quaker peanut butter granola bites

they make a lot of healthy snacks and snacks under 100 calories these days that are really good too! i recommend VitaMuffins- only 100 calories for a pretty good sized muffin. definitely not Dunkin Donuts, but still taste good. (my favorite is the Deep Chocolate. they have bigger ones for 200 cals)

1/4 cup cottage cheese with pineapple (fat free) with four strawberries, sliced. 55 calories.