Low Sodium/Carb, High Calorie snack foods?

I'm increasing my calories daily, and everyday I realize I come up short some calories. When I do my analysis, I always find my carbs are upwards of 50% of my daily food consumption and my sodium can be as much as 3000mg+. I need some snacks that are ow carb and/or sodium, but relatively high in calories. Also, not too difficult to make :)

Also, how can I avoid ending up like this everyday? I try and eat a snack every 2-3 hours, high bulk when I can, but I'm in school and work at random, different hours and sometimes it isn't possible... help?!

1. String Cheese or those minature ones (i dont know what their called sorry)

2. Celery and carrots with hummus

3. cucumber sticks

4. Apple slices

5. Pretzels sticks

6. Popcorn

7. Half a peanut butter sandwich make sure to use whole grain bread

8. Some cubes of cheese & a couple of rye triscuits

9. Peanut M&M's
10. Baked apple with a little cool whip

11. Celery sticks with peanut butter

12. Cheddar cheese & apple slices

13. Muenster & pear slices

14. Feta & tomatoes

15. Sunflower seeds in shell

16. Dried apricots & dried prunes

17. Bananas, strawberries, grapes - try freezing them for a summer snack

18. Arrow root cookies

19. Steamed asparagus with a squeeze of lime juice

20. Grilled zucchini with a squeeze of lemon juice

21. Poached fish served on lettuce leaves

22. Tuna roll ups in whole wheat tortillas

23. Tossed salad

24. Crunchy peanut butter toast with raisins & sprinkle of cinnamon

25. Crunchy peanut butter toast with sliced peaches
26. Crunchy peanut butter toast with bananas

27. Coffee with cinnamon as a drink

28. Sliced radishes with a touch of salt

29. Crystal Light iced tea

30. Frozen grapes, frozen strawberries or frozen bananas(High Carb)

31. Dark chocolate spread

32. Dole fruit cups that come in a 6 pack. Freeze them and it is just like eating sherbet(contain real sugar)

33. Low fat Lorraine Swiss cheese and low salt crackers

34. Salsa and celery, green peppers and carrots to dip into it You can bake tortilla chips too.

35. Sugar free Jell-O containers

36. Little cans or containers of lite fruit with low fat cottage cheese.

37. Add bouillon(I use onion) to plain yogurt and dip veggies in it.

38. Raw carrots dipped in either tahina or organic unsweetened peanut butter

39. Raw cauliflower pieces and (plain) hummus (for dipping).

40. HARD BOILED EGGS

41. DEVILED EGGS

42. EGG SALAD HEAPED ON WASA CRACKERS

43. TUNA SALAD HEAPED ON WASA CRACKERS

44. EGG OR TUNA OR CHICKEN SALAD WRAPPED UP IN BUTTER LETTUCE LEAVES

45. BLT ROLLED UP INSIDE A SLICE OF TURKEY BREAST

46. MEATBALLS (COLD)

47. COLD ROAST CHICKEN DRUMSTICKS OR WINGS

48. SLICED ROAST BEEF WRAPPED AROUND STRING CHEESE STICKS

49. BEEF JERKY, SLIM JIMS, OTHER CURED DRIED MEAT PRODUCTS

50. SUGAR FREE JELLO


you mentioned you want high calorie snack well you could also making the serving amount bigger or just get higher fat versions of some of the foods listed. hope this helped:)

Carbohydates should form 45-60% of your daily calorie intake.  So if you're hitting 50% that's even on the low side.  Don't worry about carbohydrates, in other words.  The recommended amount of sodium is 2400mg so 3000 is perfectly fine.  To avoid getting too much salt when increasing calories choose plenty of wholefoods.... things like raw, unsalted nuts, seeds, dried fruit, full-fat dairy products, red meats, oily fish, whole eggs.  So you could snack on cooked meat (chicken legs, for example), hard-boiled eggs, nuts and raisins, full-fat yoghurts.  Processed/preserved foods like cheese & beef jerky tend to contain a lot of salt.  If you can buy unsalted peanut butter that's not a bad one.  Since your carbohydrates are still on the low side dark chocolate & cereal bars would be other good ways to increase your calories.

But really don't worry about salt or carbohydrates (or fat or sugar).  The name of the game is to gain..... being underweight is much more unhealthy for you than having a slightly imbalanced diet.

Thanks for that! I had read somewhere that carbs should be 30% and I thought 600-700 more mg of sodium was really bad :P Anyways, thanks again :)