<p>I’m looking for recommendations for low calories snacks, something that won’t have a lot of preservatives and no chemicals like nutrasweet or splenda. Something besides baby carrots, which we already eat copious amounts of. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>baby carrots are grown to be able to be tumbled into those little ovals, not for their taste. Try anything raw from the produce area. Including regular sized carrots.</p>
<p>Red bell pepper slices with a bit of hummas…
Apples with a tiny smear of peanut butter…
non-fat cheese rolled with basil and turkey in a lettuce leaf…</p>
<p>cocktail shrimp.
low fat string cheese.
dill pickles.
berries of any kind - if you don’t have access to fresh berries, try Trader Joes for frozen strawberries or blueberries.</p>
<p>I love no buttered popcorn. Just kernals, a little salt, and a little oil.
I also have rice cakes.
I like dipping veggies (cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, etc) in hummus as a snack.</p>
<p>My new favorite is raw sugar snap peas, which are in season now. Much tastier than carrots, and they have a great crunchy texture.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestions. These all sound really good. I’m on a really tight budget so some are out of my reach, but I will see what I can do.</p>
<p>1/4 cup popcorn in brown paper lunch bag double-folded and taped shut, microwaved for about 2 minutes or until pops are 2 seconds apart. Transfer to bowl, spray with Pam, salt, toss, and repeat to taste.</p>
<p>Grape tomatoes</p>
<p>Weight Watchers 1 point fudge or latte bars (not sure about sweeteners)</p>
<p>Celery dipped in mixture of 1 part peanut butter to about 10 parts nonfat vanilla yogurt</p>
<p>If you want something a little beefier, try a package of instant oatmeal or cream of wheat. It stays with you. Also, a small frozen multi-grain waffle with non-fat Greek yogurt on the top.</p>
<p>edamame in the shell ( soybeans…they’re good!)
Cherries
Cucumber slices with a dab of hummus
premade egg white snacks (I make them in muffin pans with Egg beaters, spinach, chopped red peppers, and a little lo fat cheddar).
Also, as others have mentioned, love lo fat string cheese or apples with peanut butter. </p>
<p>Good for you for staying away from the artificial sugars…I think they’re toxic and better left to the science labs.</p>
<p>My “substitute for dinner” or evening snack consists of a half an apple sliced thin, three strawberries (sliced), one tablespoon of lower fat Gorgonzola cheese, 3 or 4 walnut halves, and two salted Grissini breadsticks (22 calories each). Eat slowly. It is the most satisfying snack/substitute I’ve ever had.</p>
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mini…looks like a really good snack…but are you serious about this being a dinner?? OMG, I would die of starvation…no matter how slowly I ate it. At the very least, i would demand a FULL apple!</p>
<p>A handful of almonds. You get some protein and a little (good) fat, which helps to keep you feeling full. Plus they’re crunchy and taste good!</p>
<p>Four ounces of non-fat cottage cheese and 1/4 c. of unsweetened Dole pineapple (can)–this is one of my favorite snacks. It’s less than 100 calories–85 to be exact. Sometimes I’ll add 5 almonds to it.</p>
<p>I also love raw green peppers and raw celery sticks. D2 uses plain yogurt as a dip and she mixes an envelope of taco mix into the yogurt–that gives the yogurt a spicy flavor. The yogurt is 120 calories; not sure how much is in the taco mix. That dip last for quite a while–she eats over the course of 3 or 4 days. </p>
<p>Raw peppers (I prefer green) and raw celery (cut in sticks).</p>
<p>“mini…looks like a really good snack…but are you serious about this being a dinner?? OMG, I would die of starvation…no matter how slowly I ate it. At the very least, i would demand a FULL apple!”</p>
<p>When I’m hungry I eat more. But the trick is not to eat when you are not really hungry.</p>
<p>Dehydrated apples. If you have Trader Joe’s, they sell dehydrated Granny Smith apple and a small handful is 60 calories. </p>
<p>Another good snack is pistachios. They take a while to eat and the brain processes that so you feel more full.</p>
<p>Salsa on or in anything. Salsa mixed into non-fat cottage cheese is a great snack.</p>
<p>and buttermilk and other probiotic milk/soy products:</p>
<p>I used to make my own yougurt in 6 oz containers in a consumer yougurt maker about once every 2 weeks (12 servings). But I discovered recently that I can make it by the 1/2 gal or gal by placing the innoculated gal milk in a slow cooker water bath, which is plugged into a dimmer switch. </p>
<p>Add raisins, granola, jams to flavor. Or make a yougurt based ice cream. Cost ~ $2.50/gal, ~11 cents/serving. makes 21-6 oz servings.</p>
<p>I love the 2% greek yogurt. It’s very creamy. Read the labels, not all greek yogurts are created equal.</p>
<p>The salsa is an excellent idea. Look for tortilla chips that are a bit lighter than the standard Doritos or Fritos fare. In independent and ethic Latin American supermarkets you can find packaged tortilla chips from smaller producers (as opposed to the Frito-Lay company)that taste great and may actually have less salt and fat</p>
<p>Any fresh produce is a good idea. Apples and pears do it for me. And I had a hanful of fresh uncooked sugar snap peas yesterday. Yum. A good dip for vegetables like bell peppers, lettuce or broccoli is mustard honey dressing, home made. If the sucrose in honey is a problem for you, use artificial an sweetner instead.</p>