I love my snacks and would not make it through the day without them!

Here's my top 10 - all easy to grab and go!

1. Pretzel nuggets: Low fat, low calorie and filling. Prebag them so they are in the right quantities. I can eat 16 of these with NO fat and only 100 calories!
2. Popcorn: I buy the 100 calorie bags. I can eat all of it if I want and no guilt. It's very filling.
3. Frozen Fruit Bars: I love the Edy's frozen fruit bars. The orange one tastes just like a creamsicle! 80 calories, 1.5 gr fat.
4. Veggies: Baby carrots and celery sticks are ready to go! Cucumber slices are refreshing too - prepare them a bunch at a time and store them in the fridge.
5. Yogurt: I buy the low fat kind. With all the awesome flavors, how can you resist. My fav is Boston Cream Pie.
6. Seltzer: I love cans of Seltzer. i grab one when I htink I'm hungy, but always feel better after a flavored drink.
7. Fruit: Expand your horizons and try a new fruit. Cut up a bunch before the week starts and store in plastic containers - ready to go!
8. No fat pudding cups: Can you say CHOCOLATE? I love these!
9. Sugar Free Jello cups: Easy to transport. All kinds of good flavors.
10. Rice Cakes: I love the no fat apple/cinnamon kind. These taste like DESSERT!

Do you have favorite grab and go snacks? Post your top 10 and let's grow this list!

My favorite top 10

1 Granny Smith apple with 2 teaspoons of peanut butter (low-fat Jif)

2 Instant Quaker Oatmeal many varieties, low fat

3 Roasted red pepper hummus 1/4cup with carrot chips

4 Snyder's whole grain pretzel sticks (11 sticks equal 1 serving) low fat

5 Quaker mini rice cakes (many varieties, all low fat)

6 Weight Watchers frozen ice cream treats low points, low fat, great taste

7 Dark chocolate Kissables 49 pieces are 1 serving

8 Progresso Soup 1 cup; 60 calories Weight Watchers O Points

9 Crystal Light 8 oz. any flavor, great refresher after a work out

10 Yogurt (fat free, low cal) many flavors and varieties

1. Laughing Cow Light gourmet cheese bites (5 pieces for 35 cal), OR

2. Wonderbutter (lower calorie peanut butter is 1/2 calories of regular peanut butter) spread on celery

3. 94% fat free popcorn sprinkled with curry powder

4. fruit (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries) mixed with a little non-fat yogurt, cinnamon, and fiber-one cereal.

5. Gen-soy barbecue or sea salt soy crisps

6. Lindt 70% cacao dark chocolate squares (30 calories each)

7. Campbell's Soup at hand (although they are kind of high in sodium)

8. Miso soup packets (about 40 calories each).

9. Mary's Gone Crackers (crackers), amazingly good

10. Pizza.  Because I can't help myself.

1. The 100 Calorie Packs of Chips Ahoy! I mean with only 100 calories and 3 grams of fat who can beat that really as a snack?!

2. Frozen Yogurt from Golden Spoon no grams of fat..I love the peanut butter cup

3. Quaker Mini Rice cakes- the carmel is really good!

4. Yogurt: the non-fat kind..I love the strawberry and its filling as a snack or morning breakfast

5. Fruit: apples and oranges

6. The 100 Calorie Packs of Planters peanut butter cookie crisps! again I love those little pack things and I like to switch it up between the differnet varities they offer

7. The 100 calorie packs of granola bars: the Nutter butter is the best (in my opinion)

8. Veggies..any and all really!

9. The Crystal Light "On the Go" Lemonade...you just add it to our water and it makes it taste much better if you get tired of just water

10. Sun-maid Raisins

1. Crystal Lite Lemonaide mixed with a few shots of tonic water, topped off with a couple of frozen blueberries

2. celery sticks with my mixture of fat free cream cheese and fresh dill

3. fat free vanilla yogurt with a handful of almonds and blueberries thrown in

4. mini ricecakes, butter popcorn flavored

5. whole wheat crackers with laughing cow lite cheese spread

6. frozen grapes

7. a bowl of chopped banana, grapes, kiwi, strawberries, i chop them all up and store them in small tupperware so i can grab and go on my way out the door in the morning

8. roasted chickpeas

9. Crum Creeks soy nut mix with  soy nuts, chocolate chips, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, and raisins. 

10. Oatmeal 'creme brulee'  this is fabulous (I will post the recipe if anyone is interested) you can bake it and then slice it into squares and take it on the run, its good warm, cold, whatever, i love it!  And my kids love it too! 

Hi TammyTulips,

I would love to see your recipe for the Oatmeal creme brulee....sounds interesting. Anything that has oatmeal in it has to be good.

Thanks

Gail/Jax

oatmeal creme brulee 

2 cups quick oats -- or 2 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats, uncooked
1/3 cup splenda
1/4 teaspoon salt (optional)
3 1/3 cups nonfat milk [soymilk works well -- too]
2 eggs -- or 1/3 cup egg substitute, lightly beaten
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 8-inch-square glass baking dish with cooking spray.

In large bowl, combine oats, granulated sugar and salt.

In medium bowl, combine milk, eggs and vanilla; mix well. Add to oat mixture; mix well. Pour into baking dish. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until center jiggles slightly. Removed from oven to cooling rack.

Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over top of oatmeal. Using back of spoon, gently spread sugar into a thin layer across entire surface of oatmeal. Return to oven; bake just until sugar melts, about 2 to 3 minutes. Set oven to broil. Broil 3 inches from heat until sugar bubbles and browns slightly, 1 to 2 minutes. (Watch carefully to prevent burning. It may be necessary to turn baking dish.) Spoon into bowls to serve.

8 servings 

3 points

Nutritional Info 
Calories: 140.8 
Total Fat: 1.9 g 
Cholesterol: 2.1 mg 
Sodium: 124.0 mg 
Total Carbs: 23.4 g 
Dietary Fiber: 2.2 g 
Protein: 7.7 g 

This recipe sounds absolutely amazing!!!!!!   I am even sharing it with my co-workers who arent even doing myalli because it sounds so great!!   THANK YOU!! 

Thanks for posting the recipe....maybe I will get a chance to try it this weekend. It is supposed to be a little cool in Jax this weekend and this sounds perfect.

Gail/Jax

tammytulips:

8. roasted chickpeas

OK ... explain how you do this one.  I love chick peas and this sounds interesting :)

Sher

oh, if you like chick peas, your gonna love this!

1 can of chick peas, rinsed and drained.  spread them out on a cookie sheet, drizzle some olive oil on the chick peas, bake in oven at 400 for 25-35 minutes (til their brown and crunchy)

i eat them like popcorn.  sometimes i sprinkle garlic powder and cayenne pepper on them, sometimes i just eat it plain.  let me know how ya like em! 

Thank You so much for the easy recipe, I can't to make it for my family! Blessing

Two questions actually! Would love the oatmeal recipe. And - roasted chickpeas? Are these something you buy or make? Where? How? Sounds DELICIOUS.

Okay first, I posted without reading the whole thread (if the moderator posted it!) Oops! I see the recipes and they look great! Can't wait to try them!

10. Nonfat plain yogurt with lemon juice, garlic, pepper, dill and chives (made ahead of time) and a handful of fresh sliced veggies/pretzels or reduced fat wheat thins or triscuits.

9. nonfat vanilla yogurt stir in a spoonful of your favorite jelly or jam (i love black cherry) and either some fruit or a handful of walnuts or almonds.

8. hot chocolate!

7. tomato soup, so good, and comforting!

6. any fresh fruit, just pre-separate into smaller containers for the "on the go" part

5. hard boiled eggs (this one is new to me, i hard boil half the eggs i buy each time, that way I know they are there and ready)

4. reduced fat small tortillas thrown in the microwave for about 20 seconds and spread with a small amount of peanut butter (this helps me keep the quantity of peanut butter down!) roll it up and eat it on the way out the door! (i have a lot of variations on this one! most of which add fat and calories of course).

3. English muffin with a spread of lowfat whipped cream cheese and a big thick slice of tomato

2. smoothies

1. seltzer with a splash of either orange juice, cranberry juice, or lemon and lime juice. (the orange juice one makes me feel a little like i'm having a mimosa, haha!)

My favorite snack is dried cranberries and raw almonds. I throw a handful of each into a sandwich bag and toss it in my purse. It's a great snack to eat wherever and it's sweet and crunchy!