50 SNACKS UNDER 50 CALORIES

If you’re watching your calorie intake or looking for healthy snack options, check out this list of healthy low cals snacks, most of which are clean options that taste good without sacrificing your goals

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Satisfy your sweet tooth

1. 1⁄2 medium apple, baked, topped with 1 Tbsp low fat yogurt sprinkled with cinnamon (45 calories)
2. 1⁄2 small banana, frozen (45 calories)
3. 4 oz unsweetened applesauce sprinkled with cinnamon (49 calories)
4. 1 miniature box of raisins (45 calories)
5. 1 sugar-free ice pops (15 calories)
6. 1 sugar-free fudge ice pop (35 calories)
7. 12 cherries (48 calories)
8. 1 individual serving sugar-free gelatin with 3 Tbsp light whipped topping (40 calories)
9. 1⁄2 cup strawberries with 21⁄2 Tbsp nonfat yogurt (47 calories)
10. 14 seedless red grapes, frozen (48 calories)

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Indulge a salt craving

11. 11⁄2 cups salted air-popped popcorn (46 calories)
12. 1⁄4 cup shelled edamame with sea salt (37 calories)
13. 8 oz miso soup (36 calories)
14. 1 pretzel rod (37 calories)
15. 1⁄4 small bag of Glenny’s lightly salted soy crisps (35 calories)
16. 1 medium sliced cucumber mixed with 1⁄4 cup sliced onion, 1⁄2 cup chopped celery, 4 Tbsp vinegar and salt to taste (45 calories)
17. 6 oz eight-vegetable juice (39 calories)
18. 1 kosher dill pickle (10 calories)

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You want a crunchy and munchy

19. 1⁄2 cup jicama with 4 oz salsa (49.5 calories)
20. 11⁄2 cups sugar snap peas (40 calories)
21. Small celery stalk smeared with 1⁄2 Tbsp natural peanut butter (49 calories)
22. 1⁄2 small apple with 1 tsp soy butter (46 calories)
23. 1 brown rice cake with 1 Tbsp sugar-free jam (44 calories)

You really fancy something smooth and creamy

24. 1 Laughing Cow Light Garlic & Herb wedge spread on cucumber slices (35 calories)
25. 1 tsp almond butter (34 calories)
26. 1⁄2 cup fat-free Greek yogurt with 1 tsp sugar-free strawberry jam (43 calories)
27. 1 oz avocado (about 1⁄8 of an avocado) squirted with lime (45 calories)
28. 8 grape tomatoes dipped in 1 Tbsp light cream cheese (46 calories)

Cheese Please

29. 6 pieces of endive filled with 1⁄2 oz reduced-fat feta cheese (49 calories)
30. 1 slice fat-free American cheese (30 calories)
31. 1 large tomato, sliced, topped with 1 Tbsp Parmesan, broiled (44 calories)
32. 1 oz fat-free cottage cheese on 1 slice caraway Finn Crisp Crispbread (38 calories)
33. 1 oz fat-free mozzarella dipped in 1 tsp marinara sauce (46 calories)

Power up on protein

34. Turkey rollups: 2 slices white meat turkey rolled in 2 lettuce leaves (46 calories)
35. 1 oz smoked salmon (about 1 slice) on 2 Wheat Thins crackers (Multi-Grain) (48 calories)
36. 1 tofu dog with 1 Tbsp sauerkraut (48 calories)
37. 1⁄2 cup plain fat-free yogurt sprinkled with 1 tsp sunflower seeds (49.6 calories)
38. 1.3 oz water-packed tuna with 1 tsp Dijon mustard (48 calories)
39. 2 large hard-cooked egg whites with 1 cup sliced cucumber (48 calories)
40. 1 slice Wasa Fibre Crispbread with 2 tsp hummus (45 calories)
41. 1 medium water-packed sardine with slice of red onion (35 calories)

Solid standbys

42. 1⁄2 cup melon with 2 Tbsp 1% cottage cheese (47 calories)
43. 1⁄2 small grapefruit (32 calories)
44. 1⁄3 cup blueberries with 1 Tbsp light sour cream (47 calories)
45. 1⁄2 cup carrots with 1 Tbsp light ranch dressing (45 calories)

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Thirst quenchers

46. 1⁄2 cup nonfat milk with 1 Tbsp Walden Farms calorie-free chocolate syrup (40 calories)
47. 1 packet of sugar-free hot chocolate made with 1⁄4 cup skim milk and 3⁄4 cup hot water (47 calories)
48. 3⁄4 cup almond milk (45 calories)
49. 3⁄4 cup seltzer with 1⁄4 cup cranberry juice and a lime wedge (33 calories)
50. Homemade iced green tea (with artificial sweetener if desired) (0 calories)

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Week 1 SW food plan

Here is a full weeks meal plan including snacks, drinks , treats and all your main meals covered.

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Many of the recipes are already available on this site, for any that are not, I will add them over the coming days and weeks

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Tips to Keep you on track (5) 100 calorie or less Snacks

Snacks are a serious downfall for a lot of us, one because we don’t know what a good option is and two because we think they are harder to prepare or we simply lack idea’s.

Here is a list of snacks that are all under 100 calories!

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Save this to your mobile devise , share on you FB, Twitter, Pinterest etc so you always have it to had when you fancy a snack.

Thank you for reading you FABULOUS  people

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Guilt Free Chips and Dips Claire’s Way

I love the weekend, I love to get the food shop done after work on Friday and as many chores done as possible during the week to free up my time over the weekend. Weather the plan is to chill out with the family, head to the cinema, a girlie night out or to just get lost in the kitchen, trying out or tweaking old recipes.

Last night I fancied a snack, a savory, crispy, tasty snack but wanted this to be healthier than the typical big bag of chips and dips so I put my twist to the traditional with these 🙂

Guilt Free Chips and Dips Claire’s Way 

I used Parsnips, Beetroot and Sweet Potatoes with a Curried yogurt and a chunky tomato dip but this would work with a variety of other vegetables such as carrots and kale.

Ingredients

1-2 Sweet Potatoes

2-3 Parsnips

2-3 fresh Beetroots

2 tsp Coconut Oil

1/2 tsp Pepper

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Chilli Powder

Zest of 1 Oranges

3 large fresh Tomatoes

Pinch of Sugar

2 tsp Fresh chopped Parsly

1 Finely chopped Red Onion

110g fat free Natural Yogurt

2 tsp Curry Powder

1 tsp Mango Chutney

Preparation

Slice all vegetables on a medallion or on the finest slicing blade on your food processor, pop into a bowl and add the melted coconut oil, salt and pepper. Place the vegetable in a single layer on a baking sheet, sprinkle the chilli powder onto the parsnips and sprinkle the orange zest onto the sweet potato. Place in a medium oven until golden, turning after 8-10 minutes.

Tomato Dip: Quarter the tomatoes and remove the core and seeds, chop into a medium dice. Finely chop the red onion and the parsley. Put into a bowl, sprinkle with the pinch of sugar, pinch of salt, mix. (this works best if made 30+ before eating)

Curry Dip: Place the Natural Yogurt in  a bowl with the Curry powder and Mango Chutney and mix again this works best if made 30 minutes or more before serving.

Top Tip: You may think the chips are not crisp yet they are golden in color, remove them from the baking tray and place on kitchen paper to cool, as they cool they will crisp.

Hope you enjoy trying my Guilt Free Chips and Dips 🙂

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Week 5 Food & Activity Diary (admittedly not my best week)

Well week 5 has to be hands down my least active and worst food week to date 😦 But I had kind of planned it like this, ‘honest’  as my regular readers will know I have been on a 21 day No candy, No cakes, No white bread, No white pasta, No white rice, No chips, No fast food (be it curry’s, burgers, pizza etc) No chocolate, No ice cream, No alcohol challenge, this came to an end before the weekend so I indulged in a nice Thai meal from Limerick’s newest Thai and Noodle restaurant KAYA and I choose to have my favourite from here which is ‘NASI GORENG’ Malaysian Fried rice (I opted for brown rice) with prawn, chicken and topped with
a fried egg and grilled chicken sate, incredibly tasty and a real treat at the end of my 21 day challenge. I washed this down with 3 very large glasses of my favourite wine 🙂 , After just 21 day’s without any wine I was actually quiet merry after my three glasses.

I then headed off to Dublin Saturday and Sunday night, to enjoy some night life, get in some shopping, visit the new beauty bar in Penney’s and to see the fab Ed Sheeran, a busy few days filled with fabulous moments and memories that will last a life time 🙂 On week 5 and I have been taken this plan very seriously and I think the odd down time and weekends like I just lived are as important as the food and activity plan.

I found the 21 day No candy, No cakes, No white bread, No white pasta, No white rice, No chips, No fast food (be it curry’s, burgers, pizza etc) No chocolate, No ice cream, No alcohol challenge pretty ok to do and I felt great from doing it that I have decided to jump right back in to another 21 day’s 🙂 (My hubby and kids just love this decision) 🙂

So as much as I think breaks are needed and treats are good I also think you need to use them as a break and not the norm, if I didn’t go straight back into the 21 day challenge then I may give up altogether and this can not happen. I am too determined for that!!

I have served up some delicious foods to the family this week even though I had a bit of a break and from a few weeks ago where they thoughts some meals were a little boring or tasteless, they are now enjoying them and I think I am learning to create ‘Clean meals’ better than I could 5 weeks ago.  We have swapped out most junk food for healthier food options and as a family we are all feeling better. I do not buy junk food in the supermarkets, I think if it is not in the house then it is highly unlikely that in the evening (when the dinner is done, the soaps are on and my feet are up / this is my weak time) I will get up and walk to the shop for nibbles or nice things. even the label ‘nice things’ or ‘treats’ is wrong, sugar is not good for us, white breads and pasta are not good, yet we have been programmed to think these are our treats, out rewards in food form, the marketing teams and advertising people behind these ‘nice things’ have fooled us all 🙂 the swine’s!!

This is a selection of some of the food’s I prepared at home this week, the hubby and the kids fancied something nice so i treated them to home-made scones ( I gained serious brownie points with these) 🙂

Exercise wise, activity wise, I actually did ok , even with my days away. I used the gym in the hotel I stayed at in Dublin, I attended two ‘Fit Camp’ classes and one ‘Spinning’ class, with still walking to and from work each day, this is a serious improvement from where I was 5 weeks ago. If you would like to join me on one of the classes I attend in Limerick then get in touch and we can go together, messages I have received from readers over the last few weeks mentioned the lack of an exercise buddy or the fear of entering a class alone when they did not have any idea what to expect, has been putting them off attending. So if you would like to join me then you are more than welcome. Get in touch and we will attend together 🙂

Still an on-line Unislim member (in membership alone) not actively following the plan because as I said last week, I find the on line plan so what confusing and the advise given by Unislim has been to attend a class (as yet I have not found the time) but this week I hope to find time to do this, I have a fairly busy week in work and a few social events to get in, so it maybe the following week before I attend a class but I am determined to learn how this plan works as from looking at all the plan’s out this seems like the best for me and the social media supports via Twitter and Facebook are brilliant.

Thank you for reading you FABULOUS people

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