Make Your Own 100 Calories Snacks

So many people who are dieting are looking for 100 calories snacks. You can buy them already bagged or you can make your own. We have a good listing here of healthy snacks, sweet snacks and if you want to save money on buying those pre-packaged 100 calorie snacks, we can tell how to make your own. For instance, 40 Rold Gold Pretzel sticks are 100 calories. So take a look, we are sure you will find something you like on our list.

Also, see our bonus list of 200 calorie snacks.

100 CALORIES

1. 1 hard-cooked egg (75) with half a slice of toasted wheat bread (34)
2. 1?2 cup ice milk or sherbet (100)
3. 1 large rectangular graham cracker (60) with 11?2 tsp peanut butter (45)
4. 1 slice (1 oz) angel food cake (70) with 1?2 cup fresh strawberries (25)
5. 1?2 cup wheat-flake cereal (55) with 1?2 cup nonfat milk (45)
6. 1 cup chicken-noodle soup (75) with 2 saltines (25)
7. 1 small (4″) whole-wheat pita (74) with 1 Tbsp hummus (24)
8. 1?2 cup cranberry juice cocktail (72) and 1?4 cup nonfat plain yogurt (34) blended with ice
9 1 slice whole-wheat bread (69) with 1 oz sliced turkey breast (28) and mustard
10.1?2 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese (80) with 1 cup cherry tomatoes (30)
11. 1 cup baby carrots, celery and bell peppers (30) with 2 Tbsp light dressing (70)
12. 1?4 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese (40) with 1 cup canned peaches in water (60)
13. 1/2 c. sugar-free Jello and two Tbsp. reduced-fat whipped topping
two handfuls of chocolate raisins
14. 1/2 an apple spread with 2 tsp. peanut butter
15. 1/2 c. orange juice (Try it frozen!)
16. 1/2 c. fat-free, sugar-free instant or packaged pudding
17. whole wheat toast with 1 tsp. sugar-free spread
non-fat yogurt (artificially sweetened)
18. single serving of apple sauce
19. 1 serving of many varieties of Campbell’s soups
20. a Fudgesicle
21. 6 saltine crackers with 2 tsp. of peanut butter
22. half a turkey sandwich using reduced-calorie bread, mustard, and veggies
23. mock S’more: reduced-fat Graham cracker, topped with a jumbo marshmallow and drizzled with chocolate syrup
24. 2 cups raspberries (try them frozen – it’s cheaper than fresh and their always available)
25. 1 cup mango chunks
26. 28 grapes
27. 1 cup blueberries
28. 1/2 medium cantaloupe
29. 15 strawberries dipped in 1/4 cup Cool Whip Lite
30. 45 steamed edamame (green soybeans)
31. 2 tablespoons each of mashed avocado and chopped tomatoes stuffed in 1/2 mini pita
32. 1/2 red bell pepper dipped in 3 tablespoons hummus
33. Salad with 3 cups lettuce, 2 scallions, and 1 small tangerine drizzled with 2 tablespoons Newman’s Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing
34. 20 roasted peanuts
35. 60 Pepperidge Farm Baby Goldfish Crackers
36. 1 Jolly Time Healthy Pop 100 Calorie Mini Bag popcorn
37. 12 Back to Nature Sesame Ginger Rice Thins
38. 40 Rold Gold Classic Style Pretzel Sticks
39. 12 Quaker Quakes Cheddar Cheese Rice Snacks
40. 20 Glenny’s Low Fat Soy Crisps
41. 10 Guiltless Gourmet Baked Yellow Corn Chips with 1/4 cup salsa
42. 4 slices Sara Lee Honey Ham with 2 teaspoons honey mustard, rolled in lettuce leaf
43. 1 slice Pepperidge Farm Raisin Cinnamon Swirl Bread with 1 tsp. light butter
44. 1/2 mini bagel with 1 ounce smoked salmon
45. 1 Nutri-Grain Low Fat Whole Wheat Waffle with 1 tbsp. Smucker’s Squeeze
46. 1 Whole Foods Market Two-Bite Brownie
47. 1 pouch Keebler Sandies Right Bites Shortbread Cookies
48. 1/2 cup Sharon’s Lemon Sorbet with 1/4 cup blueberries
49. 1 Skinny Cow Fat Free Fudge Bar
50. 12 chocolate or vanilla Miss Meringue Minis

200 Calorie snacks

1. 6 oz nonfat fruit yogurt (160) mixed with 1 Tbsp raisins (30)
2. 1 slice whole-wheat bread (69) with 1 Tbsp peanut butter (90) and 1 tsp jelly (19)
3. 1 oz peanuts (166) with 1?2 oz pretzels (50)
4. One 8″ flour tortilla (150) with 2 oz sliced turkey (55), lettuce, tomato and balsamic vinegar
5. 1 medium baked potato (161) with 1?4 cup 1% lowfat cottage cheese (40)
6. 1 container Fantastic Foods Hearty Cups Vegetable Barley soup (150) with 4 saltines (50)
7. Subway Veggie Delite 6″ sandwich without cheese (230)
8. Thai Kitchen Mushroom Medley Rice Noodle Bowl (188) 1?2 cup lowfat frozen yogurt (114) with 3?4 cup sliced fresh fruit (75)
9. 2 slices of wholegrain bread toasted with olive based spread
10. 2 wholewheat crackers, or oatcakes, with 1 oz of cheese
11. 3 tablespoons breakfast cereal with 1/3 pint semi-skimmed milk
12. 1 plain or fruit scone with olive based spread

If you are trying to lose weight, have a look at our post Best Appetite Supressant and find out more about the role of fiber in giving you that full feeling.

Tortellini Soup Recipe

Tortellini and Spinach Soup1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped (use the minced garlic in the jar to save time)
1/2 cup white wine or dry vermouth
1 quart low-sodium chicken broth
1 (9 os. package fresh tortellini stuffed with chicken and prosciutto) Find it in the refrigerated section at your grocery store.
Black pepper
1 bunch baby spinach (get bagged it’s already washed and you can just throw it in)
1/2 cup freshly grated parmesean cheese (save time buy it in the bag)
2 springs fresh oregano or basil (optional)

Instructions:

Start broth boiling in a saucepan. (boiling the broth a bit before adding makes it taste less canned)

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic; cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Pour in wine and heat to a boil. Cook until wine is slightly syrupy, about 6 minutes. Stir in broth; heat to a boil. Add tortellini; cook according to manufacturers directions.

About 2 minutes before the pasta is done, stir in spinach; cook until spinach wilts slightly. Season with pepper to taste.

Lade into bowls, sprinkle with Parmesan. Garnish with organo or basil if desired.

Serve with a loaf of french bread and you’ve got a nice winter meal.

Makes 2 servings

Tips
Stir in a beaten egg a minute before serving for extra richness.

Can be made vegetarian, by using vegetable broth and cheese tortellini

You can give the soup more of an Asian flavor by replacing the tortellini with won tons (find in frozen section) and finishing it with sesame seed oil instead of Parmesan. Also serve this Asian version with egg rolls (find in the frozen section) and sprinkle chow mein noodles over the soup.

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Easy Kids Crafts

The dog days of summer are here. If it is too hot to go outside, there is a lot of fun stuff you can do inside. If you want to keep the cost down try this homemade play dough recipe from the Tightwad Twins book:

Homemade Play Dough Recipe:

Mix together -2 cups flour, 1 cup salt, ½ cup cornstarch, 1 ¼ tablespoons baking soda, 2 cups water, 1 tablespoon cooking oil and a pinch of food coloring. Microwave for about 4 minutes on high and store in an air tight plastic container.

If you don’t want worry about the kids cooking, the Tightwad Twins also have a recipe for no cook homemade play dough recipe.

No Cook Homemade Play Dough Recipe: Mix together – 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup salt and 3/8 cup hot water from faucet. Add food coloring if desired. The kids would probably have fun mixing this themselves.

My favorite recipe from their book “Saving Money with the Tightwad Twins: More Than 1,000 Practical Tips for Women on a Budget” by by Ann Fox and Susan Fox is the funky edible play dough one. These crafts you can eat and eating is one of favorite indoor and outdoor activities.

 Edible Playdough

 1 cup butter or margarine
6 hard cooked egg yolks, mashed
2 tsps. Cream of tarter
5 cups all purpose flour
1 cup shortening
2 ½ cups sifted powdered sugar
2 tsps. Baking soda
1 tbsp. vanilla extract
Red, yellow or green paste food coloring

Cream butter and shortening: add sugar, beating until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, baking soda, cream of tarter and vanilla beating well. Add flour a little at a time, mixing well. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts. Color one part red, one yellow, one green and leave the dough part plain. Wrap each part up seaparately in plastic wrap and chill at least 1 hour.

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