Two Great Low Calorie, Low Fat Snack Ideas
I’m always on the quest for new light snack ideas that will satisfy my sweet/salty snack tastes but won’t bottom me out when it comes to calorie, fat, salt and carbohydrate allowances for the day. I also like snacks that are high in fiber so that they fill me up and are satisfying for a longer period of time than snacks with no fiber at all. This is why I discovered two new snacks for my low fat, relatively low calorie diet. And they taste good and they satisfy, which is the most important part of all!
Ok, so my first favorite new low fat, low calories and fiber rich snack is Orville Redenbacher’s mini bag of Light Kettle corn popcorn. This one is WAY better than the regular butter flavored stuff in my opinion. It’s got a nice, lightly salty and sweet taste to it with just a hint of a butter taste. The sweet hint is what really makes this popcorn fun to eat. It satisfies that sweet and salty craving that so many of us have which is the reason we go overboard and eat the wrong foods because we crave that sweet or salty combination.
That usually means fat, salt and calories, but this is great because it doesn’t come with all that baggage, and it’s also fiber rich. You feel like you’re eating a lot because it takes up a lot of space, and it does satisfy. It’s 110 calories per mini bag. It has two grams of fat per bag, and a whopping 4 grams fo dietary fiber. Nice! You could even eat two of these bags if you were super hungry and not bust your calorie counts for the day if you really wanted to!
My second snack I like now is something I’ve noticed is increasingly hard to get at the grocery store, so it must be catching on like crazy because it’s so yummy and good for you at the same time. What I’m talking about are the Diamond bottles of flavored almonds. They come in a Vanilla flavored variety, a Cinnamon Sugar, and plain old, sea salt variety.
They are all delicious, and if you mix them, voila you have sweet and salty! They’re all low fat, high fiber, and they dish a generous amount of omega 3 fatty acids, which are terrific for weight loss and weight maintenance, and they are relatively low in calories for a nut. They are not fried or cooked in oil, so they’re natural, beside the coating on them which is minimal. A terrific way to get protein, fiber, omega 3′s and a great flavor for your diet!
