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Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
SF licorice is evil. Ask Rich. 
I never tried it... too many carbs for me even without the sugar.
Celery w/ PB (I love this as a snack)
Celery or baby carrots or green pepper slices w/ ranch dressing
Spiced almonds (take 'em and put olive oil on em and some spices and put them on a tray in the oven 400 degrees for 10 minutes)
Cinnamon almonds (beat an egg white mix into a pile of almonds, shake off excess, mix splenda and cinnamon (I use lots of cinnamon) to coat, put them on a tray in the oven 400 degrees for 10 minutes - voila carnival nuts!)
Ham and cheese rollups (good snack or meal)
Turkey and cheese rollups
Trail mix (Walmart has a trail mix made with soy nuts so it is lower carb than most - the brand is Sams or something like that and it is like $5-6 a good size bag)
Kathy
I never tried it... too many carbs for me even without the sugar.
Celery w/ PB (I love this as a snack)
Celery or baby carrots or green pepper slices w/ ranch dressing
Spiced almonds (take 'em and put olive oil on em and some spices and put them on a tray in the oven 400 degrees for 10 minutes)
Cinnamon almonds (beat an egg white mix into a pile of almonds, shake off excess, mix splenda and cinnamon (I use lots of cinnamon) to coat, put them on a tray in the oven 400 degrees for 10 minutes - voila carnival nuts!)
Ham and cheese rollups (good snack or meal)
Turkey and cheese rollups
Trail mix (Walmart has a trail mix made with soy nuts so it is lower carb than most - the brand is Sams or something like that and it is like $5-6 a good size bag)
Kathy Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
For an interesting twist on your cream cheese mixture... add cocoa powder and a splash of SF chocolate syrup (Torani or Davinci) and a little vanilla. Then you can dip strawberries or other goodies in it. It rocks!
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
Oh ham roll up sounds really good. (Oh I wish the grocery store wasn't 30 miles away right now) hahaha
I just recently tried a chicken quesadilla (no sauce) at AppleBee's wow was that good. It's just enough bread for me. I never thought about making my own at home as a snack though. I could just pop some in under the broiler for a bit.
Thanks for the great ideas - you guys have been great!!
Laurie
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
Oh yes, I forgot about soy chips. I tried them months ago and I enjoyed the cedder ones. I'm definately going to try the cream cheese thing - wow I'd love to have something that tastes like cheese cake!!
I can't do beef jerkey and Im sick of sf pudding, but I've never tried dried fruit, can you buy that at like WalMart?
Laurie
I'm checking Tooters site too
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
some great ideas!!! What is "Edemame"???? The fruit strips sound wonderful, I'm definately going to shopping for those.
Laurie
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
Some of my favorite snacks are green peppers sliced thin with light cream cheese, celery with chopped up green olives mixed in cream cheese, cukes with red wine vinegar, and soy crisps. Other times I'll have ham or turkey rolled up with some cream cheese, a low carb tortilla with shredded 2% cheddar (like a quesadilla), or a handful of almonds. Another good one is low fat yogurt (light n fit) with a cut up fruit and some sort of cereal mixed in (the high fiber All Bran is great cuz it gives you lots of fiber in it, too).
Hope this helps!
Michelle
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
Hi Laurie,
Here are a couple of staples in our house that seem to work out great for snacks:
Soy crisps -- I bag them into individual servings so I don't eat the whole bag at once.
Soy nuts -- good crunchy item
Archer Farms Fruit Strips -- You can find them at Target. They are organic and basically a piece of fruit leather. It's only fruit, so no added sugar (hope you can handle the natural sugar). There are only 45 calories per strip, and I am loving them right now.
Tea -- I know you are probably trying to find snacks to increase your calories, but I love to drink hot tea w/splenda and a bit of SF Vanilla Coffeemate. Trader Joes has a great chocolate tea and a chai tea (just tea bags -- none of the extra stuff).
Baby Carrots -- ok not that exciting, but when they are extra sweet, they are good.
Edemame -- love it!
Hope this helps some. I know it's hard not to find carb laden snacks -- especially when that's what your taste buds want.
Angie
Topic: RE: Good Snack Ideas
Laurie: Maybe to replace the chips you could try the soy chips. I have had some that were bbq flavored and cheese flavored. I don't recall the nutritional stats on them, but they contained a reasonable amount of protein. For a snack I sometimes take 4oz of fat free cream cheese 1TBS of Splenda and a dollop of lite Cool Whip and mix together. Tastes something like cheese cake. Low in calories and high in protein. No sugar added fudgesicles? Beef jerkey? Sugar free pudding? Dried fruit? I know, not everybody can tolerate it. Maybe check out Dame Tooters Bariatric Bytes. There may be some ideas there.
Chris
P.S. Frozen Power Crunch bars! I have had difficulty eating lately, but that actually sounds pretty good to me. I'll have to go get some!
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