21 homemade snacks under 100 calories

The time in between meals when you get that faint rumbling in your stomach is one of the toughest times to fend off high-calorie snacks, especially if there are cookies, chips, or a vending machine nearby. Sure, it’s okay to indulge every once in a while, but low-calorie snacks that you can eat every day will keep your healthy diet intact. The following low-calorie, high-energy, great-tasting snacks will keep you satisfied until lunch or dinner – and they are only 100 calories.

1. Slice up half of a small apple and dip it into 2 teaspoons of peanut butter. The other half of the apple can be saved for later if you squeeze some lemon juice over it and tightly wrap it.

2. Ten almonds or cashews or 1 tablespoon nut butter (licked straight from the spoon!)

3. Slice a small avocado in half and eat it right out of the peel.

4. Boil 3 ounces of whole grain noodles and toss with 1 small fresh tomato, and 1/2-ounce hard cheese.

5. Spread 2 tablespoons of low-fat cottage cheese on 4 plain mini rice cakes.

6. Dip mixed raw vegetables into 1/4-cup fat-free ranch dressing.

7. Enjoy a small baked potato topped with 1/2-cup salsa and 2 tablespoons fat-free sour cream.

8. Fifteen strawberries dipped into 1/4-cup Cool Whip Lite

9. Munch on 45 steamed edamame (fresh, hulled soybeans).

10. Combine 2 tablespoons of mashed avocado with 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped tomato and stuff it into half of a small whole-wheat pita.

11. Slice up half of a red bell pepper and dip in 3 tablespoons hummus.

12. Top 6 ounces of plain fat-free yogurt with 1/3-cup fresh raspberries.

13. Smash a hard boiled egg and spread on a slice of Melba toast.

14. Savor 4 slices low-fat honey ham rolled in a lettuce leaf topped with 2 teaspoons honey mustard.

15. Try a slice of toasted raisin bread topped with 1 teaspoon light butter.

16. Top half of a small bagel with 1 ounce smoked salmon.

17. Enjoy a half-cup instant, sugar-free chocolate pudding.

18. One large celery stalk filled with 1 tablespoon peanut butter or light cream cheese.

19. Mix together 2 tablespoons water-packed tuna with 1 teaspoon of light mayonnaise and a dash of onion powder.

20. 10 jelly beans

21. Try 5 low-fat chocolate meringue cookies.

Diana De Cicco

Source: sheknows.com