Deposit your Tips for Healthy Snacks/Quick Meals Here:

[Roto]

Didn't see anything like this out there already... so I'm starting a new thread.

[Roto]

I'll start. This is something I've discovered recently. I've always occasionally mixed cereal w/yogurt, but this is a new twist:

• 1 Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt smoothie (15% RDA Calcium / 60 calories)
• 1 Cup Fiber-One (120 calories / 28 grams Fiber)

Mix that Junk up and enjoy!

The fiber-one tastes much better than w/milk. I often put honey on it when enjoying solo... honey is high in calories. I like the consistency of the smoothie better with cereal than with regular yogurt. When I enjoy the F-1 w/o yogurt, I get virtually no calcium, as I don't drink the milk ()

[Roto]

Broccolli Quesadilla's:

• 1 High Fiber Tortilla.
• 3/4 cup steamed broccolli
• Cheddar Cheese to taste

Pam a frying pan and heat on medium-high.
Dump Broccolli on 1/2 of tortilla.
Dump Cheese on Broccolli
Fold (may need a toothpick to hold together until the cheese melts).
Fry.
Flip.
Enjoy w/Salsa Picante!

[Roto]

• Starkist Flavored Tuna Pouches.

These are my bread-and-better. You can do so much with them. Really, you can't go wrong. Be creative!

[crayolaab]

Prepare regular oatmeal (not the instant crap). Mix in a tub of low-fat fruit flavoured yogurt (not the kind with nutrasweet for the love of all that is tasty).

I bought Fiber One the other day instead of All Bran because it was on sale thinking they were the same thing. brought it home, poured a bowl, took a bite and spit it out - why on earth would you put NUTRASWEET in a bran cereal??? YUCK.

[Aeyyyyyy]

Originally Posted by Roto

• 1 Cup Fiber-One

Hiiiiiiidey-ho!

[Kid Notorious]

My favorite quick meal solution for when I'm in a hurry or when I get home late: Fish & veggies. (if you don't like fish, then never mind.)

I get the bags of frozen fish fillets from Costco... salmon, tuna, cod, haddock... whatever they have the day I'm there. They're individually wrapped which makes it easy to take one at a time. I also grab a big bag of the frozen stir-fry veggies.

Bring 'em home, & throw them both in the freezer. When you're ready for a meal, pull out a brick of fish, throw it in the sink w/ hot water to thaw (they thaw quick). Go make yourself a salad or equally healthy snack. By the time you're done, the fish is thawed.

Rub some spices on the fish & sear it in a pre-heated pan. About the same time you put the fish in the pan, throw a handfull of the frozen veggies in another pre-heated pan, cover, and let steam for 3-5 minutes. Both will be done at the same time, and you'll have a healthy, nutritious, meal in about 20 minutes.

[LoneGirl]

One quick meal I like is chicken fajitas. I buy the onions and peppers already sliced (most grocery stores have these in a section with other pre-cut veggies and fruit) and the Louis Rich (I think that's the brand) pre-cooked chicken strips, southwestern flavored. Then, you just have to cook the veggies in a pan for a few minutes, add the chicken strips for a minute or two to heat them, and put the mixture on a tortilla with a little bit of fat free cheese. Sometimes I also add a touch of fat free sour cream.

[Maine-iac]

For a quick meal, I tend to favor a salsa omlette (eggs, salsa and fat-free cheese), or a broiled chicken breast served with a broiled tomato sprinkled with fat-free feta and herbs to taste.

For snacks: 30 Pistachio nuts and V-8. Low-fat cheddar (Cabot pre-packages a 50% cheddar at 50 calories a bar) and V-8. 10 Kashi TLC crackers and some Alouette Light Cucumber-Dill dip. One slice whole-grain toast with a bit of high quality jam as an indulgence.

[LoneGirl]

One of my favorite quick meals is grilled chicken parmesan. You grill a chicken breast on the George Foreman grill, put it in a casserole dish, top with some canned diced tomatoes (heat on the stove for a few minutes), some grated parmesan, and some lowfat mozzerella. Stick in the oven until the mozerella is melted.