Grabbing an extra bite to eat between meals can sometimes be a diet’s undoing, leading to a binge fest that ends in a food coma on the couch.
The trick is to munch on healthy foods that will keep you feeling full and won’t make too much of a dent in your calorie count. However, knowing which snacks are healthy and which bites will have you unknowingly ingesting hidden sugars and fats if often the hardest part.
Here we’ve listed eight of the most nutritious low-calorie snacks – which are all less than 200 calories – so the next time you’re feeling peckish, you won’t need to feel guilty in the slightest.
10 strawberries and 170g of low-fat Greek yoghurt
10 strawberries and 170g of low-fat Greek yoghurt.
147 calories.
1 large apple
1 large apple. 106 calories.
2 rye cruskits with 1 tbsp of peanut butter
2 rye cruskits with 1 tbsp of peanut butter. 162 calories.
Carrot sticks with 3 tbsp hummus
Carrot sticks with 3 tbsp hummus. 150 calories.
1 vege rice paper roll with 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
1 vege rice paper roll with 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce. 140 calories.
1 cup pretzels
1 cup pretzels. 171 calories.
1 cup air-popped popcorn
1 cup air-popped popcorn. 27 calories.
Half a wholemeal pita pocket with 2 tbsp low-fat cottage cheese
Half a wholemeal pita pocket with 2 tbsp low-fat cottage cheese. 168 calories.
