Last week I stopped CVS to pick up a couple of items. I noticed that they had dried prunes, apricots and cranberries on sale so bought all three for healthful snacks. The problem with healthy snacks is that they often do not satisfy hunger pangs. I happen to love prunes and am always dismayed that I can only have 4 or 5 otherwise I go overboard. You can often get past that by drinking a cup of tea along with your snack. Or drink water with a slice of lemon or lime.

Some low calorie snacks

1. Olives. A snack of 8 to 10 olives. Olives in martini’s do not count J
2.  Hummus and carrots. Four ounces of hummus and three carrot sticks
3. Pineapples and pistachios. Mix 1/2-cup of dried pineapple slices with about 25 pistachio nuts or a few walnuts.
4. Cottage cheese and apples. Sliced apple with about 1/2 cup low-fat cottage cheese.
5. Baby-pizza. Slice a whole wheat pita in half. Spread a little tomato sauce on 1/2 whole wheat pita, add low-fat cheese and vegetables on top. Heat in microwave or toaster oven until cheese melts.
6. Rice cakes. Look for rice cakes made from whole-grain brown rice.
7. Water-plain. Add lemon or lime slices. Squeeze the slice then drop it in the glass, it makes a pretty and thirst-quenching drink.

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