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Quick 100 Calorie Ideas

100 Calorie Chocolate Treats

  1. Five Ghirardelli Milk Chocolate Drops
  2. Two Mrs. Fields Decadent Chocolates
  3. One-fifth Toblerone bar
  4. Two slices Terry's Chocolate Orange
  5. Four Andes Bars
  6. Three Nestle After Eight Mints

 

Misc. Healthy Snacks

  1. A large stalk of celery stuffed with:
  2. A tablespoon of chunky peanut butter
  3. A tablespoon of soft light cream cheese
  4. About 2-tablespoons of water packed tuna mixed with a teaspoon of light mayonnaise and sprinkled with a dash of onion powder
  5. A large dill pickle wrapped in a thin slice of boiled ham or swiss cheese, (or both)
  6. Waffle From mix, 7-inch diameter from frozen (about 1- 1/2 ounces), one square
  7. Sunflower seeds, roasted, hulled, 2-tablespoons
  8. Generous 1-cup serving of Minestrone
  9. One cup tomato soup prepared with 1-percent milk (85 calories if prepared with water)
  10. Vegetable soup - 1-1/8 cup with beef, chicken or turkey

 

Jello For the sweet tooth:

  1. Lime diet jello: Two packages to three cups water with a scoop of cottage cheese
  2. Two packages to three cups water, chilled until thickened but not set and one-third cup of whipping cream whipped into the jello until it has a souffle consistency. Makes six servings
  3. Orange diet jello: Prepare as above, but add one-half teaspoon of vanilla and one-quarter teaspoon of almond extract along with whipping cream. Chill until set. Looks and tastes a lot like cantaloupe. Add a scoop of cottage cheese if desired. Lime diet jello prepared the same way, but with one-half teaspoon of lemon extract. Tastes a lot like key lime pie!

 

Cereal:

  1. Cream of Wheat Regular or quick Mix'n Eat, plain, prepared, 1 packet
  2. Frosted Mini-Wheats, 1 ounce (about 1/2 cup)
  3. Honey Smacks, 1 ounce (about 3/4 cup)
  4. Grape-Nuts Flakes, 1 ounce (about 3/4 cup)
  5. Total, 1 ounce (about 3/4 cup)
  6. Wheaties, 1 ounce (about 1 cup)

 

Pasta and Crackers:

  1. Noodles, cooked, plain, 1/2 cup
  2. Spaghetti, cooked, plain, generous 1/2 cup
  3. Rye wafers, whole-grain, 1-7/8 x 3-1/2 inches, 4
  4. Saltines, 1-7/8-inch square, 4

 

Fruit:

  1. One medium banana
  2. Generous 1/2 cup of sweetened applesauce, or 1-cup unsweetened
  3. Dried apriocot halves, cooked, unsweetened, 1/2 cup
  4. 1 cup raw cherries, or 1/2 cup sweet in heavy syrup
  5. 1/4 cup Cranberry sauce
  6. Four Dates, dried, pitted, whole
  7. Scant 1-cup Grapes
  8. One medium pear or 1/2 cup canned pears in heavy syrup
  9. 1/2 cup sliced, cooked plantains
  10. 1 cup raw strawberries or 1/2 cup frozen, sweetened
  11. Raw wedge of watermelon (about 1-1/2 pound piece) or 2-cups diced!
  12. Pineapple, canned, unsweetened, six ounces

 

Meat and Eggs:

  1. Bacon, cooked, two slices
  2. Chicken Roll, light meat, two ounces (two slices)
  3. Chicken or Turkey Frankfurter - one
  4. Two ounces boiled ham
  5. Crabmeat, 3/4 cup canned or cooked
  6. Omelet, plain with one large egg, skim milk
  7. One scrambled egg, tablespoon of skim milk added
  8. One medium pear or 1/2 cup canned pears in heavy syrup
  9. 1/2 cup sliced, cooked plantains
  10. 1 cup raw strawberries or 1/2 cup frozen, sweetened
  11. Raw wedge of watermelon (about 1-1/2 pound piece) or 2-cups diced!
  12. Pineapple, canned, unsweetened, six ounces

 

Sweets 'n Treats

  1. Two chocolate chip cookies, 2-inches in diameter
  2. Two fig bars, 1-1/2 inch square each
  3. Two chocolate or vanilla sandwich cookies, 1-1/2 inch in diameter
  4. Five vanilla wafers, 1-3/4 inch in diameter
  5. One-third cup baked custard
  6. Ice milk, 1/2 cup hardened
  7. One-third cup sherbet
  8. 1/2 cup Frozen Yogurt
  9. Eight pieces M and M's candies
  10. One ounce of Gum Drops (about eight pieces)
  11. Hard Candy, one ounce (about five pieces or two lollipops)
  12. One ounce of Jelly Beans (ten pieces)
  13. One ounce marshmallows - Four large
  14. Lemonade or Limeade, frozen concentrate, sweetened, reconstituted, 8 fluid ounces

See also: 100 Calorie Chocolate Treats

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