Recipes Under 400

Popchips

Not fried or baked, but “popped” potato chips means no trans-fats, preservatives or artificial flavoring and an light and crispy-crunchy texture.

Flavors include Sea Salt (also with vinegar) (corn and potato chips), Hint of Butter, Original, Barbecue, Cheddar (corn chips), Wasabi (rice chips), Salsa (corn chips), Salt and Pepper, and Parmesan Garlic. Each one ounce serving of about 20 chips has just 120 calories

Found at Target, Safeway, Whole Foods, and online at Amazon.

Some of you may have found these amazing little things called Yoplait Delights Parfaits. The flavors come in Chocolate Raspberry, Lemon Torte, Triple Berry Crème, Crème Caramel, Chocolate Éclair, and Cherry Cheesecake.

Each yogurt cup is only 100 Calories and sooo sinful. I mix a little bit of granola or crushed cereal in mine.

Another find at Whole Foods (and some health food stores).

Three Sisters makes some excellent organic cereals, Marshmallow Oaties being just one of them. Just how they look and sound, this cereal is similar to Lucky Charms, with less of the artificial stuff.

One cup is only 120 Calories. While organic, it’s still pretty high in sugar, though, so don’t over-indulge.

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For anyone with a Whole Foods near you, consider yourself lucky, for they carry Florida’s Natural Fruit Nuggets and Stiks.

The Fruit Stiks are reminiscent of a Fruit Roll Up, but are totally organic, made with real fruit and fruit juice, and are much, much stickier. Mine lasted me a good ten minutes just from the amount of chewing I had to do. They are 40 Calories per stick and have 100% of your daily Vitamin C needs.

The Fruit Nuggets remind me a bit of jelly beans. They also have 100% of your daily Vitamin C in them, and, while they are still candy, a full pouch of them is only 170 Calories. A palmful (as shown) is about 1/8 of the bag, and would run you around 20 Calories.

Oh, and everything is both Gluten-Free and kosher.

Cabot Reduced Fat Cheddar with Omega-3 DHA
(70 calories, 5 f fat for 1 oz.)
One ounce contains 20 percent of the omega-3 fatty acids you need daily. And since they come from plant sources rather than fish, vegetarians can get their cheddar fix too.

Flatout Wraps.

They come in a variety of flavors: original, sundried tomato, Italian herb, spinach, and they make mini wraps — and those are just the light flavors! Plus, the texture is fluffy but strong enough not to tear — it is to die for. 90 Calories for the light flavors, 100 for the rest.

I’ll be honest, the first time I made a wrap with this bread I actually spent a minute or two just admiring what I had in my hands. I felt full and satisfied when I was done, and the wrap actually made me happy.

Also, don’t be afraid to expand your horizons from wraps. You can make flat pizza, quesadillas, wrap burgers, breakfast wraps, bake them to make chips, or even top with a little butter spray, cinnamon, and sugar (or Splenda) for a sweet treat (try filling with baked apples and popping into a toaster oven) — the possibilities are endless.

In fact, just check out the website for lots and lots of recipe ideas.

Alternatively, try lavash bread, which is quite a bit bigger, though not nearly as fluffy. I’ll be biased here and say that my wraps were bland with this bread (thus my happiness with Flatouts). 100 Calories per lavash.

You can find both either in the bread aisle or by the deli.

I was just about to do a post on these when I saw a post on my dash to make soda with them.

Torani Sugar-Free Syrups are good in coffee, to make soda, sweet alcohol, or just about anything you might use simple syrup for. I know for a fact that Kroger stocks them, Walmart carries some basic varieties (caramel, vanilla, chocolate, hazelnut), but World Market carries a much more extensive inventory. If all else fails, order online.

Gardein Seven Grain Crispy Tenders

Made with soy and whole grains, each serving of tenders supplies 15 percent of your daily iron needs, and the texture is almost identical to that of chicken tenders.

As far as I know, they’re only in the States and Canada. Use this to find out where to get them! http://www.gardein.com/where_to_buy.php#

I’ll keep this short and sweet.

A one and one-half cup serving of Honeycomb cereal is only 110 Calories! Crunchy and lightly sweetened, I find this cereal a bit more appealing than puffed rice cereal or corn flakes.

You can also make a quick and tasty “s’mores” snack by mixing this cereal with miniature marshmallows and chocolate chips.

Krinkle Sticks

Krinkle sticks are like a cross between french fries and Munchies potato chips to me, only much lighter on the Calories (110 for a cup!). The texture is light and crispy and very satisfying, and the flavors are pretty amazing too. They come in original sea salt (which is what I’ve had), barbecue, and sour cream and onion.

I found mine at my local natural foods store, but I’ve seen them in some Publix and I believe they are at Trader Joes.

Almond Breeze Almond Milk

The original and vanilla (unsweetened) versions are only 40 Calories per cup (sweetened is 60 and unsweetened chocolate is 45). It tastes a lot nuttier than soy milk (as you might imagine), but it works really well with cereal and smoothies.