Easy and Skinny Tailgating Recipes

I don't know about you but we are big football fans in this house. During college football season we are going to a friends house pretty much every weekend for a football party and everyone brings a finger food. I try to always bring a healthier option and fill up on that while just having little bites of everything else. Here's my 3 go to recipes for football parties:

Top 8 Worst Snacks

Today WebMD compiled a list of the 8 worst snacks. Check ‘em out and see if anything you eat made the list!

8 Worst Snacks:

1. Chocolate-coated doughnuts and mini doughnuts (Entenmann’s Pop’ems)
2. Snack pies (Hostess fruit pies)
3. Movie-theater butter microwavable popcorn (Pop-Secret Extra Butter)
4. Lunchables by Oscar Mayer
5. Regular chips and Cheetos
6. Packaged frozen snacks (Jimmy Dean biscuits, Hot Pockets)
7. Tyson Fun Nuggets
8. Cheese crackers (Ritz Bits, Cheez-Its)

PB is Love

Today's afternoon snack!:

1/2 Sandwich Thin

1 tbsp natural Peanut Butter

1 tbsp Peanut butter / chocolate chips

Special K Fruit Crisps

A friend told me about these Special K Fruit Crisps so I decided to try some. Pop tarts is one thing I miss. These are a little like pop tarts but both crisps have only 100 calories. They come in blueberry & strawberry flavors. The upside is they can cure a pop tart craving with only 100 calories. I love to dip these in my yogurt. The downside is the LONG list of ingredients including fructose. Here's the nutritional info:

Morning Snack

Snack today was fruity again. I must be in a fruit mood today! I had a blackberry Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt. It only has 60 calories, however, the sugars are a little high so you have to be careful with it. I also had a Special K 100 calorie Fruit Crisp bar. A friend told me about these and I picked them up at the grocery store this weekend. They are really good! Will post more about them later...

Morning Fuel

I indulged a little high carb snack this morning since I had a small breakfast and a workout coming up at 11am. I took a bowl of Chobani Greek Strawberry Yogurt, added a Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie bar and some Banana puffs for a great mid-morning snack!

Warm Afternoon Snack

The chilly, cloudy day had me craving something warm and comforting for snack this afternoon. I sprinkled some cinnamon and splenda on a cut up golden delicious apple and microwaved the slices for 3 minutes. I put 1/2 tbsp of natural peanut butter in the middle. Along with this I had a nice big mug of Cinnamon Crumb Cake coffee!! Now my belly is full and warm!

Even Better

For an even better potato chip flavor and texture try the Gerber Graduates Lil Crunchies!!! I've had the mild cheddar and veggie dip. They are simply amazing. Like little cheetos. Party in my mouth!! They're made with whole grain corn. They also come in zesty tomato and apple cinnamon. Check this out:

One Serving (18 pieces)

35 Calories

2 Fats

4 Carbs

0 Sugar

Embrace your inner child!!!

Craving a snack? Potato chips? Snack on some baby food!!! That's right these containers of graduate puffs from Gerber are one of the healthiest snacks around. They have several different flavors. Sweet potato is my favorite. They are perfect for munching on during a movie or while watching TV. I like to put a few on my sandwiches for some crunch in place of potato chips. They are made with whole grains and real fruit. They come in flavors: strawberry-apple, banana, sweet potato, sweet corn, cherry, peach, and apple cinnamon. And check out these stats!!! You can't beat this:

For one serving (1/2 cups or approx. 68 puffs)

25 Calories

0 Fat

6 Carbs

1 Sugar

AMAZING!!!

Chocolate Cake?? Yes Please!!!

A little afternoon snack pick me up! big piece of chocolate cake. The picture does not do it justice. I mixed chocolate protein powder, cocoa, egg white, applesauce, and baking powder together. Heated it up in a microwavable mug. The whole thing only took about 5 minutes. It was amazing!!! and only around 110 calories!!! WOW!

Dove Sugar Free Dark Chocolate

I found a bag of these little chocolates on clearance at walmart so I decided to try them out. They are so good!!!! One piece has:

38 Calories

3 Fats

4.4 Carbs

0 Sugar!

Afternoon Snack

I normally don't eat an afternoon snack this large but it is Sunday and my eating schedule is a little messed up so I needed a bigger snack. This covers all the food groups: veggies, fruits, protein, dairy, and chocolate of course!!! It's snap pea crisps, laughing cow light cheese, 10 almonds, a pear cooked in cinnamon, and Hersheys sugar free dark chocolate.

272 Calories

36 Carbs

14 Fats

8 Proteins

5 Fiber

323 Sodium (260 of that is from the cheese!)

Larabar Peanut Butter Cookie Bar = A+++++++!!!

The only ingredients are: dates, peanuts, and salt. Full of fiber, protein and 1/2 serving of fruit plus 3 grams of Omega 6!!! The taste is amazing!!!!