Menu Plan Monday: February 6-9, 2012

One of the hardest things to do when you are watching what you eat is to find "snacks". Typically, I try to eat 5 times a day...breakfast, lunch and dinner with two "snacks" in-between.

These snacks are essential as they bridge your hunger gap and can hold you over until your next meal, which in turn reduces the amount of food you consume at meal time. Make sense?

The following 15 snacks have 100 calories each or less. They are not necessarily weight watchers points plus, but I still think better than stuffing a candy bar or a bag of chips down your gullet!

Enjoy!

Stacy

• Half an apple with 2 teaspoons of peanut butter

• 5 cups light microwave popcorn

• 1 sliced medium kiwi and a half cup diced cantaloupe with 1 tablespoon granola

• 2 ounces lean roast beef wrapped in lettuce leaves with a bit of spicy mustard

• 20 frozen grapes

• Hard-boiled egg with 3 saltine crackers

• 2 graham-cracker squares with 1 teaspoon peanut butter

• ¼ cup tuna mixed with lemon juice and 1 teaspoon olive oil over a green salad with sliced cucumbers and green peppers

• ½ cup fat-free green goddess or ranch dressing with carrot and celery sticks

• 2 thick tomato slices with 1 ounce crumbled feta cheese and 1 teaspoon olive oil

15 small baked tortilla chips with salsa

4 large pretzel twists with two tablespoons fat-free cream cheese mixed with some dried Italian herbs

Half a mango with a schmear of goat cheese

1 cup strawberries topped with 2 tablespoons low-fat sour cream

½ red bell pepper dipped in 3 tablespoons hummus

Here is our menu for the week:

Sunday: Super Bowl Sunday! Taco Soup

Monday: Meatless Monday! Herb Stuffed Shells

Tuesday: Baja Fish Tacos

Wednesday: Lemon Chicken with Artichokes and Spinach

Thursday: Salmon Persillade with Zesty Mashed Potatoes