Fitness Works: Navigate The Snack Platter
If you have parties to attend over the holiday period, you know how easy it can be to fill up on cheese puffs and chips and dip. It's also easy, and healthier, to be a bit more discriminating in your food choices. Here are several examples of 500-calorie mini-meals from the snack platter. See how much more of the good stuff you can have if you choose your combos wisely.
10 Shrimp = 35 calories
2 Tbsp. cocktail sauce = 50 calories
2 small chicken skewers = 90 calories
1 cup raw veggies or crudite's = 40 calories
2 Tbsp hummus = 50 calories
3 small slices smoked salmon = 95 calories
3 crackers = 75 calories
3 large olives = 60 calories
TOTAL: 495 calories
4 mini quiches = 280 calories
6 Swedish meatballs = 260 calories
Total 540 calories
6 garlic-stuffed olives = 90 calories
1/2 honeydew melon = 65 calories
2 small baguette slices = 120 calories
2 Tbsp. bruschetta topping = 30 calories
2 chicken satays = 140 calories
2 bacon-wrapped scallops = 120 calories