The Washington Post's Judith Weinraub is taking another look at the 100 calorie packaged snack business, a concept apparently created by Nabisco, that has garnered $100 million bucks since its inception in the summer of 2004. Overpriced mini cookies and crackers, and now tiny cans of softdrinks, are part of the craze. The notion is that if what you want to snack on comes in a package, you will eat all it contains. Therefore, a smaller package is bound to be better for those who might be compelled to consume an entire bag of say, Cheetos.
Rather than buy these tiny packs filled with dubious delights, Weinraub suggests the following:
"A tablespoon of peanut butter on cucumber or apple slices or in a celery stalk is a nutritionally sound and satisfying snack. Half that amount of peanut butter thinly spread on two small graham crackers works, too. So does half an ounce of cheese on a couple of crackers or a slice of whole-wheat diet bread. A half-cup of blueberries with skim milk is full of disease-fighting antioxidants. A half-cup of fresh orange juice is loaded with potassium. An individual serving size of nonfat yogurt gives you calcium. Even a mini bagel or a very small baked potato (about 3.5 ounces) with salsa makes the grade. And if you're really carb-crazed, you can count out 25 chocolate-covered raisins, 21 M&Ms or 25 small jelly beans."
But if you want a martini it's about 184 calories, plus the olive.
Chocolate-covered?
Ants, that is.
Posted by: Foodie | May 18, 2006 at 02:47 PM
They forgot the ants.
Posted by: KathyF | May 18, 2006 at 02:39 AM