Snack ideas that make the most of ZeroPoint foods

It’s 3 p.m. and your stomach’s grumbling but dinner’s still hours away. Who hasn’t faced this scenario? To stay on track (without getting bored), look to your ZeroPoint™ foods list for some between-meals inspo and build a snack centred around one (or more!) of your ZeroPoint foods. While we love a handful of baby carrots, sometimes you want something a little more outside-the-box.

Quick Ideas

• Stir your favourite beans into canned or homemade vegetable soup.

• Roll up a small tortilla spread with canned fat-free refried beans or bean dip, salsa, and hot sauce.

• Sprinkle steamed edamame with sea salt and crushed red pepper or togarashi seasoning.

• Spread mashed canned chickpeas onto whole-grain toast and top with sliced cucumber, salt and black pepper.

Quick Ideas

• Tear rotisserie chicken breast into strips and dip into honey mustard.

• Stir together chopped roast turkey and tzatziki and eat wrapped in romaine lettuce leaves.

• Build a turkey sandwich on thick slices of tomato with a dab of mustard and a handful of arugula.

• Toss some chopped cooked chicken breast with shredded veggies and salsa, and wrap up in a tortilla.

Quick Ideas

• Coat air-popped popcorn with cooking spray and toss with your favourite seasoning blend or grated Parmesan.

• Wrap an ear of corn in its husk in a wet paper towel and microwave for 2 minutes. Shuck and sprinkle with seasoned salt.

• Stir together corn kernels, guacamole, and salsa verde. Scoop up with baked tortilla chips or veggie sticks.

Quick Ideas

• Sprinkle a hard-boiled egg with your favourite seasoning blend.

• Cut hard-boiled eggs in half. Remove the yolks and mash them with some mustard, chopped pickle, spices, salt, and black pepper and spoon back into whites for quick deviled eggs.

• Cut hard-boiled eggs in half and wrap with thinly sliced deli turkey or ham. Dip in mustard.

• Dice a hard-boiled egg, toss with plain nonfat Greek yogurt and some Dijon mustard, season, and eat in lettuce cups or piled onto whole-grain crackers.

• Make an omelet using leftover cooked veggies as a filling.

• Create your own egg bites.

• Scramble an egg and wrap up in a small tortilla topped with salsa.

Quick Ideas

• Purchase store-bought cooked refrigerated shrimp and pair with cocktail sauce or horseradish-ketchup.

• Top cucumber slices with smoked salmon and a dollop of plain nonfat Greek yogurt.

• Mash drained tuna packed in water with mustard and lemon pepper seasoning. Spoon onto a rice cake, tomato slice, or lettuce cups.

• Place pickle slices on whole-grain crackers and top with mashed drained tuna packed in water.

Quick Ideas

• Spread a thick cored apple slice with creamy nut butter.

• Freeze washed seedless grapes and then eat frozen.

• Freeze bananas drizzled with melted chocolate.

• Top plain nonfat cottage cheese or yogurt with chopped fresh fruit and some low-fat granola or mini chocolate chips.

Quick Ideas

• Dip steamed asparagus spears into mustard vinaigrette or Dijonnaise.

• Top thickly sliced carrot or cucumber rounds with hummus or guacamole and hot sauce.

• Air-fry whole sweet mini peppers or shishitos. Season with a squeeze of lemon and flaky salt.

• Make salsa with your favourite finely chopped veggies, red onion, lime juice, salt, and cumin. Scoop up with chips or endive leaves.

• Wrap a pickle spear in deli turkey and dip in mustard.

Quick Ideas

• Layer nonfat yogurt with chopped fruit and toasted oats or nuts for an easy parfait.

• Turn Greek yogurt or puréed cottage cheese into a quick, creamy dip with herbs and seasonings and pair with veggie sticks.

• Stir together plain nonfat yogurt, unsweetened cocoa, and monk fruit sweetener to use as a dip for apples or bananas.

• Swirl chocolate syrup into cottage cheese and top with chopped fresh berries.

• Spread cottage cheese on a rice cake, season with salt and black pepper, and top with slices of tomato or cucumber.