Heatlhy Snacking for a Recessionista

Finding healthy, budget friendly snacks is nearly impossible for a Ressionista (aka single girl on a budget). Even worse when you're trying to find easy, individually portioned snacks to bring to work. Luckily there's Trader Joe's 94% Fat Free Microwave Popcorn. You'll get a filling snack that keeps you occupied much longer than those 100 calorie packs that are gone in a blink of an eye. For $1.99 you'll get 6 mini bags of popcorn made with all natural ingredients and it's low in sodium. Cheaper and healthier than other brands. Happy snacking!

1 bag (3.5 cups popped)

130 calories

2g fat

0 cholesterol

100mg sodium

4g fiber

Food Revolution Friday!

I have joined the Food Revolution and you should too! We need your help to change the way America eats. Every child in America has the right to fresh, nutritious school meals, and every family deserves real, honest, wholesome food. Sign the petition to save America's cooking skills and improve school food. http://bit.ly/JOfoodrev

All Natural Sweetner - 4 calories

Sun Crystals are only 4 calories a packet and NO chemicals! Available at Whole Foods or purchase online at http://www.suncrystals.com/.

Tortilla Pizza

1 medium tortilla, 100-150 calories (Spelt or whole wheat works best. Don't use low-carb because they won't crisp well)
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/3 cup shredded mozzarella*
1-2 frozen vegetarian meatballs

Optional: Veggies such as peppers and onions. Keep in mind the tortilla is thin so you don't want to top it with anything too heavy.

Preheat oven to 375

Lightly spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray. Then place tortilla on the sheet and lightly spray top of the tortilla.

Baked tortilla for about 5min until lightly crisp. Be careful not to burn it.

Meanwhile, microwave meatballs to defrost. Then crumble into pieces and set aside.

Remove tortilla from oven and cover with sauce, then "meat", then cheese.

Place the pizza in the oven and bake until cheese melts (5-10min)

* I try to keep the cheese under 150 calories. If I don't have shredded cheese I will use 2 string cheeses or Laughing Cow Mini Babybel light cheeses.

Pictured pizza with 1/3c regular mozzarella and 1 veggie meatball has approx 300 cal, 11g fat, 2g fiber, 15g protein.

Soy Nut Trail Mix - Buy One Get One Free

Crum Creek's Brilliantly Blended Soy Nut Mix is a delicious, organic blend of soy nuts, chocolate chips, raisins, and pumpkin and sunflower seeds. The best part is that it comes in individually portioned bags for only 130 calories. They're the perfect on-the-go snack that keeps you full thanks to a whopping 9 grams of protein.

Normally these cost $4.75 for 1 pack (10 bags), but they're doing a buy one get one free good until April 20th. Just enter the promo code "bogosnm" at check out to get 20 bags for $4.75 + shipping.

While you're there, check out the Soy Bites. They're like little, crunchy breadsticks and the Everything flavor is delish. You get a ton of them in each individual 105 calorie bag.