Chocolate Chip– Walnut Cookies Gooey, chocolaty—and light, at about 100 calories per cookie

INGREDIENTS

    1/2 cup whole-wheat flour
    1/4 cup rolled oats
    1/4 teaspoon baking soda
    1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
    6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
    6 tablespoons brown sugar
    2 tablespoons granulated sugar
    1 egg
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
    1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts
    1/4 cup dried cherries


PREPARATION

    Heat oven to 375°. In a bowl, combine flour, oats, baking soda and cinnamon. In another bowl, cream butter and sugars until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat until smooth. Blend flour mixture into butter mixture. Stir in chocolate chips, walnuts and cherries. Drop 20 dough balls (1 tbsp each) onto 2 ungreased cookie sheets, 2 inches apart. Bake until golden brown, 9 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool on sheets 3 minutes, then transfer to foil to cool fully.

The skinny

100 calories per cookie, 6 g fat (3 g saturated), 11 g carbs, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein

Source : http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes/2012/12/chocolate-chip-walnut-cookies

30 healthy picks, Great snacks with less than 200 calories

30 healthy picks
Great snacks with less than 200 calories
By Wendy Giman


Craving salty?

    5 olives (any kind) (45 calories)
    1 small Martin's pretzel (50 calories)
    2 oz Applegate Honey and Maple Turkey Breast wrapped around 2 bread-and-butter pickles (80 calories)
    1/4 cup hummus, 3 carrot sticks (80 calories)
    1 Laughing Cow Light Swiss Original wedge, 3 pieces Kavli Crispy Thin (85 calories)
    One 1-oz package tuna jerky (90 calories)
    1 oz buffalo mozzarella, 1/2 cup cherry or grape tomatoes (94 calories)
    1 bag Baked! Cheetos 100 Calorie Mini Bites (100 calories)
    15 Eden's Nori Maki Crackers rice crackers (110 calories)
    1 cup unshelled edamame (120 calories)
    50 Eden's Vegetable Chips (130 calories)
    One 1-oz package of Planters NUT-trition almonds (130 calories)
    1/4 cup Trader Joe's Chili con Queso, 18 baked tortilla chips (140 calories)
    1/2 cup pumpkin seeds in shell (143 calories)
    2 pieces (30 grams) prosciutto, 4 dried figs (154 calories)
    1 Subway Turkey Breast Wrap (190 calories)

Craving sweet?

    1 package Original Apple Nature Valley Fruit Crisps (50 calories)
    1 packet O'Coco's Mocha cookies (90 calories)
    1 Jelly Belly 100-calorie pack (100 calories)
    One 100-calorie pack Trader Joe's Chocolate Graham Toucan Cookies (100 calories)
    One 100-calorie Balance Bar (100 calories)
    1 Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino bar (120 calories)
    1 package Back to Nature Honey Graham Sticks (120 calories)
    1/2 banana rolled in 1 tbsp frozen semisweet chocolate chips (123 calories)
    2 tbsp Better 'n Peanut Butter, 4 stalks celery (124 calories)
    1 bag Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Butter Mini Bags topped with a spritz of butter spray and 1 tsp sugar (126 calories)
    24 Annie's Chocolate Chip Bunny Graham cookies (140 calories)
    Half of a 1.08-oz container of M&M's Minis mixed with 1/3 cup lowfat granola (145 calories)
    1 McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 calories)
    1 container Fage Greek Total 2% fat yogurt, 2 tsp honey (173 calories)

Source : http://www.self.com/fooddiet/2009/06/30-healthy-snacks