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Low Calorie Cereal Recipe
Low calorie cereal is easy to make. I know you want to buy it - but it tastes much better to make it........
Healthy Apple Crisp Recipe **VIDEO**
This healthy apple crisp recipe is THE dessert of fall. It only uses one apple!....
Make This Delicious Brownie And Eat It Every Day Guilt Free
Snack Girl's survey on Friday gave me some great information! One suggestion was a makeover for brownies.
How To Make Dark Chocolate Last Forever
Drizzle: to pour in a fine stream. Drizzle is a super cool word because you can hear it....
Take On The Prickly Fruit: In Season and Super Sweet
Pineapples are in season right now and costing about $2 each in my neck of the woods. YUM!...
Eight Exciting Things To Do With Bananas
When people meet me for the first time, what do you think they ask me? Where did you get your nails done?....
Sunshine in Your Fridge: Grapefruit Made Less Sour
Do you know when citrus fruits are in season? The one bright spot of the winter growing season is that NOW is the best time for fresh oranges and grapefruits....
Vegan, Luxurious, Hot......Chocolate
Snack Girl finds that most hot chocolate mixes are missing something important. They lack the most important flavor of all....
Love Late Night Desserts? Try This Healthy Version of Creme Brulee
For Snack Girl, there are two food groups that derail her mostly healthy eating efforts: alcohol and desserts. Don't you DARE mix the two together....
Wow Your Friends With The World's Simplest Cookie Recipe
Do you love cookies but hate the work that goes into making them? My least favorite part is the clean up of the kitchen. argh....
A Fantastic Snack From A Scary Place
You guys been anywhere scary lately? How about Costco where all your money seems to get scared out of your wallet?....
Love Salted Chocolate Caramels? Try This Healthy Candy Alternative
No one is ever going to accuse Snack Girl of not loving a WEE bit of chocolate. But, my taste bud credentials have been called into question....
Embrace Fall With This Pumpkin Themed Skinny Drink
Some people think fall has arrived when the leaves start changing and apples become abundant. Others know it is here with the arrival of the pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks....
Dress Your Oatmeal Up For Halloween
Are you going to go out and buy a costume for Halloween? How about your oatmeal? Is it going to have a costume?....
Dress Up Your Apple Slices With Cookie Dough Dip
Bored with the same old apple and peanut butter? Love to eat cookie dough out of the bowl?....
Who Else Lost Their Virginity This Month?
See those lovely jars of apple butter? Snack Girl made them in a fit of unbridled domesticity....
This Muffin Can Save Your Life
I know what you are thinking. How can a muffin save a life? Don't we usually use things like electrified paddles?....
Got Fruit On The Edge? Don't Toss It - Try This
Snack Girl is a sucker for "buy one get one free" and she finds herself stocking up on perishables. Not a smart move since these perishables tend to rot before my family eats them....
One More Thing To Do With Watermelon
Snack Girl has been obsessed with watermelon. My fridge seems always to have half a watermelon staring out at me....
A Refreshingly Sweet Zero Calorie Beverage With No Artificial Sweetener
When did you all start to drink Diet Coke? For Snack Girl, it was high school and I thought the stuff was awesome!
Coconut Milk Ice Cream Sandwiches from So Delicious
Yes, folks, it is FRIDAY and time to give away some ice cream to a lucky reader. Where I am located it is HOT and STICKY. I usually advocate for homemade popsicles but today is different...
Why Watermelon Makes Us Feel Good
Snack Girl is chomping on watermelon and loving it. A hot day, a slice of watermelon, and watermelon juice all over the place. This is summer!...
Lighter, Fluffier Trail Mix
Trail mix is for taking on your hike. Anyone been on a hike lately? No? Me, neither....
A Tasty Low Calorie Bar With 50% of Your Daily Fiber
Snack Girl wishes that she liked packaged bars. Most of them are reaching for a nutrition halo that they simply don't deserve....
Whole Grain, Homemade Chip: Goodbye Potato Chips!
Chips, why do we love you so? Is it the crunchiness? The saltiness? or the just plain deliciousness....
Skip The Ice Cream: Grill Your Dessert
Summertime is happenin' and I am SURROUNDED by ice cream stands. What is it about the middle of nowhere that leads to the proliferation of ice cream stands?....
How To Make A Healthy Cake Pop
Snack Girl is a mother of a first grader who is now reading. Yesterday, she decided to read the newspaper where there was a feature on something called "Cake Pops"....
Wow Your Friends This Memorial Day With Salad Sticks
If it would just STOP raining, Snack Girl would get excited about Memorial Day weekend. Click your heels together and repeat after me, "My children will not watch twenty hours of TV over Memorial Day weekend."....
The Problem With Trail Mix Solved
Trail mix should be the perfect snack. It is portable and will stay fresh in your backpack for hours!....
A Healthy Packaged Snack For Your Lunch Box
If your kids are like mine, they love packaged things above fresh things. Why?....
Get Your Spring On With This Vegetable
Last year, Snack Girl featured one of her FAVORITE Spring vegetables and no one read my post. No, I won't give up....
The BEST Post Workout Snack
Whether you do yoga, walk, spin, bike, run, or swim, you usually get hungry after activity. Many people reach for energy bars such as PowerBar, but with a little creativity, you can do a WHOLE lot better....
A Grab 'N Go Breakfast With ZERO Added Sugar (and you will love it)
Anybody else sick of packaged cereal bars? But, they are just SO easy and fast....
Sugar Free Gum Without Artificial Sweeteners or Colors? It Exists!
Sugar free gum is a great tool for helping you lose weight. AND, chewing a piece of gum (instead of a cookie) can help you relieve stress....
This Green Smoothie Does NOT Taste Like Grass
Snack Girl has had MANY readers tell her to try "green" smoothies. Well, before last Tuesday, I had one word for them - YUCK!...
This Is Not Your Mother's Rice Krispie Treat
Snack Girl has been working on a "new" Rice Krispie treat for a while now. First, I had to change the name....
Never Eat Fast Food French Fries Again
Yes, you can do it! You can give up your beloved french fries and celebrate their exit from your life.....
Try This Healthy Pie.....Naked
Here at Snack Girl headquarters clothing is optional (for the 4 and under set). This is also true of our pies....
Save Money, Your Waistline, And The World By Making Your Own Cereal
Okay, maybe I have gotten a bit dramatic with this title. But, you HAVE to try making your own cereal....
My Friends Use To Laugh At Me...And THEN I Made This Broccoli Recipe
Do you think Snack Girl is done trying to convince you to eat broccoli? I will NEVER give up (really)....
Healthy Homemade Bread in Five Minutes A Day
Let's face it - homemade bread rocks.....
A Magical and Healthy Packaged Snack
Snack Girl has a confession to make. She has begun to receive MANY snack samples in the mail....
Need Some Intense Dark Twilight Delight?
Since this is a family blog, you KNOW I am talking about dark chocolate. Snack Girl was cruising through the candy aisle when she found these....
Makeover Kettle Corn Into "Can Do" Corn
Kettle corn has that perfect combination of crunchy, salty, and sweet that keeps you eating it long after you should stop....
Make Winter Warmer With Apple and Peanut Butter Oatmeal
Are you bored with your oatmeal? Let's give it a makeover!....
Don't Forget This Classic
Out of fresh fruit? Can't make it to the store?...
Lessons From a Coconut
I was driving my minivan packed with soccer kids, drinking a pina colada.....when I woke up....
Give the Gift of A Healthy Snack (Your Friends Won't Even Know Its Healthy!)
Looking for that perfect gift for that special someone? Put down your credit card and rev up your food processor.
Last Minute T-Day Side or Healthy Snack
Kill it on Turkey day with a fresh side that goes with everything, takes 10 minutes to make, and will WOW your guests....
Can A New Drink Change Your Life?
Recently, a reader sent me a strange message about Almond Breeze. She wrote that it had CHANGED HER LIFE!...
Healthy Banana Pudding from Jack LaLanne
Before Jillian Michaels, Jane Fonda, and Zumba there was Jack LaLanne. He presented fitness and exercise advice on TV for 34 years!...
Got Apples? Try This Awesome Healthy Snack
If you read this website, you BETTER have apples in your fridge (or I'm gonna buy you some :) This is it people - apple season!...
Chocolate Pumpkin Protein Bars - YUM!
You would expect that a food blog called Lilveggiepatch.com would be set in a rural spot like Athens, GA....
Healthy Halloween Candy
Snack Girl visited her neighborhood Target this weekend and found Halloween candy stacked to the rafters. So, I decided I would beat out all the other healthy eating blogs on October's favorite topic - candy....
A Cherry Tomato Salad For Summer
My farm share just gave us the go ahead to pick AS MANY cherry tomatoes as we want! Is that crazy?....
Sugar Free Jam In Seconds (No Artificial Sweetener!)
This was my breakfast this morning! Snack Girl had to show off her recent innovation inspired by Freezer Jam For Dummies....
A Beet Recipe For Beet Haters
Why do people hate beets? Maybe grandmothers forced beets on to poor defenseless grand children. Or they haven't had tried fresh beets!...
A Breakfast Cereal You Can Feel Good About
Back in March, I wrote Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal and since then I have been on a search for cereals that pass my, "Healthy or Crappy Cereal Test" (patent pending :)...
A Nutritious, Nutty, and Chocolately 100 Calorie Snack
It is not easy to combine the words "chocolate" and "100 calories" in the same sentence. While Dark Chocolate is nutritious, you have to be careful with the quantities....
How To Prevent Cancer
Cancer is a tough disease to prevent. It exists in many forms and there is no vaccine....
DIY Popsicles: A Happy, Healthy Snack
Summer is here, baby! My town hit 87 degrees and I was hot. Fortunately, I had just made some of these delicious treats for the website....
A Little Ranch Dressing Isn't Gonna Kill Ya
Raw vegetables are probably the healthiest food that you can eat. Low in calories, high in vitamins and fiber, it is hard to go wrong. Why don't we eat more of them?...
When It Heats Up Try This Simple Zero Calorie Drink
There is usually just one small step from ordinary to elegant. I know that sounds optimistic, but sometimes just a little change makes ALL the difference.
A Chocolate Shake With Only 116 Cals
As the weather gets warm, we want to reach for something cold. How about a chocolate shake? Most of us need to drop the ice cream from this indulgence and it isn't hard if you own a blender....
DIY Microwave Popcorn: Healthy, Yummy, and CHEAP
Popcorn is a whole grain snack that is really low in calories and has that great crunch we crave. But, the packaged stuff in the supermarket is expensive and can be high in sodium....