Healthy + Under 100 Calories + Salty + Kid Friendly + Vegan

Low Calorie Rice: A Vegetable Makes Life Lighter

This low calorie rice is a win-win substitute for real rice......

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash

Slow cooker butternut squash is an amazingly simple way to prepare butternut squash without having to do hardly anything....

Roasted Sugar Pumpkin Recipe

This roasted sugar pumpkin recipe is not sweet. Instead it is salty, sour, sweet, and fun to make.....

Fresh Tomato Salsa in Minutes

Fresh tomatoes are rolling into supermarkets and farmer’s markets and they are cheap!...

Lighter Guacamole With A Secret Ingredient

Don’t you love secret ingredients that make something lighter but don’t ruin the taste?...

Kale Pesto Because You Can

Pesto is typically made with fresh basil as the main ingredient (and you need a lot of it)....

Lighter Egg Rolls: You Can Do It

Egg rolls were one of those foods that I always ordered if I was getting Chinese food. Until I met my husband and he ruined everything....

Tasty Marinara Sauce in Six Minutes

Yes, I know you can buy a jar of marinara sauce that means you will have sauce in NO minutes – but hear me out....

Swap The Bottle For A Mason Jar

It is time to talk about a very dull subject, salad. Ho hum....

How Do You Know Spring is Here? Asparagus!

Every year, I go to my Stop & Shop, see the sale on asparagus and I know it is time for the snow to start melting....

An Egg Roll Makeover

Egg rolls were one of those foods that I always ordered if I was getting Chinese food. Until I met my husband and he ruined everything....

Everything But The Kitchen Sink Fruit and Nut Bars

Have you ever heard the phrase “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”?...

The Best Way To Holiday Detox

The word of the week is “detoxification”. Need to remove any toxic substances?...

Why Snack Girl Loves This Salad

I was tempted to entitle this post, “Why Snack Girl Loves This Cupcake”, because salad puts people to sleep. zzzzz.....

Who Needs Jars? Make Your Own Tomato Sauce

Last week, Snack Girl took on the subject of tomato sauce in jars and got flamed....

Tomatoes Can Break Your Heart

Snack Girl has a love affair with tomatoes. Sorry, Tom Cruise, I lust after a summer tomato....

Punch Up Your Salad With Homemade Croutons

Is your salad getting you down? Mine tends to be always the same....

A Super Healthy Addition To Your Grill

Hot dogs, hamburgers, steak......salad! Yes, add some salad to your grill this Memorial Day weekend.

Taking Cauliflower To A New Level

For me, the challenge with cauliflower is making it taste like something. Bland food is simply not enjoyable to eat and I want to enjoy my food!

Kale Chips: Believe The Hype

Kale is getting a lot of press and finding its way on all the top blogs. I had to ask this kale to stop on the red carpet to photograph it....