Healthy + Gluten-Free + Kid Friendly + Recipes + Weight Watchers Friendly Recipes + Party Snacks

Slow Cooker Quinoa Chili: Healthy, Inexpensive, and Delicious

This slow cooker quinoa chili is for right now. Can't afford meat? No problemo.....

A "No Peel" Apple Recipe To Make You Swoon

The apple season is in full swing here in New England and I can't stop buying them. The taste of fresh apples is one of life's great joys....

Roasted Walnuts Recipes **VIDEO**

Are you looking for a way to wow your friends and family while doing very little work? Try these roast walnuts recipes!

Try Your Dates With A Little Bit of Nut Butter

It is very hard to find something that peanut butter doesn’t make better....

Cucumber & Tomato Bites for a Healthy Snack

The calendar says that summer isn’t over. I, for one, am still pigging out on inexpensive produce.....

Fresh Tomato Salsa in Minutes

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

Three Layer Bean Dip: Because Three is Faster Than Seven

I was first introduced to "Seven Layer Dip" in 1995 and I immediately fell in love...

Virtual Cookie Swap: Almond Clouds

Do you have a party where everyone brings their favorite cookies and recipes?...

Snack Girl’s Bacon and Eggs

Easter happened yesterday and my family has a tradition of dying hard-boiled eggs and hiding them around the house....

Chocolate Popcorn Rocks

Drizzle: to pour in a fine stream. Drizzle is a super cool word because you can hear it....

Take Your Apple and Peanut Butter To A Whole New Level

Snack Girl has long advocated for an apple and peanut butter for a perfect snack. Basically, you got your fruit with a another whole food (peanuts) just blended up. Super yum!....

The Sweetest, Simplest Holiday Treat: Strawberry Santa Hats

If you think Snack Girl went a little crazy about Thanksgiving, wait until you see how she treats the December holidays....

Make Your Own Lighter Caramel Apple

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get why these caramel apples are healthier....

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.....

Get Them To Smile With This Adorable Snack

There are days when I desperately want to be someone that I am not....

A Delicious Portion-Controlled Potato Recipe

Snack Girl features potatoes because they are inexpensive, nutritious, and super yummy....

What To Do With Fresh Tomatoes

Can you believe those colors? You know how they say to "eat the rainbow". Here is your chance!....

Another Healthy BBQ Side: Red Potato Salad

Yeah, baby, it is time for potato salad. I used to buy it at my local supermarket until I found out how much better it is when you make it fresh.....

What To Bring to a Potluck BBQ

Barbeques are great because you don’t have to cook indoors and everyone gets it....

Do-It-Yourself Doritos

Frito Lay better watch out because we can rise up and make our own Doritos....