Healthy + Sweet + After Exercise + Late Night + Vegan
These snacks will give your body the nutrients it needs to function. Keep them on hand for a great snack.
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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....
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....
Fab Snack Finds For Keeping It Fun
Snack Girl LOVES to surf.....the internet. Actually, I have tried actual surfing in the ocean and my style is more "under the water" surfing....
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?....
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!
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!...
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?....
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....
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....
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)....
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....
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!...
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....
Avoid The Evil Muffin at Starbucks With This Healthy Snack (Giveaway, too!)
Starbucks is a great place for a pick me up. People stop there and grab something to keep them awake....
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?....
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....
