Recipes + Salty + Afternoon Snack

Better and Faster than A Bowl of Cold Cereal

Life hasn't been easy since Snack-Girl set a new cereal standard in our house. I've tested many of our cereals and I've come up with very few that pass the Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal test....

How To Incorporate Veggies in Your Breakfast

Snack-Girl is always looking at great snack ideas - and What's Gaby Cooking? is an inspirational food blog....

Feeling Crabby? Try This Cure

Convenience foods are typically worse for you than food that you make yourself. But, once in a while a product shows up that is truly healthy and helpful to the time-stretched among us....

Turn Cauliflower into YUMMYflower

You can eat 2 cups of cauliflower and only add 88 calories to your waistline. Not only that, but the stuff is really good for you. This is one of the vegetables your doctor is telling you to eat....

DIY Crackers from Sagan

The great cracker quest continues with a guest post from a Snack-Girl reader....

Beyond Hard Boiled Eggs

Eggs are incredibly nutritious. Just think, a baby embryo was supposed to consume that yolk to become a chick! (hmmmm, maybe you don't want to think about that :)...

Fastest, Easiest, and Tastiest Guacamole

Guacamole is not a dip that should be avoided because of the calories. Of course, if you add guacamole to something that is already calorie dense (such as a cheese and meat filled burrito), you are throwing gas on the fire....

Sneak Healthy Dip into Your Super Bowl Party

When we think of the Super Bowl, we think of BBQ chicken wings, pizza, 7 layer dip, guacamole, Potato Chips, Doritos, beer, etc. (mouth watering, yet?)...

Comfort Food without the Uncomfortable Guilt

Comfort food, by definition, makes us feel better. The BEST comfort food are the ones that both make us feel better and are healthy....

The Tiniest (and Yummiest) Pizzas on The Planet

The quest for the quickest (and healthiest) pizza continues! One dedicated Snack-Girl reader, Theresa, sent me her solution for a pizza makeover after I posted English Muffin Pizza....

How To Make A Healthy and Glamorous Snack

Holiday parties don't have to be about meatballs, 7 layer dip, and cheese. You can do festive things with vegetables and people won't even realize they are eating them....

How to Eat More Vegetables

There can be no doubt that eating vegetables is good for you. Scientific study after study proclaim their health benefits....

A Dip that Won't Kill You

Have you noticed how many calories a sour cream and onion dip has? We can fool ourselves into believing we are eating healthily by dipping veggies in these dips....

Quick and Healthy Pizza

Is it necessary to add 3/4 of a pound of cheese to a pizza to have it be delicious? Do you need a cheese stuffed crust to have a great eating experience? I don't think so....

Cheese and Crackers

This classic combination turns out to be an pretty good snack. The key is to use real cheese...