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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....
Turn Strawberry Shortcake Into Strawberry Healthycake
Have you ever made a traditional Strawberry Shortcake? Well, I have and the "shortcake" part calls for cream AND butter. Wowza!
Try Your Dates With A Little Bit of Nut Butter
It is very hard to find something that peanut butter doesn’t make better....
Chocolate Chip Muffin Bites Made with Yogurt
I want to call these cookies but I can’t bring myself to do it. They do LOOK like cookies....
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!....
Make Your Own Lighter Caramel Apple
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get why these caramel apples are healthier....
Four Ingredient Pumpkin Gingerbread
I bet you are wondering how I can do it – make gingerbread with four ingredients....
Greet Spring With A Tasty Little Treat
Anyone else have $2 per pound fresh strawberries greeting them at the supermarket. Hurray!....
A Fruit Dip To Keep Life Interesting
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!...
Make Your Own Mocha Roasted Almonds
Snack Girl is not trying to sell you rabbit poop, it just looks like it.....
A Welcoming Fruit For The Winter
Pineapples are in season right now and costing about $2 each in my neck of the woods. YUM!...
Do It Yourself Healthier Reese’s Peanut Butter Bites
Did you grow up with the commercial where the chocolate bar ended up in the peanut butter? I am probably dating myself....
Holiday Sugar Cookie Recipe Makeover
Today, we are going to admit that it would be fun to try to be healthier for the holidays....
A New Lighter Thanksgiving Pie To Try
Do you ever want to make a pie and don’t have a crust or want to make one? There is a simple solution.
Yum! A Caramel Salted Chocolate Makeover
Since we are on the subject of candy because of Halloween, I want to introduce you to one of my favorites....
Healthier Caramel Apples: Just Do It!
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get why these caramel apples are healthier....
Eating Cookie Dough Just Got Healthier
Bored with the same old apple and peanut butter? Love to eat cookie dough out of the bowl?
A No Bake Cookie That Salutes Fall
I’ve spent some time trying not to bake, but I still love cookies. The best cookies, of course, are made with love....
Try Adding This To Your Brownie Mix
I bet you are wondering what “this” is - and it is a natural ingredient from a plant. Not the plant most of you are thinking of because this is a family website....
No Bake Lemon Balls: Healthy, Fast, & Yummy
One of the biggest hits on Snack Girl has been the No Bake Brownie Balls....
The Secret To Delicious 87 Calorie Cheesecake
Recently, I faced a major dilemma. There was a LARGE piece of cheesecake in front of me and no one else to eat it....
A Hot Summer Day Screams For A Frozen Treat
Is anyone else craving something cold? Man, it was hot this weekend and I all I could think about was beer POPSICLES....
Do It Yourself Skinny Candy: Fun To Make & Eat
Let me introduce you to "Chocolate Crackle". This stuff is seriously yummy and fun....
The Most Satisfying, Lowest Calorie, & Easiest Chocolate Dessert Ever Created
Yeah, baby, it is springtime. Whoot! Whoot! How about them 2 for 1 strawberries rolling into your super and farmer's markets?...
Spread It On or Dip It: The Best Yogurt Fruit Dip
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!....
A Healthy Twist On An Old Favorite: The Rice Krispie Treat
It is fun to try to make notoriously bad food into something healthier. The Rice Krispie Treat is just lookin' for a makeover....
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!...
Love Chocolate But Need To Eat Less Of It? Try This
The simple truth is that chocolate rocks. It seems to hit the a very special pleasure center in the brain....
An Awesome Portion Control Trick For Homemade Cookies
So, you like to bake - but you have a problem. Yes, I know that problem well.....
Return To An Old Favorite Snack (With A Twist)
Sometimes we need a little inspiration to make a healthy snack. We get into snack ruts because we are super busy....
Three Tips For An Insanely Delicious Chocolate Chip Cookie
Snack Girl has been refining her chocolate chip cookie recipe. It is a tough job - but I am willing to make the sacrifice....
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....
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?....
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....
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!...
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....
Make Your Own Popsicles: "Great Taste...Less Added Sugar!"
Having something cold to refresh yourself on a hot summer day is essential. Snack Girl usually reaches for a beer POPSICLE when she is feeling droopy....
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"....
French Onion Dip With Zero Guilt
When someone shows up to your house with sour cream, French onion soup mix, and a bag of Ruffles - you know you are in heaven....
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."....
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.....
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)....
The ONLY Chocolate Chip Cookie You Should Ever Eat
Snack Girl has a secret. With over 27 inches of snow outside her window, she can't look a vegetable in the eye....
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....
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....
A Healthy Halloween Snack
Halloween is arriving in a mere 12 days and it is all my kids can talk about. We are decorating the house and getting ready for the festivities....
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!...
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....
Have a Healthy Brownie! (a Mere 77 Calories)
Is it possible to create a healthy brownie? A regular brownie contains oodles of butter, sugar, eggs, and chocolate. They are a confection of MEGA calorific proportions and should be eaten as a treat....
