Snack Girl Archives

Need A Dessert But Out of Points? 10 Solutions For Your Sweet Tooth

We have all been there. At the end of the day, still wanting something sweet when we KNOW we aren’t really hungry....

A Garden For Lazy People

Get our your hoes and your gardening gloves and start planting!....

Beware! This Ingredient Will Trick You

Two years ago, Snack Girl picked on Edy’s Popsicles. Why?...

GOOD READ: A Springtime Vegetable You Shouldn’t Miss

Once a year, I bring out the “good read” in order to get you to check out my post....

The Winner of Farm Fresh Avocados

The winner of a box of farm fresh avocados from California Avocados Direct.com is...

How To Celebrate Without Guilt

A friend of mine told me to write about my visit to a fancy-shmancy restaurant. This is a shot of the lovely table setting at Eleven Madison Park in New York City....

This Mixed Drink Is Under 100 Calories

Snack Girl doesn’t cover drinks very often because 20% of her audience is under 21....

Ten Easy To Make Yourself Packaged Foods: Stop Buying & Cook A Little

Are you sick and tired of looking at food labels? Do you find yourself squinting a lot?...

It’s Time To Talk About......

Rhubarb! I know you have been seeing it in your supermarket and farmer’s markets.

Farm Fresh Avocados (Giveaway)

Snack Girl rarely does giveaways anymore because she can’t find products that she loves. Today is different...

Punch Up Your Salad With Homemade Croutons

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

The New Bacon and Eggs?

Snack Girl was cruising her supermarket when she saw these packaged hard-boiled eggs and shelf stable bacon....

Time To Make The Popsicles

Is anyone else craving something cold? It is starting to heat up and I love cooling down with a popsicle.

Fire Up Your Grill and Make Some Mushroom Fajitas

My pal, Aviva Goldfarb of The Six O’Clock Scramble has all the same problems that I do (well, maybe not all of them)....

Gluten-Free Fluffer Nutters

On Monday, I received a request for a gluten-free donut. Well, I would be in the deep end of the pool if I attempted that....

Never Buy Salad Dressing Again

Someone put something on that naked salad up there! Man, that looks cold....

You Can Make Your Own Donuts (Without A Deep Fryer)

Snack Girl has a donut problem. She can tell you within a five mile radius where all the delicious donuts can be purchased....

What A Gorilla Can Teach Us About Healthy Eating

I was walking down my street when I met my new neighbor in the yard next door. Doesn’t she look friendly?...

Do-It-Yourself Doritos

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

Juice With 2 Teaspoons More Sugar Per Serving Than a Coke

Last week, when I was visiting a bodega in Queens, I had the pleasure of meeting a foreigner visiting our country....