Snack Girl Archives

A Healthy Way To Serve Bacon

Whenever I write about bacon, Snack Girl gets a surge of readers. Why?....

The Wrong Kind of Green Food

Your doctor has been telling you to eat more green things, right? How do these look?....

A Whole Grain Snack For Five Cents Per Serving

Can you say popcorn? This stuff is simply dried corn and if you manage not to drown it in butter, super healthy....

Top Ten 100 Calorie Snacks

100 is a magical number for some people. An entire snack product industry is based on this concept of a 100 calorie snack.

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!...

Slow Cooker Corned Beef & Cabbage For The Snack Girl Recipe Swap

Here we are in March, baby. Grab yourself some cabbage....

No Time To Make Real Oatmeal? Try This

Do you have time to make real oatmeal? I didn’t think so.

Twelve Superfoods For $1 or Less

One of the excuses for not eating healthier is that it is expensive. Hey, I get it....

The New Special K Breakfast Sandwich: Friend or Foe?

Snack Girl purchased this box of sandwiches for $6 because she had seen so many commercials for this product....

Change Up Your Enchiladas

What if I told you that that casserole up there had a whopping 28% of your daily value of iron per serving? Would that amaze you?....

Try This Instead of The Shamrock Shake

Can you see the green in there? That isn’t food coloring.....

The Delicious Diet That Reduces Your Risk of Heart Disease

How many of you have been to the Mediterranean? If you lived there you might not have to worry about heart disease....

Make Your Own Mocha Roasted Almonds

Snack Girl is not trying to sell you rabbit poop, it just looks like it.....

A Summer Dish For The Winter: Cherry Tomato Gratin

Anyone else missing summer? I spend way too much of my time surfing for travel deals to warm places....

Should You Try To Go Gluten-Free?

Gluten-free foods are a big new product category. At my local cafe, I could choose to eat a gluten-free muffin.

Makeover This Favorite Bar Food

This recipe is seriously fun. I was skeptical at first, but then I started enjoying myself....

Healthy & Sustainable Fish at McDonald’s?

Here we are again, talking about McDonald’s and their marketing prowess. Why do I keep bringing this up?....

A Welcoming Fruit For The Winter

Pineapples are in season right now and costing about $2 each in my neck of the woods. YUM!...

What Does Snack Girl Have In Her Pantry?

Like this guy, I spend a lot of time looking at packages in the supermarket....

Top Ten Lighter Ways To Enjoy Chocolate

If someone wants to give me a heart shaped box of chocolates, I will gratefully accept it....