Snack Girl Archives

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....

A Buffalo Cauliflower Recipe For The Snack Girl Recipe Swap

Last month, I featured a recipe swap with carrots as the featured vegetable. Thanks so much for sharing your recipes.

There Is More Than This In The Frozen Aisle

Snack Girl has been so bored lately she decided to make sculptures out of fish sticks....

Ladies’ Home Journal Adds Snack Girl To The Team

Why is this woman jumping through the air? She is proud of Snack Girl!...

The New Yoplait Greek Yogurt & A Chobani Bite

Here I go again, reviewing Greek yogurt. I can’t help myself!....

Here Comes The “Festival of Chocolate”

The simple truth is that chocolate rocks. It seems to hit the a very special pleasure center in the brain....

A Decadent Tasting But Healthy Dessert

Sweet potatoes have been haunting me. They are inexpensive and we don’t eat enough of them....

Make Cooking During The Week Easier With The Six O’Clock Scramble

Are you feeling stressed out and guilty about providing haphazard, unhealthy dinners to your family?....

Tasty Three Layer Dip In A Snap

Do you ever get stuck with having to make something and not wanting to drive to the store?...

Top Healthy Super Bowl Party Snacks

While watching the Super Bowl, Americans will consume 11.2 million pounds of potato chips according to the Calorie Control Council. Just think of what a pile of 11.2 million pounds of chips looks like....