Snack Girl Archives

Natural Jif: What's The Dif?

After Snack Girl's recent exposé on Whole Grain vs Original Wheat Thins, readers have started sending her other potential food fakes....

Skinny Italian Tomato Snack Recipe

Skinny Italian seems like an oxymoron. Can you eat pasta by the tons and still be skinny?...

Your Eggs Should Be Salmonella Free

In case you missed it, there has been a massive egg recall due to salmonella poisoning....

How Do YOU Control Portion Size?

Most of us are struggling with the same problems with our waistline. We love food and we eat too much of it...

Reduced Fat Chips Can Be Delicious

Snack Girl never stops searching for healthy snacks. Even on vacation, she tirelessly hunts down tasty treats!....

Winner of The Easy Lunch Box

The winner of the Easy Lunch Box is....

A Cherry Tomato Salad For Summer

My farm share just gave us the go ahead to pick AS MANY cherry tomatoes as we want! Is that crazy?....

How Erin Lost 65 Pounds

Snack Girl absolutely loves Jennifer Hudson. BUT, she is not inspired by Jennifer's weight loss story....

Is This A Healthy Snack Food?

There is an entire portion of an aisle in your supermarket devoted to "fruit snacks". If you don't have kids, you might have missed it....

How To Get The Freshest Chicken Eggs

Snack Girl went "country" when she moved to the middle of nowhere. Plaid shirts, a pick-up truck, and cowboy hats have been added to my wardrobe....

Sugar Free Jam In Seconds (No Artificial Sweetener!)

This was my breakfast this morning! Snack Girl had to show off her recent innovation inspired by Freezer Jam For Dummies....

BPA-Free Lunch Box - a Green Giveaway for Back to School

Kids driving you up a wall? Don't worry they will start school soon and then they get to drive their teachers nuts!...

Winner of The Biggest Loser's "Six Weeks To A Healthier You"

The winner of "Six Weeks To A Healthier You" is...

Freezer Jam For Dummies

Freezer jam was absolute mystery to Snack Girl until a few weeks ago. I had never even heard of it until readers commented on How To Pick A Healthy Jam or Jelly....

Wheat Thins Manufacturer (Kraft) Talks To Snack Girl

Last week, Snack Girl posted Whole Grain vs Original Wheat Thins and pointed out the differences between 100% Whole Grain Wheat Thins and Original Wheat Thins...

560 Calories For Your Rapid Consumption From McDonald's

How do you get 560 calories into a 16 ounce drink? That takes the talent of a major global corporation: McDonald's (of course)....

A Beet Recipe For Beet Haters

Why do people hate beets? Maybe grandmothers forced beets on to poor defenseless grand children. Or they haven't had tried fresh beets!...

The Consumerist Features Snack Girl

The Consumerist is a website where shoppers bite back. Snack Girl was happy to CHOMP on Kraft on the site yesterday!...

A Breakfast Cereal You Can Feel Good About

Back in March, I wrote Candy or Breakfast? Evaluate Your Cereal and since then I have been on a search for cereals that pass my, "Healthy or Crappy Cereal Test" (patent pending :)...

An Interview With The Biggest Loser Nutritionist: Cheryl Forberg, RD and Giveaway!

The Biggest Loser, a reality TV program on NBC, is about losing weight. Obese contestants go on the show and compete to become healthy. Whether or not you like the premise there is a lot to learn from the program....