Snack Girl Archives

You Can De-Ice an Aircraft With This New WORST Drink Winner

When you buy a slushy, ice-cold, blue, sugary drink, you KNOW you aren't making a healthy choice. The famous "Slurpee" machine at the 7-Eleven spews out colorful sludge for hot people....

Is Veggie Pirate's Booty a Healthy Snack or Junk Food?

When you see "Veggie" in the title, you want it to be a healthy snack! Hey, I'm eating my veggies, mom!....

Are You on A See Food Diet?

One of the biggest hurdles to weight loss is that we are surrounded by food....

A Nutritious, Nutty, and Chocolately 100 Calorie Snack

It is not easy to combine the words "chocolate" and "100 calories" in the same sentence. While Dark Chocolate is nutritious, you have to be careful with the quantities....

Biggest Loser Book Winner

The winner of a signed copy of "6 Weeks To A Healthier You", via random selection is...

A Tomato Salad For Tomato Lovers

Can you believe those colors? You know how they say to "eat the rainbow". Here is your chance!....

This Blueberry Muffin Has a Dark Secret

This blueberry muffin seems like an innocuous food. But, lurking in its floury depths lies a painful truth....

You Need A New Food Obsession

Do you ever find yourself driving around in search of the perfect food? The vision of this food haunts you and keeps you hunting for the experience of tasting it again....

How Do You Define Results? Snack Girl Challenge

As we come to the last few weeks of the Snack Girl challenge to lose 10 pounds, I have been reflecting on that goal....

Got Watermelon? Try This Awesome and Simple Recipe

This is the season of watermelon. Supermarkets position these lovely creatures right at the front door so they hop into your cart! Really!...

Giveaway! 6 Weeks To A Healthier You from The Biggest Loser!

Snack Girl is a fan of The Biggest Loser on NBC. This program is a reality TV show with obese people who NEED to lose weight competing against each other for a monetary prize....

Healthy Snacks For Summer Camp

Snack Girl's kids started summer camp this week. The camp requested that I pack TWO snacks per day (as well as lunch) to keep my little ones from getting peckish....

How Annabel Lost 150 Pounds

Today, Annabel from Feed Me I'm Cranky is posting about her weight loss process....

Makeover French Fries With This Awesome Recipe From Epicuriosa

There are some wonderful food blogs out there - and sometimes Snack Girl is special enough to get to feature one....

How To Make a Power Breakfast (44% of your DV of Iron)

Snack Girl has a problem. It is a GREAT problem to have - too much fresh spinach in her refrigerator....

How To Prevent Cancer

Cancer is a tough disease to prevent. It exists in many forms and there is no vaccine....

Gourmet Chips For Healthy Snacking

There is one great perk to being Snack Girl: free chips. Of course, this isn't so great since I am trying to lose weight (see Challenge: Week 7). I DO love to try new things....

Why Do We Quit Getting Healthy?

When we started this challenge, I knew I would be moving in the middle of it. Moving, divorce, losing a job, death - these are all on the Top 10 lists of stressful events in one's life....

The Odwalla Smoothie Dilemma

What could be wrong about an entire mango in a bottle of juice? What if there was no added sugar but just non-GMO fruit mixed in a bottle for your healthy consumption?...

Turn Your Dull Toast into a Terrific Snack

What can you spread on your toast that will help guard against high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke? Butter, right?...