Category: Snacks
Does anyone else feel like summer flew by? My blogging has definitely been inconsistent recently, but it's been a busy few months! I started a new job teaching counseling lab for nutrition students, and I trained for and completed my first ...
Mocha Hazelnut Energy Bites
I'll never forget the first time I ate Nutella; it was three years ago at a resort in Mexico of all places. At the breakfast buffet there was the option of getting Nutella slathered into a warm crêpe (I guess ...
Real Food Crackers: Gluten-Free
I love crunchy crackers with my tuna, or as a side with a big salad. However, most crackers you find in the store are lacking in nutrition; they are high in processed grains, salt, and low in protein and fiber. ...
Maple & Pumpkin Spice Roasted Almonds
It smells like fall, or maybe it smells like warm and toasty maple & pumpkin spice roasted almonds hot out of the oven. Who am I kidding, the two are synonymous; if those smells aren't connected for you, then you ...
Dark Chocolate & Red Tart Cherry Energy Bites
I'll never be one of those people with a gut of steel who can exercise on an empty stomach. If I don't eat a little something beforehand, I'll get light-headed on my run, or Jillian Michael's will kick my butt even ...
Healthy Coconut Pineapple Bread
During my recent and very relaxing vacation to Florida, I discovered that many of the seafood restaurants had a particular type of pre-dinner bread unheard of in my neck of the woods: coconut pineapple. I expected the bread to be ...
Carrot Cake Cookies
I bet the Easter bunny gets pretty bored eating bland carrots all the time; if I was the Easter bunny I would prefer my carrots in cookie form--I'm sure you feel the same. As far as cookies go, these soft carrot ...
Protein-Packed Peanut Butter Dip
It seems like I always get hungry before dinner, so I need a filling snack that will hold me over until my next meal. This peanut butter dip satisfies my constant craving for peanut butter (seriously, it's all the time), plus I ...
Fight Hunger with Healthy Snacks
In a perfect healthy-snacking world, office candy bowls would be filled with fresh fruits, veggies, and nuts, and no one would need the willpower of Gandhi to pass over the cupcakes your boss brought in for a birthday, or the ...