If you need a healthy snack recipe, these No Bake Granola Bars are perfect! They are made with rolled oats, seeds, peanut butter, and honey. It takes about 5 minutes to prepare these and they are gluten-free and easily made vegan, too! The best part? No oven required! I was going to start ...
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls
Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls are gluten-free, vegan, and make a healthy snack your whole family will love! I have this thing with beans. Â I keep putting them in places they aren't intended to be. Â Brownies? Â Sure. Â Cookies? Â Why not? Â The thing is, beans are awesome. Â Nutritionally, they ...
Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars
These Apple Peanut Butter Snack bars are an easy, one-bowl recipe and they make a healthy and delicious after-school snack! Heads up! These Apple Peanut Butter Snack Bars were first published in November 2012. Photos were updated August 2018. Original text remains. Enjoy! When I asked you ...
Cocoa Dusted Almonds Recipe
This recipe for Cocoa Dusted Almonds is super easy to prepare and makes a great, healthy snack when you're craving a hint of chocolate! Heads up! This recipe was first published in 2011! I updated the photos in 2017. Enjoy! One of my friends had a bowl of cocoa-dusted almonds out at ...
Zucchini Oatmeal Snack Bars with Chocolate Chips
These Zucchini Oatmeal Snack Bars with Chocolate Chips make a wholesome, gluten-free snack that the whole family will love! Heads up: This recipe was originally published in 2013. I am updating today with new photos. Enjoy! I have to start this post by saying how much I love the Internet. ...
Chocolate Chia Granola–The BEST Healthy Granola
This Chocolate Chia Granola is loaded with nutrients and doesn't skimp on flavor! It's a perfect topping for Silk's Almond Dairy-Free Yogurt Alternative. My kids have been on a huge granola kick lately. They have one request when it comes to granola flavors: must include chocolate. I decided ...
Healthy Fruit Dip–4 Ways
When the snack beast rears its ugly head at your house, what do you feed it? Today, I've got an idea for you. Actually I have four ideas for you. Â Healthy fruit dip done four different ways! My kids can eat truck loads of fruit. They love all fruit and it's the first thing they eat from their plate ...
Sweet white bean apple dip with baked cinnamon chips
I turn into Snacky McSnackerton at night. Â I can't blame it on pregnancy, because even when I don't have a bun in the oven, my body needs to eat sometime between 8-9pm. Having something healthy (and tasty!) on hand is so important for me. Â If I don't, I end up forcing Tim to go out and buy my ...
Goodness Bars
Since Meghan isn't eating as well lately, I've been dreaming up ways to get a bigger variety of foods into her. Â I don't want to become a "sneaky chef" type mom just yet, but I do think it's acceptable to get creative to get her eating more foods. If I offer her oatmeal, she'll sometimes eat it. ...
Lemon-Lime Hummus
Happy Monday, everyone! Â The lemon obsession continues. Â In the last month I've posted recipes for Vegan Lemon Blueberry Scones, Lemony Lentil Salad, Lemony Snack Bars, and now Lemon-Lime Hummus. Â I just can't stop. When I saw a recipe for a lemon-lime hummus, I knew I had to try it. Â I ...
Girls’ Night Roasted Garlic Hummus
I prefer not to use the word "terrible" when describing my daughter, as that might give the wrong impression. Â Someone might think I don't adore her like I do or love her more than I realized was possible. Â But now that I am officially a mom of a two-year-old, I can relate to the tired mom who ...
Pure Joy Bars
I wasn't always the healthiest eater. Â In junior high, I ate an ice cream bar everyday with my lunch. Â After school, the snack I devoured, every single day, before my sports practices, was a Snickers bar. Â I certainly didn't grow up eating Larabars. I distinctly remember my first Almond Joy. Â My ...