Manly food doesn’t have to be meaty, greasy and covered with cheese! Considering that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer for men in the US, it’s time to make a change starting in the kitchen this Super Bowl Sunday. That’s why CanolaInfo.org came up with their Heart-Healthy Dude Food Recipe Collection. It contains 10 [...]
Posted on February 3, 2012 in Featured,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking, party food
Did you have a chance to try the Quinoa with Pomegranate Arils and Goat Cheese vegetarian recipe from POM Wonderful? I did on Christmas Eve as a side dish, and it was wonderful. Well, here’s another healthy recipe from the folks at POM Wonderful – Pomegranate Relish to use as a holiday party appetizer topping. [...]
Posted on December 28, 2011 in Christmas,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking, party food
Having had a Jewish father, I grew up eating wonderful cookies and cupcakes at the Jewish-style bakery my parents frequented by my dad’s office in Red Bank, New Jersey. If you lived in the area in the 1970s, it was the bakery by Red Bank Catholic High School and down Main Street from Norman’s Deli, [...]
Posted on December 5, 2011 in Baking,Christmas,Desserts,Gluten Free,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking
Are you looking for strategies to survive this holiday season in a healthy way without gaining weight? Rachel Berman, RD, CSR, CD/N, the Director of Nutrition for CalorieCount.com, has identified some of the unhealthiest holiday foods and has prepared the following list of suggestions for healthy and delicious swaps for holiday beverages, appetizers, desserts, side [...]
Posted on November 23, 2011 in Christmas,Dieting and Weight Loss Tips,Thanksgiving and tagged as healthy snacking, party food
Day of the Dead – Dia de los Muertos – is a Mexican holiday which focuses praying for and remembering friends and family who have passed away. It takes place on November 1 and 2 in conjunction with All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. People build private altars honoring the deceased and decorate them [...]
Posted on November 1, 2011 in Desserts,Featured,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking, vegan
The folks at Truvia challenged me to replace a usual lunchbox snack (be it chocolate milk, pudding, cookies or candy) with a no-sugar-added, naturally sweetened healthy snack from one of their Truvia-sweetened recipes. One of the not-so-healthy items I used pack for my kids was chocolate pudding. We gave it up years ago because it [...]
Posted on September 29, 2011 in Desserts,Featured,Gluten Free,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as chocolate, healthy snacking, stevia
California Raisins nearly 3,000 growers are hosting an easy-to-enter recipe contest called “Give Kids Their Day in the Sun.” Now through October 5, healthy snack recipes can be uploaded to California Raisin’s Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/CaliforniaRaisins for a chance to win a premium playground structure (valued up to $10,000), a year’s supply of California Raisins, [...]
Posted on September 20, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways and tagged as healthy snacking
When Mom Central gave me the opportunity to to try out Starbucks’s new Bistro Boxes, it couldn’t have been better timing. School had just started, which meant stopping off for a healthy snack before black belt karate classes. While we loved stopping at Panera Bread, we were all up for something different. Why I was [...]
Posted on August 29, 2011 in Restaurant Reviews,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking
For my final post in my American Express Blue Cash® Preferred and Everyday cards Blue Cash Dinner@6 $600 giveaway series, I chose a “so easy the kids can make it” dish – a healthy flatbread pizza. Like my Fish Veracruz and Chicken with Feta and Sundried Tomatoes, it uses tomatoes and cheese. Using premade pizza [...]
Posted on August 26, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways,Featured,Recipes and tagged as chicken, healthy snacking
Need healthy snack ideas for your children and teens – either for their lunch bags or after school? Check out my post, DIY snack ideas for kids & teenagers, at the Attune Food blog. While you’re there, comment and let me know what you or your child’s favorite healthy snack is!
Posted on August 25, 2011 in Featured and tagged as Attune Foods, healthy snacking
I was pleasantly surprised to run into Udi’s Gluten Free Foods at the Cheap Sally party at BlogHer ‘11 earlier this month in San Diego. Not only are they one of my favorite gluten free brands, Udi’s is also one of my fave local food companies as they’re based here in Colorado. I’ve been buying [...]
Posted on August 25, 2011 in Coupons,Gluten Free,Products and Equipment and tagged as healthy snacking
Lime is one of more popular flavors used in paletas – paletas de limón. I love lime too, especially in a mojito with mint leaves. So I used the combination, plus a little orange, and came up with a mojito flavored popsicle sans the rum. The Mojito Popsicles are very tangy and strong, so you [...]
Posted on August 8, 2011 in Desserts,Featured,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy snacking
As a brand ambassador for Attune Foods, I write for the Attune Foods blog. Check out my latest post, Reasons to Eat Breakfast to find out all the reasons eating breakfast is important. Later this month I’ll be posting about healthy snacks. One healthy snack you’ll want to check out on the Attune Foods website, [...]
Posted on August 4, 2011 in Coupons and tagged as Attune Foods, healthy snacking
After catching my kids watching Family Guy the other night while I was working upstairs, I’ve been searching for more family friendly TV and movie fare. That’s why I signed up to be Friday Night Ambassador to tell you about the latest Family Movie Night show, Who Is Simon Miller?, premiering Saturday, August 6th at [...]
Posted on July 28, 2011 in Desserts,Featured,Gluten Free,Movies,Recipes and tagged as healthy snacking, vegan
If you love Skinny Cow frozen treats like me, you’ll be interesting to know that Skinny Cow has just come out with two types off chocolate candy – Dreamy Clusters and Heavenly Crisp. If you’re a chocolate candy pieces fan, you have the choice of Dreamy Clusters Milk Chocolate or Dreamy Cluster Dark Chocolate. One [...]
Posted on July 27, 2011 in Contests and Giveaways,Food Reviews and tagged as healthy snacking
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