Healthy Snack Ideas

5 Healthy Super Bowl Snack Ideas

This Sunday will be SuperBowl Sunday. Whether you’re a fan of the Patriots (Go Pats!), the Giants, or not really a fan of football at all, we’ve got some tasty game day snacks that you can feel good about serving to your guests. And if you are not even going to be watching the game, [...]

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Try These Healthy Snacks for Weight Loss

Healthy snacks for weight loss help keep you feeling satisfied so that you will stick to your diet until you reach your goal weight. Don't you hate it when you first start a new diet, and you walk around feeling hungry and cranky? That's because when you significantly lower the number of calories your body [...]

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5 Healthy Snacks for Kids

As a parent, you want to ensure that your child is in the best health they can be by giving them the best nutrition at all times. A quick snack after school or in the middle of the day can often be rushed, but this doesn't mean that nutrition has to take a back seat [...]

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Healthy Snacks You Have at Home

Potato chips have become America’s snack food for one reason: they’re easy. Open a bag and you’re ready for a house full of people or a night in front of the television on your own. No one wants to have to create a cooking show (or the mess that comes with it) in their kitchen [...]

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Moringa Muffins Recipe for Healthy Snacking – Think Outside the Box

When we think of snacks, we often think of easy foods that come in boxes or pre-packaged containers, like crackers or Granola bars. The healthiest foods don’t come in a box though—healthy snacks are often at the edges of the grocery store, in the fruit and vegetable aisles or needing some assembly and/or cooking at [...]

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Mac No More

By Stacie Wheeler Weaning kids from a strict diet of mac n' cheese can be difficult, but it's doable. Making healthy snacks fun is one way to get kids to eat them. Moorpark mom, Stacie Wheeler, cuts sandwiches into circles and adds raisins for eyes on this happy face. Making healthy snacks fun is one [...]

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10 Healthy Snacks For Weight Loss and Wellness

Contrary to popular belief, snacking is actually very beneficial. It helps to refuel your body, maintain blood sugar and energy levels and control your appetite. Healthy snacking will help your body get the nutrients it needs and help you avoid overeating at meal times. Indulge in these guilt-free snacks. Remember we encourage an anti-inflammatory, low-glycemic, [...]

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Healthy Snacks to Satisfy the Munchies

When you get an attack of the munchies it seems like the attraction of the cookie jar or that bag of chips seems incredibly strong, right? What if there is no one around to see you 'cheat' and grab some junk food. Comfort food seems to hold a power over us sometimes and the hungrier [...]

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Big Fork, Little Fork: A Cool App that Helps Parents Raise Smart Eaters

Developed by Kraft Foods, Big Fork, Little Fork is an iPhone/ iPad app that contains: Recipes designed to please picky eaters Tips, articles and other information about healthy eating habits and nutrition Step-by-step how-to videos Games to teach kids and parents about the USDA food pyramid and more It's available in the iTunes store, and [...]

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Healthy Snacks for Pregnant Women: Satisfying Pregnancy Munchies

This goes out to my friend Bonnie, who just let me know that she is pregnant with baby number two. Her first child is seven, so it's been awhile since she's been preggers. She battled and worked hard to lose 100 lbs. after her first baby, so she is concerned about weight gain during his [...]

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