I adore Pantry Trail Mix. One reason, it's never the same combination. But it's always the same great crunchy, salty, sweet mixture you'd expect from trail mix. Trail mix is expensive, so this is how I save-hack that... I don't always use the entire bag of nuts or baking chips or dried cranberries/raisins/fruit when I'm baking. Over the years, I have learned to "reuse" … [Read more...]
Chili Lime Pumpkin Seeds
OBSESSED. I am obsessed with these pumpkin seeds. Little sweet, little spice, little lime-tang. See why I'm obsessed? If you have never roasted your own pumpkin seeds, you are missing out. This recipe and sweet-spice combination is just perfect and I highly recommend using this recipe when you roast your own seeds. I gave instructions on how to store any that you … [Read more...]
Fruit & Yogurt Rollups
Dear Child Who Slept Too Late, This is the breakfast you get to eat in the car. This is one of our favorite "breakfast to-gos" - while most mornings work smoothly at my house, not all mornings do. Sometimes my oldest likes to sleep a little too late and just too sluggish to get himself into the kitchen to make and eat his beloved scrambled eggs. (Yes, he makes his … [Read more...]
Berry Yogurt Bark
A healthy, homemade Berry Yogurt Bark that's perfect for everyone in the whole family. Obsessing. I am obsessing over this Berry Yogurt Bark and so will you be! I used a plain Greek yogurt and sweetened it up a bit with some honey. The berries alone aren't sweet enough to balance the plain, almost tart tasting Greek yogurt. This is a super easy snack to prepare, … [Read more...]
Mango & Strawberry Green Smoothie
You know what I love about this green smoothie...is that it doesn't turn green when you blend it. It's still a pale pink from the strawberries and frozen mango! Also, don't be deceived by this photo...the way I've loaded in the fruit and kale in this pict is NOT the way that I recommend blending green smoothies. Click below to read how I blend them... See the full recipe … [Read more...]
Homemade Granola (No Sugar Added)
This is one of my most favorite granola recipes ever. It's simple, calls for natural sweetener and is just downright tasty. You can certainly sweeten it up with other ingredients, like flavored yogurt or fresh fruit...or you could enjoy it as it is! See the full recipe for No Sugar Added Homemade Granola here! Pin all of our 31 Days of Healthy Snack Recipes here! Follow … [Read more...]
Strawberry-Blueberry Yogurt Parfait
That right there my friend is a hefty snack! It could be breakfast or lunch too...but this is one of those "treat" snacks for us because I have a few dairy-intolerant kiddos and I have to use a dairy-free yogurt. The dairy-free yogurt is more expensive (although I have seen coupons for it recently!), but I offset that added cost by getting berries when they are on sale and … [Read more...]
Gluten Free No Bake Energy Bites
There's not much to say about these babies...other than get the recipe now, get them made and into the fridge before the kids get home! See the full Healthy Snack recipe for Gluten Free No Bake Energy Bites here! Pin all of our 31 Days of Healthy Snack Recipes here! Follow $5 Dinners {Erin Chase}'s board 31 Days of Healthy Snacks on Pinterest. Erin’s Personal … [Read more...]
Smoky Popcorn
My boys are obsessed with our air popper. (It's very similar to this one...we've had it since our wedding and use it all the time.) I think they love the popper because of the anticipation of the popcorn pouring out of the popper. They may or may not have said some inappropriate boys things about the popper peeing out popcorn and such. (Sorry, I live in a house full of … [Read more...]
Baked Sweet Potato Chips
It's a new month with 31 Days so we are featuring a brand new, month-long series for 31 Days of Healthy Snack Recipes! Here's our first one: Holy-this is my new favorite snack-moly. I was working in the kitchen the other day and started my cooking sesh with getting these babies into the oven. Then I moved onto dinner prep. I pulled these out of the oven and set them out … [Read more...]