One of the biggest complaints that I hear from people when it comes to making low-cost meals is that they often feel like they have to sacrifice nutrition in order to keep from spending a fortune on their weekly grocery bill. Sadly, this results in preparing and serving dishes that aren’t quite on par with your health goals, or the goals of your family. Fortunately, by … [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...]
Instant Pot Shredded Pork Nachos
Doesn't this photo from Amanda make you want to be her neighbor, so she'll share nachos with you. And make you want to lick your screen. And make you want to buy an Instant Pot right now. It does me... ;) These pork nachos are made using the all-purpose pressure cooker shredded pork we shared last week. And check out the cheese sauce that Amanda makes for these … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Pork Gyros
"You had me at Gyros." Oh wait, that's not it. "You had me at hello." It's like these lovely gyros with their homemade tzatziki sauce are calling my name... and I'm responding, Renee Zellweger style. What I love about the all-purpose pressure cooked shredded pork that we shared on Monday is how versatile the leftover pork is...exhibit A being that lovely gyro … [Read more...]