11 in 2011: Favorite Healthy Snacks

1. One of my favorite healthy snacks is hummus. You can eat hummus with pretty much anything, my favorite snack is to eat it with carrots (but you can eat it with any vegetables or even those delicious pita chips!)

2. A very simple snack, but cheese and crackers is always a good, healthy snack. It would be best if the crackers were multigrain. I prefer sharp cheddar cheese!

4. Tostito's Multigrain chips and salsa! YUM!

4. Very classic, very simple- apples! I love to bite into a good apple, but this snack has only recently become a favorite of mine.

I am really looking forward to reading other people's responses to this post because I am always looking for something healthy to snack on!

11 in 2011: Best Leftover Recipe

While I LOVE to cook, I haven't had much time to spread my wings as a Chef yet. Last year, I lived in an apartment with a roommate, but we didn't really eat dinner together so I cooked mainly for myself. Cooking for one is a lot different than cooking for more than one! This year, I am living with my Grandparents and Aunt and Uncle in order to finish my Master's program and I dont really have time to cook dinner.

So, while this technically doesn't count as a recipe, one of my favorite things to do with "left-overs" is make fried rice out of left-over rice. Whenever we have plain rice left over from the night before, I like to heat it up in a cast-iron pan on the stove, throw in a little onion flakes, soy sauce, butter, and hot sauce, and viola!

A healthier diet....

I went grocery shopping yesterday and only bought healthy food. I want to eat better and live better so in addition to the Couch to 5k that I blogged about earlier, I am going to really focus on living and eating healthier. With that in mind, look at ll the yumminess I have to look forward to!

fresh pineapple, cantaloupe, strawberries, blueberries, kiwis, and apples

baby spinach leaves, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms,

avocados, cucumbers, crumbled feta cheese

and some awesome looking sun dried tomato feta cheese dressing!

Doesn't it look awesome?