When I'm craving something salty and crunchy, crackers can be a healthier choice than chips. I love nibbling them on their own, dipped in hummus, or topped with cheese and sliced apples. Not all crackers are created equally though. Some will make you drop your cracker when you find out how much sodium they contain. Then others might have you reaching for more when you discover they're a good Read more

Ditch the box and make your own wheat thins — Oh She Glows Get happy: six 30-minute meals that celebrate American Health Month — Fitness Loading up on fiber might help you live longer — Health Ms. Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, is giving up junk food for good — Fit Celeb Easy to make, easier to eat: apple and cheddar quesadillas — Vitamin G Read more

Creamy wintry soup can have a lot of calories, but reader JuicyNoelle slashes the fat by using cauliflower puree instead of cream in her recipe for Swiss chard soup, which she posted in our Healthy Recipe group. I love thick and creamy vegetable soups. But I don’t always love the calories. So this week I decided to substitute heavy cream with a smooth cauliflower puree instead. If you are Read more

If you're craving something salty, don't reach for greasy potato chips. Here are 15 low-calorie healthy snacks that are sure to satisfy your salty desires. Four-ounce snack-size container of low-fat cottage cheese: 81 calories, 459 mg of sodium Salted cashews (16 nuts): 147 calories, 77 mg of sodium One and a half cups of edamame in pods: 150 calories, 45 mg of sodium Two and a half cups of Read more

Whole wheat pasta is a good way to get that much-needed fiber. FitSugar reader For the Love of Fiber shared this whole wheat pasta salad recipe in our Healthy Recipe group. Just because it's Winter, doesn't mean asparagus is off limits. Check out the full post for the line up of health benefits this amazing vegetable has to offer! Read on for the recipe. Read more

FitSugar reader For the Love of Fiber has a healthy recipe to satisfy sweet cravings. She shares it with us in our Healthy Recipe group in the Fit Community. This dessert is really not all that guilt-inducing. Honest. It's loaded with fiber, thanks to just about every ingredient, and omega-3s, the essential fatty acids responsible for improving heart, brain, joint, skin, mental, bowel, and Read more

FitSugar reader For the Love of Fiber slashes the calories in an Italian standby, eggplant parmesan, and shares the recipe in our Healthy Recipe group. This is a modern and fiber-loving spin on an old Italian favorite, best reserved for a relaxing Sunday dinner, when you have some time to dedicate to the prep of this amazing dish. Using whole grains to bread the eggplant and baking instead of Read more

If you still haven't found your go-to party food staple yet, try this one recommended by Between the Bread: miniature pimento cheese sandwiches. The Blue Angels flew into town this weekend for San Francisco Fleet Week, and some friends of mine with a roof deck hosted a brunch bash. Since the Blue Angels hail from my hometown of Pensacola, I honored my roots by whipping up a Southern party-food Read more

Whether you're avoiding cow's milk for health or moral reasons, there are tons of dairy-free beverages to pour over your bowl of cereal. Not sure which is the best choice? Check out the chart to see how milk alternatives compare to skim milk, and then read the explanations below to see why you might want to choose one over the other. We put skim milk on the top of the chart to help make the Read more