Summertime is vacation time! If you're heading to the airport any time soon, along with your bikini and flip-flops, be sure to pack some snacks. Since airport food is notoriously pricey and unhealthy, bringing food along will save you money and unwanted calories. Eating before and during your flight will maintain your metabolism and can help prevent the dizziness and headaches sometimes Read more

This is your year to get healthy and fit, and FitSugar is here to help. We've created weekly challenges for our Get Fit For 2011 giveaway that will help you stay on track. This week's challenge: Share your favorite healthy snack in the Get Fit For 2011 community group. Include a stellar photo of your dish, and we might just post it on FitSugar! By meeting this challenge, you will be Read more

One of my favorite perks of the holiday season are the homemade treats that my friends deliver to the house. To reciprocate the kind gesture, I considered doing some canning and cooking for their gifts, but then thought better of the little time I have and decided a jar full of tasty and toasty almonds was a better option. On their own, almonds offer up a bevy of health benefits with the loads of Read more

Besides freezing fruit and making smoothies, another way to use up all that farmers market bounty in your kitchen is to dry it. Dried fruit is a great healthy snack that's easy to tote around, and it also doubles well as a salad topping, cocktail garnish, or trail mix ingredient. Drying your own fruit is easy though a bit time consuming, but it's totally worth it! Say goodbye to high prices, Read more

You probably know that a woman needs between 25 and 30 grams of fiber each day. I'm sorry to say, but that morning bowl of cereal may not be enough, so here are some high-fiber, low-cal snacks you can nosh on to make sure you're getting your fiber fill. 1 large apple (with skin): 116 calories, 5.4 grams fiber 1/2 cup fresh raspberries: 32 calories, 4 grams fiber 3 large figs: 142 calories, 5.6 Read more

I stopped buying bags of potato chips (my weakness) because I found that if they were in my kitchen, I'd snack on them. Not only because of their salty, crunchy goodness, but because it was so easy to rip open the bag and munch away. Healthier choices take only minutes to prepare, but somehow the ease of reaching into a bag of ready-to-eat food makes it so much more appealing. If you're trying Read more

Check out this recipe for quinoa-stuffed zucchini that FitSugar member Angelica shared in our Healthy Recipe community group. Inspired by a meaty recipe for stuffed zucchini, I adapted a high protein vegetarian version with quinoa. It turned out delicious! I sliced off the top half of the zucchini and nuked it for three minutes then hollowed the zuccs out. As I filler I cooked a cup of quinoa and Read more