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Wholesome Snacks Made Simple

Easy, high-protein recipes with what's already in your cupboard.
At Beside the Mountain, I get it. That's why I'm sharing our favorite high-protein snack recipes - wholesome, satisfying, real ingredients, no weird stuff - and no hours in the kitchen (or mile-long grocery lists) required.

Healthy Rhubarb Recipes

All the best spring-summer rhubarb recipes, including healthy rhubarb muffins, low sugar baking, strawberry rhubarb popsicles and my family's other favorites!

  • 4 photos of bright pink rhubarb snacks.
    Rhubarb Snacks
  • Bright pink squares of oat bars with rhubarb slices on top.
    Oatmeal Rhubarb Bars
  • A white and red popsicles with strawberries and rhubarb behind it.
    Rhubarb Popsicles
  • Bright pink smoothie in a glass cup with rhubarb beside it.
    Rhubarb Smoothie
See more Rhubarb Recipes →

Summer Treats ☀️

  • Chocolate covered ice cream bars dipped in nuts.
    Chocolate Covered Ice Cream Bars (Healthy Dairy-Free Recipe)
  • A neon yellow slushie in a jar with fresh mint on top.
    Mango Slushie (electrolyte drink recipe)
  • Half yellow popsicle with half peach colored popsicle, on ice with fruit.
    Super Incredible Peach Mango Popsicles
  • Homemade dark red sweet cherry popsicle yogurt dipped sitting on ice.
    Cherry Popsicles with Yogurt
  • Refined Sugar-Free
  • High Protein
  • Nut Free
  • Dairy Free
  • Gluten Free
  • High Power Blender
  • No Bake
  • Cookies

Protein Snacks

These are snacks with 5 grams of protein or (usually) more per serving. I would start with these yummy no-bake cookie dough bars, egg bites, and these chewy oat banana protein bars!

  • Pizza bun all rolled up and beside others on a cooling rack.
    Pizza Scrolls
  • A hand dipping into orange colored protein dip with pitas and carrots beside the bowl.
    High-Protein Dip (Dairy Free)
  • Puffed quinoa chocolate squares stacked with green chopped pistachios on top.
    Puffed Quinoa Bars
  • Brown carrot protein bar with a bite out of it drizzled with white cream cheese glaze all cut into rectangles.
    Carrot Cake Protein Bars
See more High Protein →

Healthy Muffins

Looking for a wholesome muffin recipe? You will find delicious whole wheat muffins, my family's favorite fruit muffins, pineapple oatmeal muffins, and some sweetened with less sugar, or honey too.

  • Brown banana protein muffins with chocolate chips sitting on a cooling rack beside a plate of chocolate chip muffins.
    Protein Banana Muffins with Oats
  • A brown muffins with green flecks on a cutting board.
    Healthy Zucchini Muffins with Yogurt
  • A basket with a tea towel with muffins that have chocolate chips on top/
    Chocolate Chip Protein Muffins
  • A close up of a morning glory muffin with toasted coconut on top.
    Morning Glory Muffins with Pineapple
See more Muffins →

ECookbooks

Created by Danika Vanderpyl from tried and true food prepping systems and recipes, download your ebook now!

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Ebook cover photo of energy balls and lemon slices.

Banana Recipes

We often have bananas with brown spots slowly becoming overripe in our fruit bowl. These are my family's favourite recipes with bananas.

  • A banana on a cooling rack with vegan oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.
    Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • A bite out of a chocolate energy balls with specs of ground oatmeal and a flecks of dried rose.
    Banana Chocolate Balls
  • A brown moist bar with pieces of oats and chocolate chips visible stacked on two other bars with a bite out of the top protein bar.
    Banana Oat Protein Bars
  • A big round cookie on a pottery plate.
    Jumbo Breakfast Cookies
See more Banana Recipes →

Healthy Baking

Soft and moist muffins, chewy cookies, granola bars, and crackers, all full of flavor! When I create these recipes, I'm thinking about how I can lower the sugar, add nutrition-dense ingredients (like seeds or whole wheat flour), and still make it delicious.

  • A loaf of lemon blueberry bread with blueberries and lemon beside it.
    Lemon Blueberry Loaf (Healthy)
  • A small hand grabbing a cookie with colorful candies on the cookie.
    Monster Cookies without Peanut Butter
  • Soft and chewy chocolate chip cookies on a pink background.
    Honey Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Brown rough crispy homemade cracker pieces.
    High-Protein Crackers
See more Baking →

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Danika Vanderpyl, C.H.N

I create snack recipes with healthy ingredients that are mostly already in your kitchen. I'm certified in Holistic Nutrition and I care about giving my kids real food. Let me share my nutrient-dense easy snacks with you.

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Smoothies for everyday

These healthy smoothies are made with nutrient-dense ingredients, are energy-boosting, and high in protein. Here are smoothies without dairy, and delicious smoothies for even the pickiest eaters. Find your new favorite blend.

  • A light brown smoothie with tahini swirled into it with a sprinkle of cinnamon of top.
    Incredible Quinoa Smoothie (with cooked quinoa)
  • A flat lay photo of a dark red smoothie with hemp hearts, cherries, strawberries, and raspberries on top.
    Smoothie for Your Period
  • A brownish pink smoothie in a glass with tahini on top with raspberries.
    Luteal Phase Smoothie
  • A glass cup filled with light brown smoothie with pumpkin seeds on top, with leaves in the backgrounds.
    Pumpkin Seed Smoothie (Super Creamy)
See more Smoothies →
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Hey hey! I'm Danika.

I'm certified in holistic nutrition and I create snack recipes! Because unprocessed, wholesome, nutrient-dense snacks are hard to find but I want everyone to know they are easy to make!

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Summer Treats

  • A pink ombre popsicles.
    Herbal Tea Popsicles
  • Fudgesicles sitting on parchment paper with almond sea salt caramel swirled on top.
    Homemade Fudgesicle
  • Beige popsicle with apple pieces in it and cinnamon flecks sitting on top of apples.
    Apple Popsicles
  • Pink frozen popsicle with bite out of it sitting in a bowl of pink and yellow frozen fruit.
    Purple Dragon Fruit Popsicles

Popular Recipes

  • Muffins with big blueberries in them sitting on a cooling rack.
    Best Blueberry Muffins (Recipe without Milk)
  • Big chewy medjool dates in a pottery bowl.
    Dates: Pitted vs Unpitted and Why Medjool is the Best
  • A close up of the side of a strawberry muffins.
    Strawberry Muffins with Frozen Strawberries
  • Chocolate Carrot Muffins
  • 2 white banana smoothies on the counter, one with hemp hearts and almond butter on top.
    BEST Banana Smoothie (without yogurt)
  • Pieces of long shredded coconut coming out of a jar.
    Coconut: What to know about Shredded, Desiccated, and Flaked

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