Welcome to Healthy Foodie Girl!
We’re Shawna and Ella, the mother-daughter duo behind Healthy Foodie Girl, where healthy eating never means sacrificing flavor. We create easy, flavorful, and approachable recipes designed to help you enjoy the foods you love while making healthier choices.
Here you’ll find healthy recipes including high-protein recipes, Weight Watchers-friendly recipes, and healthy cottage cheese recipes. You’ll also find lighter versions of classic favorites, easy weeknight meals, and everyday dishes the whole family will enjoy.
Every recipe is developed, tested, and perfected so healthy food feels simple, satisfying, and truly enjoyable.
Meet Shawna Clark
Founder, Recipe Developer & Chef at Healthy Foodie Girl
Hi, I’m Shawna, the founder of Healthy Foodie Girl. I create, develop, test, and photograph every recipe in my kitchen with one goal in mind: making healthy food flavorful, satisfying, and easy to enjoy.
My passion for cooking has been shaped by years of hands-on experience. My background includes working in professional kitchens, a specialty cheese shop, and food television production with the Food Network. I’ve also studied traditional cooking methods in Italy and continue to draw inspiration from global flavors, fresh ingredients, and classic techniques when creating recipes for Healthy Foodie Girl.
As a lifetime WeightWatchers member, I understand the importance of creating recipes that are realistic, balanced, and enjoyable for everyday life. My mission is to show that healthy eating doesn’t mean giving up the foods you love. It means creating delicious recipes you’re excited to make, share, and enjoy.
Meet Ella Clark
Co-Founder, Content Creator, Video Producer & Blog Editor
Ella is the creative force behind Healthy Foodie Girl’s digital content, bringing each recipe to life beyond the kitchen. She was the inspiration behind starting our YouTube channel, recognizing the opportunity to share our recipes in a more personal and engaging way through step-by-step cooking videos.
Together with Shawna, Ella brings recipe ideas to the screen. She handles filming, editing, and creating engaging video content. This spans our YouTube channel and social platforms. She also helps shape the blog experience. This makes it easy for our growing community to discover, follow, and enjoy each recipe.
Through her creativity, storytelling, and passion for connecting with others, Ella plays an essential role in growing Healthy Foodie Girl and inspiring our community to see that healthy food can be simple, delicious, and full of flavor.
Our Story
Food has always been at the heart of my life. I’ve always enjoyed creating healthier versions of favorite recipes and finding simple ways to make everyday meals both nutritious and delicious. Long before Healthy Foodie Girl existed, friends and family were constantly asking me for recipe ideas, healthy swaps, and tips for making ingredients work in the kitchen. Helping others feel more confident cooking became one of my greatest joys.
What started as a love for cooking in my own kitchen slowly became something I wanted to share with the world. I dreamed of creating a place where people could find inspiration, encouragement, and recipes that made healthy eating feel easier and more enjoyable.
That dream became a reality when Ella said something I’ll never forget:
“Mom, think of all the people you could help.”
In that moment, I realized my passion for cooking could become something much bigger, a way to inspire and support others on their own journey toward healthier eating. I wanted Healthy Foodie Girl to be a place where people could find recipes that were not only lightened up, but also delicious, satisfying, and full of the flavors they love.
What started as my dream soon became our dream.
As Healthy Foodie Girl grew, I saw that Ella shared the same creativity, love for cooking, and desire to help others. Today, we’re proud to work side by side as a mother-daughter team, creating recipes, filming videos, and sharing our passion for healthy, flavorful food with a growing community of people who believe healthy eating should never mean giving up the foods they love.
Weight Watchers
All Recipes are WW-Friendly
As a lifetime WeightWatchers member, I understand that healthy eating is about balance, not restriction. That’s why Healthy Foodie Girl recipes are created to be Weight Watchers-friendly, low in points, and packed with the delicious flavors you love.
Many of our recipes also feature high-protein ingredients to create satisfying meals that fit into a healthy lifestyle. With Weight Watchers Points included, tracking is simple while enjoying lighter versions of your favorite meals and treats.
I love that WW provides flexibility. I can enjoy foods like cheese, a crusty baguette, and comfort foods while still making choices that support my goals. Healthy eating should feel realistic, sustainable, and enjoyable.
Explore some of our favorite Weight Watchers recipe collections, including Weight Watchers Breakfast Recipes, Weight Watchers Dinner Recipes, and Weight Watchers 0-Point Recipes.
Inspiring Experiences:
Culinary Adventures Around the World
Travel and food are at the heart of our passions, and we love merging the two. My global culinary adventures, from cooking classes in Italy to exploring diverse food destinations have continually fueled my creativity. I bring these inspiring experiences back to Healthy Foodie Girl, using them as a foundation to develop fresh new healthy recipes.
Our Favorites:
Top Recipe Picks
Explore some of our favorite recipes from Healthy Foodie Girl!
Shawna’s Favorites:
Some of Shawna’s favorites are our cottage cheese quiche, healthy strawberry tiramisu, peanut butter cookies, French onion chicken skillet, healthy banana bread, Crockpot Marry Me Chicken, and healthy Caesar salad dressing.
Ella’s Favorites:
Some of Ella’s favorites include our cottage cheese blueberry muffins, healthy carrot cake, air fryer apples, cottage cheese mac and cheese, ground turkey enchilada skillet, and Ninja Creami protein ice cream!
Featured In
Healthy Foodie Girl has been recognized by leading food publications, podcasts, and media outlets for our approach to creating healthy, flavorful, and approachable recipes.
We’ve appeared on LiveNOW from FOX to share our healthy, high-protein recipes. We’ve also shared our expertise on podcasts, including Eat Blog Talk and Real WW Talk.
Our recipes and expertise have also been featured by food and lifestyle outlets, including Food & Wine, Bon Appétit, AllRecipes, Simply Recipes, EatingWell, Canvas Rebel, and more.
You truly are the reason we started Healthy Foodie Girl, and we couldn’t have done it without your support. We’re deeply grateful for our amazing community and can’t wait for you to join us!
Stay Connected!
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- Subscribe to our YouTube channel for new recipe videos every week!
- Share the love of our healthy recipes on Pinterest.
- Come connect with us on Instagram and TikTok!
- We’d love it if you followed our Facebook page and joined our private FaceBook group. We have a great community of people and we’re waiting for you!
As always, keep cooking!
Lots of love,
