Using these ALDI recipes, you can feed a family of four for $75! This Aldi meal plan includes the slow cooker and Instant Pot, and even has ideas for using leftover ingredients to save more money! Who knew that when I published a $50 list of ALDI recipes, it would be one of the most popular posts on the blog?! I shouldn’t have been so surprised, since people love ALDI, people love eating real food, and ... Continue Reading
12 Simple Ways to Avoid Food Waste
Avoid food waste with these 12 tips to help you with every step of the process, from shopping to storing food properly to eating what you have before it goes bad. Tackling food waste reduction has never been so easy! If your trash can contained one less bag each week – or even half a bag less – how would that impact your grocery bill? On average, Americans waste 40% of the food they buy. This amount of ... Continue Reading
Slow Cooker Beans
Make these easy slow cooker beans to save money and get perfectly tender beans every time! Let the crock pot do the cooking for you and make a big batch of beans to eat now or freeze for future meals. Ever since I realized you can use a slow cooker to make basic ingredients for meals, I love my slow cooker more and more. And my top three slow cooker meal shortcuts? Chicken. Chicken Stock. And ... Continue Reading
How to Make Elderberry Syrup
Learn how to make elderberry syrup with this easy method using dried elderberries and make several batches for the price of one bottle at the store. Elderberry syrup has immune-boosting benefits, and it works! Cold and flu season technically runs from November to February, but if you or anyone in your family interact with ANYONE else, chances are you get sick year-round. That’s why I keep charcoal gummies ... Continue Reading
Breakfast Sausage
Use this easy breakfast sausage recipe to make your own flavorful sausage patties. Choose ground pork, turkey, or chicken, add seasonings and a bit of fat, and you’ve got a juicy, meaty breakfast side for your scrambled eggs. Make a double batch and freeze some for later too! A few years back, my family and I did the Whole30. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about eating Whole30 on a budget, it’s that you ... Continue Reading
40+ Rotisserie Chicken Meals
Cook chicken at home or pick up a rotisserie chicken at the store. Either way, use these 46 healthy recipes rotisserie chicken to stretch your chicken over multiple meals and save money! Do you ever walk by the rotisserie chickens at the grocery store and think to yourself how easy it would be to just pick one of those up and have dinner DONE for the night? Yeah, me too. But what if that single rotisserie ... Continue Reading
Supermarket Money Saving Tips
Use your supermarket money wisely – learn how to save money at the grocery store year-round with this list of over 40 grocery shopping tips! I like to think that with every new season comes new creative ways to save money on your grocery budget. Over the years I’ve learned it’s not just about WHAT you buy, but also HOW and WHEN you buy it. In fact, adjusting how you think about grocery shopping makes the ... Continue Reading
Homemade Mayo
This creamy homemade mayo recipe is even better than store-bought, and with just 4 ingredients, you’ll be able to whip up a batch of mayonnaise in less than 5 minutes following this fail-proof recipe! Perfect on a sandwich with my Homemade Lunch Meat and Homemade Sandwich Bread! Over the years I have learned how to make several condiments from scratch, but something about homemade mayo has always daunted ... Continue Reading
Apple Cider Vinegar Detox Elixir
Feeling like you need a little detox? Make this apple cider vinegar drink with simple ingredients you already have in your kitchen! Sometimes, I just feel blah. Whether I’ve overindulged on something specific, or I’m just not quite feeling one hundred percent, sometimes my body needs a bit of a reset. Maybe yours does too? In general, eating a real food diet with plenty of vegetables is your best bet. But ... Continue Reading
The Best Green Smoothie Recipes
Use this framework to make your own green smoothie recipes or try my favorite simple green smoothie combo! Find great ideas for smoothie flavors and add-ins too, plus make your favorite green smoothies ahead of time with frozen smoothie packs. If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that I’m a big fanatic about green smoothie recipes…Green Maca Smoothie, Detox Smoothie, 7 Days of Green Smoothies… ... Continue Reading