Easy tutorial showing how to freeze strawberries. Includes natural produce wash recipes, how long you can freeze them & ideas to use frozen strawberries. Have you ever found a sale on strawberries and couldn’t help but buy a million pounds? Ok, so maybe you didn’t buy a MILLION pounds, but I bet you bought a lot knowing it was a good deal and that you were saving money by buying when the price was ... Continue Reading
The Best Caramelized Banana Bread Recipe
This is the best banana bread recipe that’s healthy, easy to make and moist! There's no butter, add walnuts or chocolate chips or even make muffins instead! We eat a lot of bananas. They’re cheap all year long and easy to consume. High fives for a no-cook snack! The problem, though, is they often go brown before we can eat them all – ESPECIALLY when it’s warm outside. In the past, my go-to recipe has ... Continue Reading
How to Make an Einkorn Sourdough Starter
Learn how to make a sourdough starter from scratch with einkorn! Includes quick tips for maintenance and feeding, plus recipes for using leftover discard! One of my goals for this year was to learn how to make einkorn sourdough. In order to do that though, you have to first learn how to make an einkorn sourdough starter. Considering you start with just einkorn flour and water, it can’t be too hard, ... Continue Reading
Easy Instant Pot Vegetarian Chili
Super easy Instant Pot vegetarian chili has sweet potatoes & is just a bit spicy. Slow cooker option included; serve over quinoa, potatoes or cornbread! I think everyone should know how to make a good chili (both a regular chili, and a white chicken chili... and a pumpkin chili too). Just like being able to bake a delicious loaf of bread, how to roast a whole chicken in the oven, and how to roast ... Continue Reading
How to Budget for Bulk Purchases
Knowing how to budget for a bulk purchase means you can save money! Whether it's from a wholesale store or a farm, it's worth it to budget for bulk items! We all know that buying in bulk saves you money, and I've shared the best foods to buy in bulk to help you stock your pantry with plenty of healthy options. And I've shared how batch cooking can save you money AND time. But what about the BUDGET ... Continue Reading
Our Favorite Beans and Rice Recipe
My family LOVES this easy beans and rice recipe. Use your favorite Cuban or Mexican or Spanish staples, and it works with canned pinto or black beans, too! Last night while my husband and I were cleaning up after dinner and getting ready for the morning, my daughter asked me the same question she asks me every night after dinner: Girl: Mom, what’s for dinner tomorrow?Me: That beans and rice recipe ... Continue Reading
Crunchy Vegetable Quinoa Salad
This easy crunchy quinoa salad recipe is vegan, but you can add feta or chicken, or even cranberries or avocado! Serve warm or cold with Thai peanut sauce. Do you ever stand in front of your fridge and think there’s nothing to eat? I sure do, and having a few back-pocket meals in place like maple-glazed pork chops or Instant Pot honey garlic chicken or slow cooker beef ragu or even kung pao chicken with a ... Continue Reading
How to Save Time and Money with Batch Cooking
How to save time and money with batch cooking, whether you're vegan or vegetarian or paleo. These helpful tips are great for beginners and experts alike! Every year I try to make small goals that help my family in our real food journey. This year, one of my goals is to use my freezer more. So far, I’ve done two official freezer cooking sessions under my belt (9 breakfasts in one hour and 10 dump ... Continue Reading
DIY Epsom Salt Laundry Booster
Anytime I talk about making baby steps towards natural living – like making homemade toothpaste or your own foaming hand soap or your own furniture polish – people give me funny looks. They think that because it’s homemade, it can’t possibly work as well as store-bought items... that couldn’t be furthest from the truth! Take this DIY Epsom salt laundry booster. One scoop in the wash and my clothes come out ... Continue Reading
13 Tips for Planning a Freezer Cooking Day
Save time with 13 tips for planning a freezer cooking day, whether you make ahead for a month, are on a budget, use homemade recipes or cook meals for one! One of my goals for 2019 is to include more freezer cooking, and so far, I think I’m on the right track! I did a freezer cooking day in January, LIVE on Facebook, making TEN different breakfasts in just over one hour (you can watch the replay ... Continue Reading