Host Thanksgiving on a budget with this helpful guide. Includes tips, tricks, meal ideas & recipes (like fluffy dinner rolls) to help you create a healthy & delicious menu. Thanksgiving is all about the food, right? And if you’re trying to eat healthily – or you’ve walked into a grocery store in the past year or two – you know that healthy food can get pricey. But it doesn’t HAVE to be ... Continue Reading
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Cheesecake Baked Apples
A simple and healthy recipe for baked apples stuffed with cheesecake. Makes for a perfect dessert that's easy to make with just 4-ingredients and no sugar! You can use freshly picked apples during apple season. Do you ever have a hard time figuring out what to bring to parties? Man, I sure do. I love to bring desserts and black bean brownies are my go-to for church functions, outdoor BBQ’s and ... Continue Reading
Candy Alternatives for Halloween
Simple, practical tips for Halloween candy alternatives for kids! Ideas on healthy DIY non-candy treats, party favors, and no-sugar snacks to hand out, like homemade gummies and brownie bites. Plus helpful tips on how to limit candy for kids. When I was a kid, filling up a pillowcase with as much candy as possible was the goal on Halloween. Now that I have kids of my own, my goal is to limit Halloween ... Continue Reading
Natural Ways to Boost Immune System With Favorite Fall Foods
Learn how to boost your immune system naturally with these favorite fall foods. Links to recipes, like slow cooker chicken broth, and research to support how food can boost immunity naturally! As soon as the calendar flips to September each year, it seems that we collectively turn our affections to autumn. We can’t help it! Even before the weather starts to change, we see pumpkin flavored everything and ... Continue Reading
Feeding a Crowd on a Budget
Simple and practical tips for hosting company on a budget and ideas for feeding them well without going broke or sacrificing quality. One of the most common questions I get from my Grocery Budget Bootcamp students is, how do I budget for feeding a crowd? Whether it’s a holiday meal, company coming into town, or a family & friends dinner after church, I keep all our meals within our regular monthly ... Continue Reading
How to Can Applesauce
Learn how to make and can applesauce with this easy, freezer-friendly, step-by-step tutorial. Option for chunky applesauce and canning with peels! With fall comes apples… lots and lots of apples! If you haven't made at least a batch of homemade apple chips, then I’m going to assume you don’t like apples. Me? I love apples! (Almost as much as I love pumpkin.) But honestly? One of my favorite apple ... Continue Reading
Easy Pickled Jalapenos
An easy method for making crunchy quick pickled jalapenos in under 10 minutes, with a tutorial for canning or storing in the fridge. The BEST addition for tacos! Vegetable gardens can be hit or miss. My first year growing peppers, I had four plants and got maybe 3 peppers in total. One plant didn’t produce any fruit at all! This year, though, I have two jalapeno plants that are producing more jalapenos ... Continue Reading
Dark Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
We think these dark chocolate chip oatmeal cookies are the best! Not only are they healthy (no refined sugar!), but they're made with old fashioned oats and are naturally gluten-free. Do you ever crave a healthy dessert? I do just about every night, and not long ago I wanted to make a healthier version of my original oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe. Thanks to long lines and food magazines, I found ... Continue Reading
Homemade Pesto Hummus
This basil pesto hummus recipe is a Zoe's Kitchen copycat and is better than both Sabra and Costco! Make it easy from scratch (or just mix pesto and hummus) and serve over pasta or as a dip. Do you ever find a restaurant that you just LOVE, and you can’t help but want to make all the things you order there at home? When we did the Whole30, we searched EVERYWHERE for a restaurant that was Whole30 compliant ... 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