If you're craving the ultimate comfort food, here is the BEST homemade easy mac and cheese recipe! Made on the stove top with only real food ingredients, this mac and cheese is quick & easy, oh-so-creamy, and perfect for the entire family! There is a several year gap in my life when I didn’t make mac and cheese because the only way I knew how to make it was from a box, and I had thrown away all the boxes ... Continue Reading
DIY: Homemade Herbal Shampoo Bar
These homemade shampoo bars will naturally nourish and strengthen your hair! Most salon or store-bought shampoos are expensive and full of chemicals. Try this easy and affordable shampoo recipe that is perfect for travel and so much fun to make! Our skin is our largest organ, and it will absorb what we put on it. There are many toxins that we can’t control, so it’s important to limit the ones we can. Most of ... Continue Reading
Seasoning a Cast Iron Skillet
I LOVE cooking with my cast iron skillet, and I have all of the secrets to doing it right! Here is a step by step tutorial for Seasoning Cast Iron, plus cooking and cleaning. Did you know that you can cook everything from pizza, to cornbread, to desserts like brownies in a cast iron skillet? Oh yes, you can! Cooking in cast iron rocks! I could gush about the depth of flavor. I could go on and on about the ... Continue Reading
9 Ways to Wash Produce Naturally
Get the nasties off of your produce and learn to make your own vegetable wash 9 different ways! It’s budget friendly and SUPER easy to make it yourself. Saves you money on expensive store-bought produce wash. Warning: If you haven’t seen strawberries yet this season (or made a batch of easy no-cook strawberry jam), they’re coming! And this post is the early sign we all need to get our ducks in a row ... Continue Reading
Homemade Sweet and Sour Sauce
Looking for a homemade sweet and sour sauce recipe that tastes so much better than Chinese take-out and McDonald's? This recipe is the easiest and best way to enjoy the traditional sweet and sour sauce without the expensive and unhealthy take-out! I think that with some meals, the dipping sauce makes all the difference. Perfect example – my crunchy quinoa salad is okay by itself. But drizzle Thai peanut sauce ... Continue Reading
3-Ingredient Easy Yogurt Popsicles
Yogurt popsicles are super fun and easy to make! With only 3 ingredients, they’re a healthy, simple and deliciously versatile summertime treat - Mix and match any combination of fruit, yogurt and sweetener! One of my favorite parts about grocery shopping is looking for clearance markdowns. Recently I found LOTS of yogurt and greek yogurt marked down, and my frugal self just couldn’t keep my hands off of those ... Continue Reading
How to Cut a Pineapple
Ditch the expensive pre-cut pineapple and use this super easy tutorial on how to cut a pineapple without waste or even using a corer! Cut in half or make it fancy - this hack makes cutting a whole pineapple quick & easy! There is one thing that tends to eat up our grocery budgets more than anything else. Can you guess what it is? Convenience. Choosing to pay for almond milk (instead of making homemade ... Continue Reading
Homemade Ice Pops – 100% Real Fruit and No Sugar
Hands down, these homemade ice pops (or ice poles, as they're called Down Under!) are the easiest summer treat you’ll ever make! Made with 100% real fruit and no added sugar, they’re healthy, frugal, and absolutely delicious! Do you remember eating ice poles as a kid? They’re kind of like these cherry limeade popsicles, but they’re frozen inside plastic tubes instead of on a stick. When we read the ... Continue Reading
How to Make Butcher Box Worth the Cost
Review: Is Butcher Box worth the cost? Just pick your plan & options, then be intentional with the recipes in your meal plan. This monthly meat subscription is so easy to manage, and it can SAVE you money! Have you ever been reluctant to try something, but then ended up loving it? That’s how I feel about Butcher Box. I hemmed and hawed on trying their service for MONTHS. When I finally did, I actually ... Continue Reading
Homemade Yellow Cake Mix
This homemade yellow cake mix tastes better than any store-bought mix! Using real food ingredients from the pantry, making this recipe from scratch is easy! Use this cake mix in some of my favorite desserts, like mini chocolate chip scones and slow cooker peach cobbler. You can make chocolate cake mix from scratch too! Have you ever found a recipe that called for “just 5 ingredients,” but one of those ... Continue Reading
