Back when I was creating Frugal Real Food Meal Plans, I was always on the lookout for delicious yet easy recipes to share with you guys. One day I stumbled across a recipe for sheet pan sausage and peppers and I thought, “Wow – that looks good!” And then as many good ideas do, itClick to Continue »
One Hour Freezer Cooking Session: Dump Dinner Recipes
I’m just over two months into this “freezer cooking” commitment for 2019 and I have to say that so far- THIS. IS. AWESOME! I absolutely LOVE opening the freezer to find beans and rice, already prepared for dinner. I LOVE sitting down to make a meal plan and writing down a meal that I putClick to Continue »
Slow Cooker Thai Pineapple Vegetarian Curry
Do you ever feel like you’re making the same thing for dinner, over and over again? I know I do, which is weird considering I’m CONSTANTLY trying new recipes for this blog, like weeknight creamy mushroom pasta and cloud dinner rolls and Instant Pot Spanish rice. Sometimes I want to make something that just tastesClick to Continue »
How to Cut a Pineapple
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 almond milk) or yogurt (instead of homemade yogurt) or even tortillas (instead of homemade tortillas) can eat up a lot of yourClick to Continue »
One Week Ground Beef Meal Plan
One thing that has saved my meal planning tushie time and time again is having a “master recipe list.” Essentially, it’s a big (or small) list of all the “winner” recipes I’ve made for my family. Having a “master recipe list” means when I sit down on Sunday afternoons to make our meal plan forClick to Continue »
Butcher Box Review (updated!)
It’s been close to a year since I tried Butcher Box for the first time. At the time, I was a huge skeptic about buying grass-fed meat online. I was even more so unsure if it was possible while trying to work within a budget. That’s why it took me nearly four months and twoClick to Continue »
How to Get Rid of Mold and Mildew Using Essential Oils
It’s impossible to read labels on your food and not read the labels on the cleaners you use, too. That’s why I’m on a constant mission to switch to non-toxic cleaners and personal care products in the whole house. Nine times out of ten it means cleaning with essential oils. Over the years I’ve beenClick to Continue »
Weeknight Creamy Mushroom Pasta
When I’m in a busy season of life (like right now), my favorite recipes are the ones that cook fast but taste slow. Like maple glazed pork chops. They taste like they’ve been slowly braising for hours, but they cook in under 10 minutes! Or Instant Pot honey garlic chicken. A quick stir of pantryClick to Continue »