These slow cooker chicken tacos are so delicious and healthy. Dump your ingredients into a slow cooker and in just a few hours you will have mouth-watering chicken tacos! Pairs perfectly with Instant Pot yellow rice and our favorite black beans recipe. My family and I are HUGE taco fans. Whether it’s easy spicy salmon tacos or Korean beef tacos and bowls or black bean and corn salsa tacos, we’ve never made a ... Continue Reading
June Seasonal Vegetables 2022
Here is your produce guide for June Seasonal Vegetables. Use this list to help you plan out your summer meals for the next month! Southwestern Corn and Best Kale Salad are on the top of my list! Are you ready for summer? It’s almost here! And with Summer comes new seasonal vegetables. I’m so excited! It’s odd, I know, to be super excited about produce. But honestly, ever since we did a Whole30 as a ... Continue Reading
Coconut Cream Popsicles
Homemade coconut cream popsicles are SO easy to make and ready in just a few hours. It’s the perfect treat during the summer heat. Dairy-free & frugal! Don’t forget to check out my homemade ice pops (made with real fruit and no sugar) and homemade apple crumble ice cream. In Georgia where I live, summer starts in May and usually lasts through the end of October. All six of those months are hot, but in ... Continue Reading
Easy Summer Recipes for June 2022
Try these easy summer recipes on your next meal plan! This four week meal plan for June 2022 will help simplify your weeknight dinners and make cooking easy! Make quick meals like chicken southwest salad and buffalo chicken pizza. Although it’s not technically summer until the middle of the month, June is the kick off for summer activities in our household. The weather is hotter and we’re ready for the ... Continue Reading
Homemade Peanut Milk (Non-Dairy + Delicious)
Homemade Peanut Milk is the perfect non-dairy milk to enjoy with breakfast or in your favorite recipes. It's super budget-friendly, delicious, healthy and quick & easy to make! I never intended to be a pioneer in non-dairy milks, but I may have struck gold with peanut milk. As I've done with the previous dairy alternative posts (like coconut milk), I started my research with Amazon to get a baseline of ... Continue Reading
4 Common Mistakes When Washing Hair Without Shampoo (The No Poo Method)
Have you thought about going no 'poo? Avoid these common mistakes of washing your hair without shampoo and your hair will be beautiful every step of the way! Years ago I attempted an experiment to wash my hair with just baking soda and shampoo. It lasted one day. I attempted to mask my greasy hair by sprinkling some homemade powdered foundation at the roots, hoping the corn starch would absorb the ... Continue Reading
8 Tips for Stretching a Bar of Soap
Looking for ways to make a bar of soap last longer? These 8 tips for stretching a bar of soap are exactly what you need to save money. Simple, practical, and they work! When the price of something goes up, I'm always looking for ways to stretch it just a bit further. When we switched to organic chicken, we figured out a way to make it last for seven meals. When we couldn't squeeze another drop out of our ... Continue Reading
The Very Best Protein Pancakes
Protein pancakes hit the spot after a good workout, or to fuel little bellies before school. Gluten-free, sugar-free, and delicious! Pairs wonderfully with a side of scrambled eggs or oven-roasted hash browns. As a general rule of thumb, the bigger kids get, the more their appetites grow. But all bets are off when a kid goes through a growth spurt – they’ll eat anything in sight! When I make strawberry ... Continue Reading
Easy Airbnb Meal Plan (Healthy + Budget-Friendly)
Here is the perfect one week meal plan for easy Airbnb meals! Includes super easy-to-find real food ingredients that are perfect for the whole family, plus it's budget-friendly! Also check out my 2 month camping meal plan this summer! I’ve been making meal plans for over a decade now, so I feel like I have a pretty good grip on how the process works. In fact, you can get EVERY meal plan I’ve ever published ... Continue Reading
Classic Homemade Spaghetti O’s
I grew up loving spaghetti O's, but this homemade spaghetti O's tastes so much better and it’s much healthier than the store-bought version. Plus, it's super budget-friendly and always a family favorite! Confession: I love spaghetti O's. The kinda cheese-y but definitely tomato-y sauce with all the fun little noodle ‘O’ pasta shapes that would nestle into each other… I used to pick out all the tiny o's ... Continue Reading
