Did you know that you can slow cook in the Instant Pot? You can! It’s a quicker way to get your slow cooked favorites on the weeknight dinner table! Just follow these 8 tips and you’ll be on your way to converting slow cooker to instant pot recipes like a pro! The slow cooker was invented in 1940, and there are TONS of really great slow cooker recipes out there. However, the Instant Pot has given the slow ... Continue Reading
Homemade Chicken Nuggets
These homemade chicken nuggets are healthy, easy to make, and a guaranteed kids’ favorite. Skip the Chick-Fil-A drive-thru and serve these nuggets with easy potato skins and stove-top macaroni and cheese for the perfect meal! Over time, I'm slowly re-making some of my family's favorite "junk food" meals into healthy homemade versions. So far I’ve done homemade hot pockets, homemade instant oatmeal, homemade ... Continue Reading
Homemade Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Go ahead and skip the delivery - This buffalo chicken pizza recipe is one of the best pizzas ever! It is spicy, creamy, and so good that you'll never need Domino’s again! Plus, it's quick & easy to make, and dare I say healthy?! Pizza has been a long-time favorite in the Crumbs household. We perfected the perfect pizza crust, learned how to make our favorite sauce, and even make pizza on the ... Continue Reading
Spiced Carrot Bread
Jazz up your morning breakfast with this delicious and easy spiced carrots bread. It’s freezer friendly and made with all natural ingredients. It’s sure to become a family favorite! This spiced carrots bread is easy to make and filled with healthy ingredients, like carrots and walnuts! Plus, carrots bread is perfect for breakfast! Serve warm with some butter for a delicious and wholesome breakfast treat. The ... Continue Reading
The Best Stovetop Mac and Cheese
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
