Have you re-organized your kitchen recently? Once you commit to making healthy meals for your family, you're likely to find your kitchen cabinets filling up with all kinds of ingredients and equipment. And all this stuff may leave you with a kitchen that quickly gets messy and isn't nearly as efficient as it should be. Glass food storage containers take up lots more room than a stack of plastic containers. ... Continue Reading
2014 Crumbs Family Christmas Letter
Written by Mr. Crumbs Merry Christmas Friends! This post is a little out of the norm for us. Not a recipe, frugal money saving tip, kitchen hack, mole removal tutorial, but more like a Christmas letter. We're taking the week off from posting to spend time with our family and friends, and hope that you are able to do the same. Have no fear! Our regular posting schedule will resume after Christmas with more good ... Continue Reading
How to Make Loose Herbal Tea
If you're a new real food household, your family may be missing out on the drinks they previously enjoyed. Even though we've been on this journey for several years, my kids still ask for that neon orange stuff that passes for juice. Yuck! Once you ditch the sodas and colored drinks, you may not want to sip plain old water. What's a family to do? The answer for my family has been tea. We drink gallons of ... Continue Reading
To the Wife Trying to Get Her Husband to Eat Real Food
How to get your husband to eat real food… An honest letter to the wives, from a husband who used to eat Doritos and Hot Pockets for lunch and wash it down with an ice-cold fountain Coke, but now enjoys a healthy meal made with real food prepared by the wife... so long as it doesn't have beets. My first letter was to the husbands, but ladies, this one is for you. Yes, it is possible to get your ... Continue Reading
How to Get Rid of Acne Naturally
I have been plagued with bad skin my entire life and my ego is permanently scarred. Just slightly. The middle school years are mostly to blame. Between trying to fit in at a new school, braces and puberty, the fact that my face looked like a walking pepperoni pizza was devastating. While I made it through the first three, acne has continues to be an issue even as a grown adult. As a young adult, it ... Continue Reading
20+ Blended Summer Soup Recipes
If my house were to burn down, there would be only two kitchen gadgets that I would try REALLY hard to salvage: #1 High Speed Blender #2 Stand Mixer And then last week, I officially added a third. #3 Immersion Blender You see, ever since we climbed out of debt and learned to be content with less, I've become sort of a "stuff" minimalist. Having too much stuff makes me feel ... Continue Reading
Best 11 Things to Buy at Whole Foods
There are certain stores that I personally avoid for various reasons. For example, I don't shop at Cost Plus World Market because the store is BEYOND amazing. It's truly a foodie's dream. Kitchen gadgets, specialty oils, BOGO coffee... yikes. They do carry just a few things we need now and then, so if I absolutely must go, I make a bee-line to the aisle and get out ASAP. Otherwise the grocery ... Continue Reading
9 Practical Ways to Save Money at Whole Foods
Earlier this week I spent some time doing recon work at Whole Foods. While trying to find good deals, I stumbled across simple, yet effective methods for saving money while there. Now, I know there are plenty of "how to save money at whole foods" types posts out there. Believe me when I say this is not your typical "buy seasonal produce" and "use coupons" type of list. These tips, my friends, are from ... Continue Reading
Recipe: Spring Greens with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
Salads are my all time favorite food. They're quick, easy and delicious. But somewhere along the way, they've gone complicated. Onions get caramelized, tomatoes are roasted and almonds are tossed with maple and cinnamon before toasted in the oven. Don't get me wrong - those types of salads are downright delicious. And to be honest, I'm salivating a bit just thinking about a thick bed of greens ... Continue Reading
Tips and Tricks (and a slight shove) for Making Dairy Kefir
This post contains affiliate links. Dairy series? What dairy series? You mean Crumbs actually talks about more than just awesome kitchen appliances and eBooks? I kid. Sorta. The goal of Crumbs (to help you learn to eat real food on a real budget) has been slightly thwarted these past few weeks no thanks to a super awesome eBook that came out last Tuesday. (Yes, I am biased.) But ... Continue Reading
