Use this one-week meal plan to get SEVEN ground beef dinner recipes using just 2 pounds of ground beef! Healthy and budget-friendly, you’ll add these family favorites to your master list of recipes - ground beef. Stretch your beef and make these delicious ground beef recipes this week! One thing that has saved my bacon time and time again when meal planning is having a “master recipe list.” Essentially, it’s ... Continue Reading
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Our Experience Doing the Whole30 with Kids
I am going to share with you how we did the Whole30 with kids. You will learn tips on how to succeed and recipes that are compliant with this lifestyle. Try my Whole30 recipes, eggroll in a bowl, and no-bake coconut blueberry pie. When my family did the Whole30 earlier this year, I jumped in with two feet. I: … and I also jumped in with two kids! So many people asked me so many questions about doing ... Continue Reading
Creamy Coleslaw
For a perfectly simple, healthy, and delicious side dish, try this creamy coleslaw recipe. The dressing is both savory and tangy, and the best part is that it's ready in 5 minutes! Great for BBQ's, tacos, potlucks, or busy weeknights. As a busy mom who works from home AND homeschools her kids, I'm always looking for easy dishes for a super fast dinner. I've been experimenting with coleslaw over the years ... Continue Reading
Homemade Buffalo Wing Sauce
This buffalo sauce recipe is an original and a crowd-pleaser! With only 4 ingredients, this mild yet spicy sauce can top your favorite chicken wings, potatoes, or even pizza. My dad is a chef. So naturally, you would think I would be the one to bring in the best recipes to my marriage. Well, little did I know my husband had the skills to make amazing Homemade Pizza and the best wing sauce ever! No ... Continue Reading
Easiest Mississippi Pot Roast (just 4 ingredients)
This Mississippi pot roast recipe is so easy and made with only 4 ingredients! Dump everything into your crockpot and enjoy hands-free cooking. This juicy roast is bursting with flavor and goes perfectly with Instant Pot mashed potatoes and pan-roasted broccoli. I have to confess that while I love making dinner in my slow cooker – slow cooker carnitas, classic slow cooker pot roast, and slow cooker brisket ... 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, ... Continue Reading
Instant Pot Steamed Shrimp
Learn how to cook shrimp perfectly every time, from raw or frozen, using the Instant Pot! Faster than an oven & you can cook with the shell for a shrimp cocktail or make shrimp creole! There’s something fun and refreshing about shrimp, don’t you think? The only problem, though, is how to cook shrimp! There’s a fine line between perfectly juicy and tender shrimp (delicious!) and tough and chewy ... Continue Reading
Creamed Swiss Chard
This Creamed Swiss Chard recipe is the perfect healthy comfort food! It's super frugal, and easily adapts to vegetarian, vegan, Whole30 & Paleo diets. Plus, kids love it! Pairs perfectly with Almond Crusted Baked Chicken! I’m always looking for ways to get my family to eat more vegetables, but when winter comes, it’s HARD! We enjoy squash in my Instant Pot Curried Butternut Squash Soup, and ... Continue Reading
Ultimate Guide to Shopping with a Farmers Market Budget
Shop with a Farmers Market Budget and use practical and straight-forward tips - including what to do before you leave and while you're shopping the market. Check out my posts on meal planning and seasonal shopping, for more support on real food budgeting. In the past, I’ve had a CSA subscription - where you get a box of fresh produce from a local farm. Everything was either certified organic or ... Continue Reading
How to Eat the Whole30 on a Budget
How to eat the Whole30 on a Budget. From making a meal plan, choosing recipes & making the grocery list - Learn what makes the Whole30 expensive and how you can avoid it to save money! For more inspiration on how to follow the Whole30 on a budget, here is the perfect Whole30 meal plan! My husband has been struggling with some health issues lately, and that’s one reason why one of my goals for this year ... Continue Reading