Have you ever run out of an ingredient when you needed it most? A few weeks ago, Mr. Crumbs promised the kids to make his favorite oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. His problem? We didn't have any all-purpose flour. We had oats (for oat flour) and a few different whole grains to make our own whole grain flour (specifically, we had einkorn, spelt, kamut and wheat on hand), but no all-purpose. He had already ... Continue Reading
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Homemade Guacamole: Creamy Recipe & Tips to Keep Green
With Cinco De Mayo coming up, I thought it would be fun to share my family's favorite homemade guacamole recipe! In Texas we have our pick of great Mexican Food restaurants, and my family eats a lot of guacamole. Like, a LOT. Of all the guacamole we eat, we like this recipe the best! It's a little creamier than traditional guacamole, yet it's still packed with classic, healthy, Tex Mex flavor from the red ... Continue Reading
9 Tips for Buying Extra Virgin Olive Oil
This post is brought to you by Jovial Foods. All opinions are 100% my own. Last year I kind of opened a can of worms, but I blame my husband. He sent me this article that said olive oil (among other foods) was diluted with cheaper oils. Somewhat infuriated at the fact that I was paying premium prices for less than premium products, I started researching the matter. Science won and I said that the ... Continue Reading
8 Real Foods You Can Make For Free + 6 More for Under $1
If you haven't noticed, I've kinda been on a "make something for nothing" kick lately. First, it was ketchup from our backyard plants that just.keep.going. Then it was apple cider vinegar from the cores and peels of apples. Most recently, it was roasted pumpkin seeds (perfectly, I might add), from the baking pumpkin I roasted and turned into homemade pumpkin puree. All this coking-for-free stuff got ... 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
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
18 Frugal Dips for Outdoor Parties
I love going to outdoor parties. Laughing with friends, sunshine on my arms, the smell of grill, Frisbee in the grass and sand volleyball (even though I don't have a single athletic bone in my body)... What I don't love: Trying to figure out what dish to bring that is... If I only had to deal with one of those issues, that would be totally do-able. I've got PAGES of healthy recipes right ... Continue Reading
Homemade Bread in a Slow Cooker
The fact that you can make homemade bread in a slow cooker shouldn't surprise me. I mean, you can make meat, soups, stews, macaroni and cheese, fruit butter, yogurt, spaghetti sauce, veggies - even dessert! I don't think there's anything you CAN'T make in a slow cooker. But BREAD in a slow cooker?! Time-laden, kneading-required, yeast-filled bread? Yeah.Right. I thought that only fared ... Continue Reading
Strawberry Pancakes: Delicious Easy & Fluffy Recipe
When we went to a local u-pick farm last week, we brought home way more berries than we knew what to do with. We washed as many as we could eat with our natural produce wash and ate as many as our bellies would hold, but I realized we needed a plan for the 11 pounds of strawberries otherwise they'd go bad - fast. The next day when I asked the kids what they'd like for breakfast, it was the perfect storm of ... Continue Reading
The Science Behind Soaking Grains
What does it mean to soak grains? Well, besides sprouting and making sourdough, soaking whole grain flour is one way to maximize the benefits found within the grain. The nutrition you find in whole grains is locked inside by three main components, phytic acid, phytates, and phytase. I'm still not fully versed in all-things phytates, phytic acid and phytase and likely will never be. But I do feel well ... Continue Reading