This sugar cookie recipe makes soft and chewy cut out cookies that keep their shape. Perfect for your traditional cookie decorating day, these healthier sugar cookies with a simple icing are just sweet enough, and pair with other holiday favorites like Candy Cane Cookies and Snickerdoodles. Decorating sugar Christmas cookies wasn’t a tradition in my family growing up. We made Chocolate Chip Cookies for ... Continue Reading
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Easy Baking Hacks for the Home Baker
Don’t have an ingredient you need to finish your recipe? No worries! With these easy baking tips, you can get the ingredients you need in minutes! Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you’re baking and you run out of one ingredient? Enter panic mode. I’ve been there too. But, over the years, I’ve picked up on a few of the best easy baking hacks that have saved me from a trip to the grocery store ... Continue Reading
The Top Ingredients to Avoid in Food
What are food additives, and how do you know which ingredients to avoid in food? Work your way through this list of the top 10 ingredients to avoid, with real food alternatives. I love lists. I love making them, I love looking at them and I love working with them. I ESPECIALLY love crossing things off of them. Confession: I've totally added something to my to-do list AFTER I had already done it, ... Continue Reading
Best Flour For Cookies
What's the best flour for cookies? From wheat flour to cake flour, there are so many different options to choose from. So, let's dive in so you can sink your teeth into the most delicious cookies ever! There's not much I wouldn't do for a freshly baked cookie right out of the oven. Those crisp, golden brown edges with chewy, gooey insides that melt in your mouth with each bite are pure bliss. Now that I've ... Continue Reading
50+ Ways to Fertilize Plants for Free
Make your own plant fertilizer for free using things you already have! From food scraps to yard waste, save money and make natural fertilizer at home. I was admiring my friend Maria’s garden, especially her booming zucchini plants, and wondering why I didn’t have zucchini growing out of my ears as she did. She asked me what I was using for fertilizer. Fertilizer? I thought that was just for the super ... Continue Reading
How to Make Flour Without a Grain Mill
Home bakers, I have three methods for how to make flour without a grain mill! Packed with more nutrition and flavorful than store-bought flour, you’ll also save money! Using freshly milled flour is perfect for homemade bread. I have a really hard time spending money on appliances that I don't need because: a) they serve one purposeb) take up more room than I have availablec) or cost A LOT of ... Continue Reading
Jalapeno Cheddar Bread
Homemade jalapeno cheddar bread is crusty on the outside, super soft on the inside, and just as spicy as you want to make it! A simple and versatile bread recipe that uses only easy-to-find ingredients. You'll love to dip it in soup or use it for the most amazing grilled cheese sandwiches! At some point on my real food journey, I realized I didn't have to buy bread at the store. What a freeing moment, ... Continue Reading
DIY Homemade Lunch Meat
I quit eating lunch meat when I learned about nitrates, but when I learned how to cook paper-thin slices of turkey at home, homemade lunch meat was on! You will also save money! Make the best homemade white sandwich bread and a side salad and you have a tasty meal! Turkey on whole wheat. No cheese, a little bit of lettuce, lots of pickles, lots of olives, just a few jalapenos. Mayonnaise and mustard. Back ... Continue Reading
Which is Cheaper: Walmart or ALDI?
Walmart vs. ALDI - which is cheaper? What about quality? See the list of price comparisons at ALDI and Walmart, and see which store has the better deal all around! Try out my ultimate shopping guide to ALDI and my comparison of Costco vs. ALDI. As a frugal shopper, I'm always wondering what store will have low prices. It's one of the primary principles I teach in my course Grocery Budget Bootcamp, and it's ... Continue Reading
Losing Weight with Real Food
Losing weight with real food isn’t complicated. These 4 reasons explain why whole foods support healthy weight loss over the typical “diet” food on the market. Learn more about how to start eating real food with my 30-Minute Dinners meal plans! Did you make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight this year? I’ve made that one before, back before I quit making resolutions altogether. I used to make ... Continue Reading
