These quick and easy carrot and sweet potato fritters are so addicting! Whole30 and Paleo-compliant, these veggie-filled potato pancakes cook up crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Don’t forget the yummy dipping sauce! When we first started the Whole30, I was overwhelmed with how much cooking there was. The inner rebel in me fought back and I gave up on fun side dishes and just let the oven do ... Continue Reading
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Brownie Mix
Make rich, indulgent cocoa brownies whenever a craving hits with this easy brownie recipe. Make the simple brownie mix ahead of time for an even faster treat! Years ago, when we first started eating real food, we tried to learn what all the ingredients were on a label. After much frustration and too many research rabbit trails (thank you Google), we decided that anything with hydrogenated oils or high ... Continue Reading
Toasted Coconut Sourdough Pancakes
Light and fluffy sourdough banana pancakes with toasted coconut give you a yummy tropical flavor any time of year! Use sourdough discard in this easy recipe or adapt it for gluten-free pancakes! I have this thing with tropical flavors. I just can’t seem to get enough of them! My smoothies, our tacos, and now breakfast all seem to have a slight pina colada feel to them… You know, that ... Continue Reading
Brioche Bread
Make rich, buttery brioche bread at home, ready in only 90 minutes! This fancy, indulgent bread is enriched with eggs and butter, but it’s still light and flaky with a beautiful golden-brown crust. Homemade bread can seem daunting, but I promise you it’s the case where our brains make something seem harder than it actually is. Plus, as a wife, mother of two, business owner, AND homesteader, I simply do ... Continue Reading
Dinner Biscuits
These tender, buttery dinner biscuits are an easy addition to ANY meal! 5 simple staple ingredients like flour and butter combine for perfectly fluffy, flaky biscuits, adaptable for extra flavors. Do you ever take a bite of something and do the little “I’ve died and gone to heaven” eye-roll thing? Yeah. That’s what my husband does every time he has these buttery biscuits! Besides being easy (and delicious ... Continue Reading
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
These peanut butter muffins with chocolate chips are made with oat flour, maple syrup, and Greek yogurt for a moist, tasty breakfast or snack featuring my favorite combo: peanut butter and chocolate! We love having muffins on hand for a quick and easy breakfast that we can grab and go. Blender Banana Bread Muffins, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins, and Buttermilk Oatmeal Muffins are some of our ... Continue Reading
Bread Baking: Ultimate Troubleshooting Guide
Ready to up your bread baking game? Read all my tips for making the best loaf of bread, plus how to fix common bread baking problems. The feeling of successfully making my first homemade loaf of bread was euphoric. Mr. Crumbs, the company we invited over for dinner, and even the kids were amazed. “You made this?!” they asked. Like a proud mother hen, I was beaming over that bread loaf. Little did ... Continue Reading
Vegetarian Meal Plan
This vegetarian meal plan is full of easy, hearty vegetarian dinner recipes (plus bonus meal ideas). Whether your goal is to eat more produce or save money on groceries, you won’t even miss the meat! I’ve written a lot of meal plans over the years… there’s the Whole30 Meal Plan, the $50 ALDI Meal Plan, the original $50 One Week Meal Plan, and the second $50 One Week Meal Plan… not to mention all sorts of ... Continue Reading
Molasses Breakfast Cookies
Make molasses cookies for a healthy and delicious breakfast or snack. Deep molasses flavor, natural sweeteners, and warm spices combine for a soft and chewy breakfast treat. My family has quit eating processed sugar, but there would be mutiny if I just cleared out the shelves and said we’re never having cookies again. That’s why I make desserts like Cookie Dough Hummus and Maple Pecan Blondies. They’re ... Continue Reading
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
These easy healthy pumpkin chocolate chip muffins turn out moist and fluffy and so yummy! Mix up a batch for breakfast and snacks or freeze some for later…if you have any left! Here’s one thing I’ve learned over the years while cooking real food for my family: Anytime you make something that the kids eat without complaining AND they eat the whole dish, make it over and over again until they ask you to ... Continue Reading
