These easy Oatmeal Pancakes are naturally gluten free, dairy free, vegan & freezer friendly. The perfect healthy make ahead breakfast to add to your monthly meal plan. Pairs well with my Instant Pot Breakfast Casserole. Like most kids, my kids LOVE pancakes. It doesn’t matter if it’s Toasted Coconut and Banana Sourdough Pancakes or Healthy Chocolate Pancakes, I have to make a second batch otherwise ... Continue Reading
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36 Easy Meals (Under 30 Minutes)
Don't know what to cook for dinner tonight? Here are 36 easy meals you can make in 30 min. or less. Healthy recipes for feeding family, kids, or company, like pasta primavera or weeknight stir-fry. Have you ever meal planned while hungry? I have! My imagination runs wild and huge exquisitely prepared meals fill the menu. Lots of freshly baked goods and desserts become essential for every meal. When I ... Continue Reading
How to Stretch Chicken Into Multiple Meals
Learn how to stretch chicken into multiple meals! Use this guide to make 7 meals from one whole chicken. You CAN feed your family good food on a budget! Meals like jalapeno chicken popper casserole and buffalo chicken pizza make your chicken go further! How many delicious, absolutely easy meals does one chicken make? Several! It is a juggling act to ensure there is enough real food in the house, yet still ... Continue Reading
High Protein Oatmeal
This high protein oatmeal recipe is what I make before my long runs. Your choice of Quaker oats or steel-cut plus banana and blueberry to sweeten naturally! This high protein breakfast keeps me more full, longer. Add homemade almond milk for an extra protein boost! In an effort to keep my weight (a.k.a. blogger butt) under control, I took up running about a year ago. After running consistently for a few ... Continue Reading
7 Chicken Meal Prep Recipes to Cook Once and Eat All Week
Download this FREE 7-day meal plan of healthy chicken meal prep recipes, including a shopping list! Simple ideas for the week to help you get dinner on the table, fast! Make Instant Pot Whole Chicken or All-Purpose Slow Cooker Chicken to get started! Do you ever feel like you spend all day in the kitchen? Yeah, me too. Anytime I can use a short cut to get dinner made faster – whether it’s using my Instant ... Continue Reading
13 Tips for Planning a Freezer Cooking Day
Save time with 13 tips for planning a freezer cooking day, whether you make ahead for a month, are on a budget, use homemade recipes or cook meals for one! One of my goals for 2019 is to include more freezer cooking, and so far, I think I’m on the right track! I did a freezer cooking day in January, LIVE on Facebook, making TEN different breakfasts in just over one hour (you can watch the replay ... Continue Reading
One Hour Freezer Cooking Meal Prep: Breakfast
Breakfast meal prep ideas for the whole week in one hour! Eight tasty recipes (some with no eggs!) that adapt for weight loss, low carb or bodybuilding. You'll love the homemade breakfast sausage and peanut butter granola bars! One of my goals for this year is to do more freezer cooking. I started to be more intentional with it when the school year started – making double batches of blender chocolate waffles ... Continue Reading
Leftover Oatmeal Cakes
Knowing that not wasting food is one of the best ways to save money, I’m always looking for ways to re-use leftovers. My family loves oatmeal, and it’s one of the few grains that sits well in our bellies (in moderation) after completing the Whole30. My famous cinnamon blender waffles are always a hit, but my kids also enjoy Instant Pot oatmeal a few days during the week. No matter how hungry my people are ... Continue Reading
Oatmeal Peach Breakfast Crumble: Easy Recipe
This post contains affiliate links. Church fellowship meals are always a lot of fun for us. It's an opportunity for us all to take a break from everything going on to just sit and listen, or to share and encourage. This past week the theme for pot-luck dishes was "breakfast" and it has been my favorite so far. Just watching the sign-up sheet fill with enticing dishes was fun! Cinnamon ... Continue Reading
Spring Dinner Ideas for May 2024
This healthy monthly meal plan on a budget will feed your family good food all month long! Use these Spring dinner ideas to fill bellies and save money on groceries! You can even find delicious breakfast ideas like strawberry lemonade donuts and homemade breakfast sausage! May is here and that usually means the end of school for the summer. Let me tell you, I am ready! Until then, tasty spring vegetables, ... Continue Reading