This Meal Plan of Winter Meals for January 2024 is the perfect guide to help you meet all of your new year goals for healthy eating at home. Enjoy delicious seasonal salads like our Roasted Vegetable Kale Salad and nourishing bowls of Classic Hearty Chili and Hearty Minestrone Soup. Wow - Can you believe that it’s already a new year?! Everyone is usually making new year resolutions right about now…because ... Continue Reading
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50+ Fast Healthy Breakfast Ideas
Busy mornings mean we need healthy breakfast ideas. This list includes over 50 quick & easy ideas for healthy breakfasts that are ready fast and bursting with flavor! I don’t know about you, but for me, it’s easy for breakfast to fall through the cracks. I’m good with planning out our dinners each week. And we’ve got packing lunches down to a science. I can even get 5 school lunches ready in less ... Continue Reading
Homemade Bisquick
Homemade Bisquick comes together in less than 5 minutes, giving you all of the convenience and classic flavor of the yellow box, without the unnecessary additives and sweeteners. Save money and mix up a batch today! Even though I make most of our foods from scratch now, it’s still nice to have some shortcuts. Cooking every single meal from scratch is hard work, and every now and then I just want something ... Continue Reading
The Best Healthy Food to Buy in Bulk
Buy in bulk to save money on a variety of grocery items. Here’s my list of 20+ healthy foods that will last a least a year in storage, plus helpful tips on HOW to store all your bulk buys! Buying in bulk is one of the fail-proof grocery tips that works consistently, time and time again. You get a lower price per unit of the item that you’re buying because you’re buying a larger amount at one ... Continue Reading
Man Bread: Homemade White Bread
This easy white bread recipe, AKA man bread, is so easy to make! Create an awesome, man-sized loaf or a dozen rolls of homemade bread in just a quick 90 minutes. This is the perfect bread recipe for beginning bakers. Written by Mr. Crumbs Usually, Mrs. Crumbs is the one experimenting in the kitchen, but occasionally I take a turn too. And this is one kitchen experiment that turned out pretty awesome: Man ... Continue Reading
Eating Real Food on a Budget
Learning to save on food isn’t hard, but it does take work! Use this extensive list of 20 tips to learn how to save money on groceries, so you can feed your family healthy food on a budget. Years ago, my husband asked if we could cut out the boxes of processed food we relied on for the bulk of our meals. For a minute I’m sure I looked like a deer caught in headlights. What would we eat?! We didn’t have ... Continue Reading
Healthier Sugar Cookie Recipe
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
How to Use Your Instant Pot as a Slow Cooker
Can you slow cook with Instant Pot? Yes! Learn how to use the Instant Pot as slow cooker, plus 8 tips to convert your favorite crockpot recipes to cook in the Instant Pot. The slow cooker was invented in 1940, and there are TONS of really great slow cooker recipes out there. However, the Instant Pot has given the traditional slow cooker a run for its money, thanks to the fact that it cooks many meals ... Continue Reading
Healthy Winter Recipes for December
Here's your Healthy Winter Recipes for December! Feed your family real food on a budget AND eat seasonal produce with this complete four-week meal plan. Enjoy meals for the holidays, and healthier holiday treats! It’s holiday time, and while we are busy decorating and planning for our holiday festivities, I’ve also got my mind on what to feed the family this December! Quick & easy meals that are ... 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