Learn How to Meal Prep for the week based on your weekly or monthly meal plan! Helps you to stay organized in the kitchen, and saves time & money! If your days are crammed with chaotic schedules, tight timeframes, and the constant allure of not-so-healthy food options, then brace yourself for a game-changing solution: meal prepping. This beginner-friendly meal prep guide provides a detailed analysis of ... Continue Reading
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Easy Brioche Bread Recipe
Brioche bread is a rich, egg-based bread that you typically find at high-end restaurants, but it’s simple to make at home and ready in 90 minutes! This easy brioche recipe yields a soft, flakey brioche loaf (or buns!) and it’s perfect for making French toast or sopping up gravy at family dinner. Homemade bread can seem daunting, but I promise you it’s the case where our brains make something seem harder than ... Continue Reading
50+ No Cook Meals for Summer
I have a list of 50+ no cook meals and 8 tips for cooking dinner without heating the house. Stay cool and eat well even when temperatures are hot! These no cook recipes are really simple and will be done in minutes. Also, try my One Week No Cook Meal Plan and Healthy No-Bake Cookies. It's hot outside and I don't want to heat the house, but how do we cook dinner? My friend Dena said last week that it's so ... Continue Reading
28 Kitchen Hacks to Make Cooking Easy
Do you struggle with not having enough time? These tried and true time-saving kitchen hacks from a real mom will help to make your day run smoother and save you precious minutes off each hour and make things easier on the kitchen as a whole! Also, see my 14 Easy Baking Hacks for Home Bakers. Can you identify with any of the following? Real food is hard work! When you embrace real food, you'll find ... Continue Reading
3 Week Real Food Menu on $50/Week
Are you spending too much money on food? I have a list of easy cheap meals. Delicious, healthy meals that feed the average family of four for just $50 a week! Don't forget to try out my One Week $50 Aldi Meal Plan and How to Meal Plan and Make it Work! One time I blew our November budget out of the water. And NOT in a good way. We were over by $120, over a third of our overall budget for the ... Continue Reading
Maple Glazed Pork Chops
Maple glazed pork chops are a perfect weeknight meal! Ready in 10 minutes, healthy, and a crowd favorite. Pair with Instant Pot mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables! Cooler temperatures usually have me craving comforting meals like homestyle slow cooker pot roast or slow cooker pumpkin chili or even one of my favorite dump recipes, slow cooker peach cobbler. But sometimes I want something that feels a ... Continue Reading
One Week Vegetarian Meal Plan
A full week of quick and easy vegetarian dinner recipes. A full vegetarian meal plan for both beginner and advanced cooks. You won't even miss the meat! Instead, you can eat loaded fettuccini alfredo and homemade tomato basil soup! 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, the second $50 one week meal plan... ... Continue Reading
Corn Dog Muffins
This healthy and easy corn dog muffin recipe is so versatile that it can be made vegan, gluten free and without buttermilk, or you can make them with cheese! It's much tastier and healthier than boxed cornbread mix like Jiffy. A perfect idea for school lunches. In order to help make my life as mom, head chef and home manager a bit easier, I’ve been more intentional lately to cook things SPECIFICALLY for the ... Continue Reading
Homemade Lemon Cake Mix
This homemade lemon cake mix tastes better than any ultra-processed store-bought cake mix! Using a handful of simple ingredients, making this recipe from scratch is super fun and easy! Perfect for spring and summer desserts, it's moist, light and tangy. Also check out my recipes for yellow and chocolate cake mixes from scratch too! Making homemade cake mix (i.e. cake from scratch) is much ... Continue Reading
Turn Plain Cooked Oatmeal into Delicious Baked Oatmeal + 21 Recipes
Turn plain cooked oatmeal into delicious baked oatmeal with this simple conversion recipe, plus 21 BONUS recipes filled with delicious flavor combinations! Also, try out my chocolate leftover oatmeal cake and blueberry baked oatmeal. When the kids seem to tire of "regular" oatmeal, baked oatmeal comes to the rescue. I had been testing out a variation of carrot cake baked oatmeal, which the kids had ... Continue Reading