Save money in your budget by finding ways to use your food scraps in the kitchen! Avoids food waste by using what you have on hand! Also learn 10 Ways to Regrow Food in Water, which gives you more food for free! Ever wondered what to do with those beet tops? How about ways to use fruit and veggie scraps? Do you feel like you are wasting half of your food? The more I learn about the way today's food is ... Continue Reading
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Top 11 Frugal Gluten-free Foods to Buy at Aldi
Here are my Top 11 Frugal Gluten-free Foods to Buy at Aldi, plus other allergy-friendly frugal foods to buy! Helps keep my grocery budget under control and our family healthy! Also enjoy my Ultimate Guide to Shopping at Aldi. Do you have a hard time finding frugal foods for a gluten-free diet? We eat a real food diet, which means homemade meals from scratch with lots of fresh veggies, fruits, ... Continue Reading
Cranberry Orange Scones
Try this easy and healthy recipe for Cranberry Orange Scones. Uses whole wheat Einkorn flour and coconut sugar. Can even be made dairy-free! Enjoy with a hot cup of coffee using our Homemade Vanilla Bean Coffee Creamer. I love a nice cranberry orange scone for breakfast. Mmmmm, you know the kind from Starbucks when you're craving a special treat for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee? Yes! That ... Continue Reading
How to Take the Ultimate Detox Bath
Try this Detox Bath recipe for the ultimate way to alleviate stress. Dry brushing, salt, and clay create the most relaxing and effective detox. Add to your self-care routine this DIY Salt Scrub and Exfoliating Body Wash for a daily detoxifying experience. I’ve experienced some stressful times in my life. Between leaving my widowed dad back in 2015 and moving across the entire country, and then living ... Continue Reading
19 Easy Homemade Gift Ideas to Make at the Last Minute
This list of 19 easy, creative homemade gift ideas has something for all of your friends and family. The gift ideas include DIY projects, delicious treats and baked goods, handmade beauty products, kitchen tools, and more! Who doesn't love handmade gifts? Many of my favorite gifts I’ve received have been of the DIY type. I also love giving gifts that I've made or created. I'm sure many of you are the same ... Continue Reading
The Best All-Natural Homemade Gifts for Less than $1 Each
If you're looking for homemade gifts for this season, you need this list of all-natural gift ideas. They're creative, simple to make, and inexpensive! Includes gifts like peppermint lip balm and instant hot chocolate mix. Question: Your neighbor, small group leader and hostess of the best annual Christmas party - what do these people all have in common? Answer: You want to give them a gift this year, but ... Continue Reading
Bend Soap Milk Scrub (homemade bathroom scrub)
I love having a homemade all-purpose cleaner readily available, but sometimes you need something with more oomph, you know what I mean? The house we're renting has white laminate counter tops. They're so porous that if a slice of beet falls off your cutting board, you must stop you're doing right that moment and clean it up, otherwise you'll have an unsightly red mark on the counter forever. Oddly ... Continue Reading
Cooking in a Minimal Kitchen for Two Weeks
If I didn't have friends and family nearby, I would have given the issue of "What am I going to do without a kitchen for two weeks" more thought BEFORE I packed it all up. But as things often do, it didn't work out that way.I ended up thinking about the "what will I need" and "what will we eat" questions as I emptied each kitchen drawer into a box. Literally. ... Continue Reading
Recipe: Spring Greens with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette
Salads are my all time favorite food. They're quick, easy and delicious. But somewhere along the way, they've gone complicated. Onions get caramelized, tomatoes are roasted and almonds are tossed with maple and cinnamon before toasted in the oven. Don't get me wrong - those types of salads are downright delicious. And to be honest, I'm salivating a bit just thinking about a thick bed of greens ... Continue Reading
{Yummy} Recipe: Crispy Almonds
This post contains affiliate links. If you're following along with the little call to actions at the end of each post, you've got a jar full of nuts or bean sitting on your counter happily germinating away without any strenuous effort from you. When you wake up tomorrow, you'll see them trying to push their little sprouts through an end of the nut. By the way, those call to actions - Do Somethings - are ... Continue Reading