As a busy mom of many, easy recipes and meal planning are a must in order for me to get dinner on the table. I like recipes that have short ingredient lists and require little to no babysitting from me. Life is too busy to be stuck in the kitchen all day. If getting dinner […]
Oatmeal Cake, Baby Food and So Much More
Years ago, before I had my children, someone introduced me to Cinnamon Oatmeal Cake. It’s a delicious and inexpensive snack treat, breakfast item and dessert. Now as a mom, I find I can create many variations depending on what I have on hand. For example, as a mom of a toddler, I have a huge stock […]
Seven Dollar Dinners: Bean Soup
Being lazy, I’m happy to make a meal of a bowl of 15 bean soup on rice. But for the rest of my family, I often prepare a simple lettuce or cabbage salad as well. A meal for 4 costs about $3.20. For this seven dollar dinner, a hearty bean soup uses inexpensive salt pork […]
Kale and White Bean Soup
It’s finally Fall, and that means my giant red Le Creuset dutch oven gets a lot more playing time on the stove (this pot is an investment – but it will last you a lifetime and it’s worth it). The sound of my […]
How to Make a Watermelon ‘Cake’ for a Healthy Birthday
Learn how to make a watermelon ‘cake’ for a healthy birthday cake alternative. Using fresh fruit, create any design you want for a healthy refreshing cake.
Red, Blue and Green: a High-Iron Juice Recipe
Did you know watermelon is high in iron? In fact, it’s one of the most iron rich fruits, containing about as much iron as spinach! It’s also loaded with vitamins C and A and is one of the most popular detox fruits because of it’s high water content. blueberries are a superfruit. And spinach? Well […]
Marshmallow Peanut Butter Pretzel Treats Recipe
With Micah’s determination to have a tractor party I decided to find a treat that would be in keeping with the theme. I’d seen a picture on pinterest of a chocolate pretzel heap that was called a haystack but it bothered me that they were covered in chocolate. I decided to create my own version that would […]
Orange Power: Juice Recipe for Healthy Eyes
For about three months now, my husband has been living on juice. He started off with two weeks of a juice fast, eating nothing else, and since then has been juicing for 1-2 meals a day and eating mostly whole foods (with an occasional meal out) for supper. He’s lost about 30 pounds and his […]
Homemade Mac and Cheese Sauce Recipe to Make Yourself
A house favorite when it comes to meal time is Mac and Cheese. But in our quest for doing more for ourselves and getting away of prepackaged foods when we can, I was glad to find a recipe for cheese sauce I could adapt for home a macaroni and cheese. This recipe as written makes […]
Cowboy Cookies in a Jar {a Great Gift for a Teacher, Shower or Holiday!}
A couple of years ago, I was given my grandma’s canning jars. When I told her I wanted them, I never envisioned how many there were. She showed me eight rows of pint and quart jars four deep! I do some canning as well as use them to store dry goods like pasta, rice and snacks, but […]
Apple Crisp Oatmeal Recipe
Fall is my favorite season and one of the reasons for that is the amazing food. Apple crisp? Delicious and quintessentially fall. I love making this Honey and Oatmeal Apple Crisp as a fabulous fall breakfast for the kids. Grinding our own wheat flour and using locally-produced honey makes this a high-fiber, vitamin-rich meal. Honey […]
Seven Dollar Dinners: Burritos
Prepare beef and bean burritos for four for under $7. I love cooking shows on TV but am underwhelmed at the ambition of some television chefs. They often set crazy high spending limits for “budget” meals—$20 for dinner, or $15 when they really stretch. Rachael Ray tries harder when she offers meals using ingredients that […]
