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Game Day Real Food Appetizer: Spicy Cheesy Chicken Dip

January 31st, 2012 · 10 Comments · Recipes

They told me to bring it again. When my husband’s extended family gets together for holidays, everyone brings food and we eat until we can’t fit through the doorway. The Thanksgiving and Christmas menus are generally different, but this year, I was ordered to do a repeat. You know you’ve got a good recipe when [...]

How to Make Water Kefir Update {VIDEO}

January 19th, 2012 · 79 Comments · Do It Yourself, Recipes

While at my in-laws’ house I became hyper-aware of kitchen tasks and organization, since I was pondering my new kitchen and experiencing someone else’s on a daily basis. It was a great way to figure out priorities and make “rules” for the new place. One rule is: If you do something often, put the things [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: Cheap and Easy Party Foods

December 15th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Frugality, Recipes

I am working on creating my "go to" list for party foods, those items I can make quickly and without much thought when I have to bring a dish to pass. What I bring to share must follow some if not all of the following qualifications: Real Food (whole ingredients, homemade, not processed) Not Too [...]

Recipe Connection: Freezer Biscuits, Real Food Style {GUEST POST}

November 11th, 2011 · 57 Comments · Recipes

This is a guest post from Stacy of Stacy Makes Cents. Thanks for giving me a night off to polish off Smart Sweets, Stacy! Come on and admit it. You love those Pillsbury Grands biscuits that you buy in the freezer section at the store. You love knowing that at any moment in time you [...]

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Tags: biscuits·bread·freezer

Fall Recipe Connection: Savory Greek Sausage Stuffed Autumn Squash

November 4th, 2011 · 30 Comments · Recipes

I was thinking about a sausage-stuffed squash recipe for a few weeks. Twitter wouldn’t cough one up for me, and I never got around to a good Google search (or Swagbucks search, actually), so finally I just decided to make one up. It’s rare that I start from square one on a recipe; usually my [...]

{FREE DOWNLOAD} Meet an Apple Crisp to Fall in Love With

October 18th, 2011 · 8 Comments · Recipes

Isn’t that gorgeous?! Let’s start getting excited about 30 real food desserts, made smarter so you can indulge with less guilt knowing you’re eating healthy-ish, healthiER, and sometimes genuinely healthy treats. UPDATE: It’s here! Check out Smart Sweets today! In Smart Sweets, you’ll find recipes such as: 100% whole wheat brownies, cakey, fudgy, soaked, and [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: 10 Things to do with Apples

October 18th, 2011 · 22 Comments · Frugality, Recipes

Most people would probably be rolling in the leaves this time of year. Not our family. We’re rolling in the apples. Three weeks ago, we went to the apple orchard and picked 3 full bushels of apples (that’s 6 baskets). This weekend as we prepared to return for the later varieties, I figure we had [...]