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{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 [...]

Recipe Connection: Festive Holiday Greek Salad

November 2nd, 2010 · 12 Comments · Recipes

A salad is more about composing beauty and balancing interesting flavors than following a recipe. Sometimes the best salads are born of inspiration and availability. Last Christmas I wanted to make something healthy and festive, so I thought something like this: “What do I have that is green or red?” I ended up putting together…. [...]

5 Ways to Preserve Your Apples

October 12th, 2010 · 43 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Frugality, Recipes

If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, how many doctors are bored because we’re averaging 2-3 per person around here this fall? My husband went out with friends Friday night. They had pizza, he had an apple. The next day they tailgated; he had grilled chicken and an apple. My 2-year-old daughter Leah [...]

How to Dehydrate Fruits

June 23rd, 2010 · 30 Comments · Do It Yourself

Dehydrating fruit is such a great option for long term storage without filling your freezer. Most make great snack foods and can stay in your diaper bag or desk drawer for a long time! Dehydrating apples has become my new favorite fall pastime. If you don’t have a dehydrator, I explain how to make applesauce [...]

What I Read This Week (And Wish I Hadn’t)

December 18th, 2009 · 33 Comments · Big Changes, Food for Thought

The 7 Foods Experts Won’t Eat. I’m no expert, which I’ve proven time and time again, and I never know who to listen to, but here’s yet another article that has given me food for thought. (Thanks to Musings of a Housewife!) I swore this summer after canning tomatoes for the first time that I’d [...]

Recipe Connection: Apple Squares (You can Freeze ‘Em!)

November 5th, 2009 · 53 Comments · Recipes

I have a bad habit of leaving things in my freezer too long. It’s not that I don’t know they’re there. In fact, I’m very organized and (almost) always have a good handle on what’s in my freezer. It’s just that I’m such a born conservationist. I tend to think, “I need to save these [...]