Pressure Cooker Mexican Lentils and Rice (Main Dish)
I took our Instant Pot camping for the first time this month, and it was a huge success! I’ve used the Instant Pot (an electric…
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Bake and Serve: Garlic Maple Chicken Recipe
I’ve always been someone who wants to have a signature dish. You know, the kind you become famous for – and maybe even have people beg…
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Can You Make Slow Cooker Recipes in an Instant Pot?
Ever wondered if your favorite recipe has a crockpot to Instant Pot conversion? You know the Instant Pot can cook foods quickly, but finding a…
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7 Ways YOU Can Help the Bee Population Survive!
“How did I get myself into this? What am I doing?” my mind kept asking. Nervously, I glanced in the rear view mirror of my…
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Why Professional Development Should Be Required for Parenting
You’d think that after 4 years of college and a full year internship program in education, that I’d be uniquely and perfectly suited to be…
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Homemade No-Cook Chocolate Chia Pudding Recipe (Dairy-Free Options)
I get a little cynical when it comes to single-serve cups of “food” that I see in kids’ school lunches. If you read the ingredients,…
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Chocolate Filled Frozen Banana Bites Recipe {Dairy-Free}
With summer in full swing it’s nice to be able to give the kids a cold treat without loading them up on sugar. Not to…
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3 Essential Grocery Shopping Tips for Kids of All Ages
Parenting lowers the standards for so many things! Entertainment, bodily fluids, exciting conversation topics… For example: You go grocery shopping with your spouse as part…
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Serve an Easy Pasta Salad Bar for Your Next Party
There’s something very intimidating about cooking ‘real food’ for a large group of people, especially if you’re on a budget. Shoot, some days I feel…
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Easy Kid-Friendly Meatball Recipe {Egg Free, Grain Free}
It’s the kind of comfort food you pine for when it’s gray and cloudy outside. There’s not too much heat to make you want to…
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How to Use a Rotation Diet for Food Allergies
One of the hardest things about an allergy diagnosis is taking food away from your child. “Sorry, no more yogurt for breakfast. Nope, no more…
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Safe, All Natural DIY Face Powder…With Only Two Ingredients!
I remember vividly the day it dawned on me. As I was paging through a magazine, I came across an advertisement for a birth control…
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When Baby Steps Go Too Far
I’ve talked about the importance of baby steps for years: Taking small steps, making small individual improvements, to get your family ever closer to real…
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Why This Popular Real Food Diet Caused Utter Failure (Part 2)
Yesterday I joked about how the D.A.R.E. to keep kids off drugs program was kind of like my hubby and I peer pressuring our friends…
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Is There MSG in your HOMEMADE Soup??
Although it seems like we’re uber strict about food in our household, we have only had ONE rule that can never, ever be compromised on,…
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I Hate My Phone {Republic Wireless Review}
Dumb move, Katie. I had 30 days to test out my Republic Wireless phone and make sure I liked it, and I didn’t switch over…
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WiFi May be the New Cigarettes
A man drove his car into that pond next to a busy downtown road nine years ago. Last fall, someone finally noticed his car. He…
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New Ways to Overcome Candida and Yeast
Coal miners had their canary, I have the itchy spot on the base of my hairline. Ever since I fought candida off and finally had…
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10 Instant Pot Recipes Even My Husband Can Make
You know how they say you’re not supposed to bank on the person you choose to marry actually changing at all to fit your liking…
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Spring Cleaning: How To Get A House That Cleans Itself
Although organization comes naturally to me, I have always struggled to keep a maintained room or home. And doing a deep spring cleaning? HA. That…
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