Instant Pot Carnitas Recipe
Tacos are my family’s favorite dinner. After 15 years of living on a budget and eating real food, I learned that they are the perfect…
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Positive Parenting Solutions Review | Skill Building for Parents
I first heard about Positive Parenting Solutions in an email PS from Katie. So I watched the webinar and was hooked. We all want to…
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Dairy-Free Simple Strawberry Sorbet Recipe
Frozen treats aren’t typically the first thing on your mind in winter. Neither are strawberries. But winter is when this simple strawberry sorbet was created.…
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Instant Pot Smashed Potatoes
Smashed potatoes are my family’s new favorite potato side dish. We’ve tried all the classics: mashed potatoes, baked potatoes, roasted potatoes, homemade fries. Honestly, it’s…
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Simple Strategies to Cope with Anxiety for Kids
It’s Monday morning. We have to be out the door by 8:00am. It’s the usual frenzy of packing up lunches, helping the preschooler get dressed
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How Do I Decide What Reusable Bag to Buy?
It’s finally happened! In the decade plus since I’ve been raising children with a green and crunchy mindset, thinking almost as much about the environment
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No Waste Food on the Go with Reusable Sandwich and Snack Bags {REVIEW}
People have been reading and loving this review since 2018, and it was last updated for accuracy in February 2025. See Part 2 on how…
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Mold Poisoning: Symptoms, What to Look For, and Remediation Options
When I bought a new house in February 2022, I didn’t know it would give me mold poisoning. However, that spring, I felt like my…
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Instant Pot Tomato Soup Recipe
This tomato soup is a real food crowd-pleaser at my house. It is budget-friendly simple food at its best, and you can make it in…
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How to Eat to Reduce Anxiety in Kids
I have struggled with anxiety pretty much my entire life. From the time I was very little I worried about things most people never even…
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How to Stop People Pleasing | So Important for Moms!
Do you struggle with people pleasing tendencies? Here’s how to stop people pleasing. I never thought of myself as a fearful person. I love adventure…
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Instant Pot Honey-Mustard Salmon with Potatoes Recipe
Let’s talk about how hard it is to make dinner every night. We are the kind of family that rarely eats out, so we eat…
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Why Kids Have Anxiety | Root Causes of Anxiety in Kids
When I was little, riding in the car meant one thing to me – no bathroom for a long stretch with an overactive bladder. My…
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What Is Medical Gaslighting? How To Recognize It And What To Do
Have you heard of medical gaslighting? Have you been gaslit by a medical professional?
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Quick Ground Beef Recipes: Instant Pot Sloppy Joes
If we’re talking about pure comfort food and classic family-friendly meals that you can make in the Instant Pot, I’m gonna talk about sloppy joes.…
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Is Medical Trauma Affecting Your Health?
Could medical trauma be impacting your health? I went into the hospital to have a diagnostic medical procedure.
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How to Teach Kids about Nutrition without Causing an Eating Disorder
I once heard a picky eating specialist say you shouldn’t teach kids about “healthy food” because it will cause disordered eating. An interesting statement that…
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3 Ways to Simplify Your Schedule by Scheduling Your Food
A real food diet can be a time-consuming lifestyle – I might even venture to say that making unprocessed food from scratch and running around…
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Quick and Healthy Instant Pot Ground Turkey Recipe
Soup season is my very favorite time of the year for frugal, real food cooking. All you need to make really delicious soup is a…
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Seasonal Orange Creamsicle Smoothie Recipe
It’s not often that I am able to go on a one-on-one date with any of my kids. Life is just so busy! So when…
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