“Just Add Water” Instant Pot Meals | Real Food While Traveling
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Easy Homemade All-Purpose Spice Mix Recipe
I have a love-hate relationship with potlucks. I love them because you get to try new foods and you don’t have to cook a whole…
Homemade Elderberry Gummies Recipe | Kid-Friendly Immune Booster
Does anyone else hate the phrase “flu season”? It’s really misleading. God created four beautiful seasons, none of which has an attribute of illness. I…
How to Tenderize Tough Cuts of Meat | Velveting Meat
Is there anything worse than biting into a piece of beef, just to find yourself chewing … and chewing … and chewing? I’m picky about…
Air Fryer Crispy Chickpeas Recipe | Healthy Snack for Kids!
Cooking real food meals – not too hard. Providing your kids with real food snacks every day – nearly impossible! If your kids are like…
Easy Recipe for Sourdough Bread | Beginner-Friendly Sourdough Focaccia Bread
Years ago, when I started making sourdough bread, I envisioned beautiful round loaves, dusted in white rice flour and decorated with intricate floral patterns slashed…
Easy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe
Have you ever grown cucumbers? If so, you know that just one plant produces an insane amount of cucumbers. You pretty much need to have…
Dairy-Free Zucchini Muffin Recipe
I looked for a dairy-free, healthy zucchini bread muffin for years. The internet is full of baked goods that you can stuff with grated zucchini,…
Instant Pot Creamy Veggie Pasta Recipe | Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free
The middle of summer – fresh veggies abound! But you also are either super busy preserving or just out enjoying the nice weather. It’s too…
Gluten-Free Air Fryer Salmon Patties Recipe
Growing up, eating fish meant one thing – my dad was out of town on a business trip. He detested the smell of fish -…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
Homemade chocolate chip peanut butter cookies – they are so so good, and not too hard to make a little healthier! I love dessert, and…
Easy Health Benefits from Herbs | Herbal Infusions for Kids
I don’t like coffee.I think I just heard some gasps. It’s true. I just don’t like coffee (though some days I wish I did!). My…