Pinto Beans Tostadas Recipe | Budget Friendly Dinner
I love an easy, fresh, fun, real food meal. Pinto bean tostadas are simple, delicious, comforting, and oh-so-very flexible, depending on what you have in…
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Instant Pot Vegetable Soup Recipe
One thing we’ve tried really hard to do as a family is making plant-based, plant-forward recipes that we all love. A recent discovery is this…
Easy Instant Pot Chicken Burrito Bowls Recipe
Let’s talk about the greatest dinner ever: Burrito bowls. Why are burrito bowls the best? For these reasons: Family-friendly (who doesn’t love tacos? Serial killers.…
Weekly Food Prep Tips: 5 Easy Healthy Meal Foods I Prep Every Week
Okay, let’s talk about food prep for healthy meals. When my fellow Pinterest junkies and I think of weekly meal prepping, we think of cute,…
Easy Instant Pot Bean Soup Recipe
Let’s make an easy, comforting, healthy dinner that is about as budget-friendly as you can get! In Fall and Winter, we crave soup. It’s one…
Storing Protein, Meats, Beans, Nuts & Oils Long Term
What is the best long term storage food? Storing protein in case of emergency is an important part of your preparedness plan. We’ll cover meat…
Smoky Lentil-Potato Bake and 30+ Frugal Meals to Feed Your Whole Family
We’re living through a unique time in history, when a virus spreading worldwide has us cooking at home more than many people have done in…
How to Stretch Your Meat and Keep That Protein Source Going
Back when my husband and I went from being “Double Income No Kids” DINKs to suddenly single income, one kid, practically in-the-red, desperate young people,…
Cardamom Cranberry Christmas Cake (Grain-free!)
Breakfast or dessert? That’s one of my favorite questions for baked goods, and one that isn’t asked nearly enough in the popular culture. Healthy Breakfast…
Family Favorite Grain-Free Avocado Taco Bowl Recipe
As a homeschool family learning is incorporated in all things. To help my four-year-old learn her letters we do one lunch a week that we…
Vegetarian Taco Quinoa Chili Recipe (for Instant Pot too!)
My husband will tell you he’s not a picky eater, but don’t believe a word of it. Even now that I’ve convinced him real food…
How to Pressure Cook Dry Beans/Legumes (with OR without soaking!)
On those days when I just didn’t plan…or I planned dinner but pulled a Mommy-brain moment or everything just went wrong and the meal was derailed…I…
Instant Pot Basics: How to Use Your Instant Pot + 10 Techniques
Wanna lean how to use an Instant Pot? Can you boil water in the Instant Pot? This Instant Pot basics will guide you through IP…
Kid-friendly, Freezer-friendly Three Bean Soup Recipe
It’s funny how tastes change. As a kid, I despised legumes of all kinds and never ate yogurt, ever. Now two of my top three…
Tex-Mex White Bean Dip Recipe {GAPS Legal}
Beans, beans, they’re good for your… Budget. Oh, I bet you thought I was going to say “heart” like in that infamous childhood song. Well,…
Freezer Cooking is not my Thing – but Here’s my Best Shot Anyway {VIDEO + 3 Slow Cooker Recipes}
I’m not a bandwagon kind of girl. Just because everyone loves freezer cooking doesn’t mean it’s for me – the one time I did the…
Black Bean and Avocado Starter Recipe
After a big meal, the last thing you want to do is prepare more food, right? It seems almost unfair that two huge “food” holidays…
Supercharge Your Smoothies
It is official, everyone in our household is a smoothie drinker. Our 14 month old just recently began drinking them (with minimal help). An important…
Gluten-Free, Protein-Packed White Sauce with Chicken and Rice Recipe
Your guests will never guess the secret ingredient on this one! I’m a big fan of beans for both frugality and nutrition, and in spite…
Make a Silly Muffin Meal {Recipe: Smashed Potato & Pea Muffins}
Would you serve a main dish of muffins with a side of muffins, followed by muffins and with muffins, of course, as the bread –…