Healthy Lamb Meatball Recipe Kids Will Eat!
Every Friday my kids and I work together to plan our meals for the coming week (the meal they plan they also help cook since…
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Real Food Blueberry Spelt Muffin Recipe
I love a good blueberry muffin. Actually, what I really like are the blueberry muffin mixes that don’t even use actual blueberries – just those…
Naturally-Sweetened Sweet Potato Casserole With Maple Syrup
It’s the holiday baking season! Literally my favorite food of the year. I’ve been cooking real food holiday dishes for over a decade now, and…
Gluten-Free Oven Pancake Recipe that Kids Can Make!
Is it possible to be a morning person and at the same time hate making breakfast? The answer is YES! That sums up my mornings.…
Dilly Cream of Potato Vegetable Soup Recipe Framework
My kids are hit and miss on soup lately, much to my chagrin since I like to serve soup 3-4 times a week in the…
Easy, Creamy Eggnog Recipe
Growing up, eggnog was something we really didn’t have around the house. It was far too sweet, too expensive, and too full of ingredients that…
The Secret to the Most Amazing Dark Chocolate Ice Cream Ever
Sometimes I don’t even read the ingredients. That’s right, you heard me. I love ice cream soooo much, that it’s one of the few things…
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…
Two-Ingredient Berry Cheesecake Pops Recipe (+ Homemade Cream Cheese!)
If you’ve read my blog at all you’ll know my little family is obsessed with ice cream. Whether it’s the classic mint chocolate chip with…
Friday FAST Food: Cooking Fish at Home (& a Recipe for Creamy Alaskan Halibut with Caramelized Onions)
Ever made rubber in the oven? Let’s just say my first experience cooking unprocessed fish at home didn’t go so well. I was in college…
What’s the Easiest Fermented Food to Make?
Dairy kefir is definitely the easiest fermented food to make at home. Making homemade yogurt is an easy place to start fermenting, but today we’re going to…
Monday Mission: Know Your Food
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get to know your food a little more closely. My kids on a visit to a…
The Real Story of Homogenized Milk, Powdered Milk, Skim Milk and Oxidized Cholesterol
Milk has been through a lot in the past 100 years. First it was subjected to pasteurization, then homogenization, then oxidation. Will the -ations ever…
What Kind of Milk Should I Buy?
Even among the tangled webs of nutrition science and speculation (can you say “soaking grains”?), safe milk has got to be one of the most…
Monday Mission: Examine Your Milk Source
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to examine, and hopefully improve, the milk your family drinks. From store brand skim to fresh milk…
Cherry Almond Coconut Crepes Recipe
Get this recipe, updated and improved with tons of FAQs, in the eBook “Smart Sweets,” along with 29 other delicious desserts that won’t make you…
Once-a-Month Cooking Prep: “Cream of” Casseroles Recipe
Making simple homemade cream of chicken (or “whatever”) soup in bulk can make a week of super frugal, super nourishing meals, plus some for the…