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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5 Things to Do with Leftover Potatoes
Potatoes are such a versatile side dish. They go with all kinds of cuisines, and flavors, they’re budget-friendly and gluten-free. It’s no wonder we love…
Quick Pot Roast Recipe | Super Simple Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Dinner
There’s something for everyone in this pot roast recipe! Pick one of four flavor variations to try this week and then come back for another…
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,…
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…
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…
How to Keep Vegetables Fresh: Best Veggies for Long-Term Storage
I’ve already written on Healthy Food Stockpile Options -The Best Produce to Stockpile, but how do you keep vegetables fresh? What are the best veggies…
Real Food Spooky Halloween Shepherd’s Pie
I was the cool mom last year for Halloween. Not only did I let my kids have more than one piece of candy in a…
Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes – No Drain! Made by Kids {VIDEO}
Something amazing happened this week. Because I’m teaching my kids to cook, dinner got on the table on time when it never would have otherwise…
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…
Whole30 BBQ Boneless Pork Ribs in the Instant Pot
I’ve been trying so many new things with this Instant Pot challenge! I’ve purchased a few kinds of meat I never tried before, and these…
Spicy Buffalo Potato Wedges & Homemade “Frank’s” Hot Sauce
Spicy, crispy, and HOT, in all imaginable ways. I created these homemade buffalo potato wedges when my husband was on a restrictive diet – no…
Green Veggie Pancakes for St. Patrick’s Day (no food coloring allowed!)
Ten years ago, I told one of my third graders that she couldn’t possibly be allergic to food coloring. It was March 2nd, Dr. Seuss’s…
Creative Ways to Add Vegetables to Breakfast
Whenever you’re looking for healthy breakfast ideas for your meal planning, focus on vegetables – they’re the hardest to incorporate at the first meal of…
Turmeric Chicken Soup with Cabbage and Coconut Recipe
You know how some kids put ketchup on everything? In our house, it’s all about mustard. We go through mustard like nobody’s business, seriously. I…
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 –…
Easy Potato Vegetable Pancakes Recipe (Latkes)
This Latke recipe (also called potato pancakes) is written in my own hand from 1988, when I would have been in third grade. Food has…
Veggie-Laden Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
“Shepherd me, O Pie…” Sing it with me? I’m not much for corned beef and wilted cabbage in a heap on a plate, but bring…
Seeking the Perfect Homemade Whole Wheat: King Arthur Flour’s 100% Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread (no. 8)
In high school one of my favorite breakfasts was a leftover baked potato and a glass of orange juice, eaten standing up a the counter.…
Sausage, Kale and Bean Soup Recipe
I just can’t stop making soup, even when it’s ninety degrees outside. You may think of soup, broth, and hearty beans as purely a winter…