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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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…
Healthy Instant Pot Chili Recipe
Chili season is here! If you don’t have a favorite go-to chili recipe, let me fix for you that right now. There are all kinds…
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…
Quinoa Tabbouleh Recipe | Healthy Quinoa Salad
Quinoa is one of my favorite hearty cold salad ingredients, and using it in my Americanized version of tabbouleh makes an easy, healthy quinoa recipe.…
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.…
How to Can Tomatoes the Easy Way – Perfect for Beginners
Tomatoes are a wonderful long-term storage food. Learning how to can tomatoes is a great way to store the abundance you may be getting from…
How to Plant Tomatoes: 8 Things I Put in the Tomato Planting Hole
Gardening is a great way to have access to fresh food all summer long and I think tomatoes are essential in every garden! While they…
3 Easy Ways to Preserve Tomatoes (That Don’t Involve Canning!)
Have you ever found yourself surrounded by a sea of tomatoes on your counter and wondered “What in the WORLD will I do with all…
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…
Easy Homemade Fresh Salsa Recipe (with Secret Ingredients)
I’m posting this recipe for my son today. He’s going to try his hand at making fresh salsa tonight for dinner as all of my…
Tomatoes 101: Your Guide to Tomato Varieties and a Cherry Tomato and Fresh Herb Salad Recipe
Tomatoes are the perfect addition to any garden! Fairly simple to grow, you can plant specific types to eat fresh all summer long or plan…
Stuffed Cabbage “Un-Rolls” Recipe
I remember back when I cooked a decent amount from scratch but didn’t know “real food” from “boxed and canned food,” I used to think…
Nourishing Soups Series: Salsa Soup (a Starter Soup)
“That dip is good enough to eat with a SPOON!” Ever said that about something into which you’re only supposed to dip carrots or chips?…
Steak Fajita Soup Recipe and Health Benefits of Onions
Fall is the perfect time to take a normal meal and stir it up in a big pot of soup, capturing the familiar flavors in…
Grain-Free Greek Main Dish Muffins
If your stuff always falls out of your wraps or gyros, how about a main dish muffin for a semi-portable meal that’s also uber fun…
Spaghetti Squash Lasagna {Low-Carb, Gluten-free, Grain-free}
Our family discovered spaghetti squash, MUCH to my 7-year-old boy’s chagrin, when we first went grain-free two years ago. When cooked properly (i.e., not too…
Tomato Basil Einkorn Pasta with Greens Recipe
Inspired by the deep red of the jarred tomatoes from Jovial Foods and their boast on the label of the “perfect tomato,” I decided to…
Savory Greek Sausage Stuffed Autumn Squash
I was thinking about a sausage-stuffed squash recipe for a few weeks. Twitter wouldn’t cough one up for me, and I never got around to…
Tuscan Beef and Bean Stew Recipe {Crockpot, Main Course}
Like my bean soup for the Instant Pot, beef and bean stew is a favorite in our house, especially for large gatherings! This Tuscan stew…