Recipe right at the top! Scroll down for tips. Creamy Mac & Cheese Recipe FINAL: My family's favorite version of creamy stovetop mac & cheese Note to readers: I don’t use pop-up ads or video ads, I don’t do sponsored posts, and I don’t want your email! I do use affiliate links to run All […]
Frugal birthday party: check out this $5 store-bought cake makeover!
My in-laws invited us to a last-minute birthday dinner, and I offered to bring the cake. On short notice, some people would drop $60 on a pretty cake at the nearest bakery. Now, birthday cakes are very important in my family, but I’ve never set foot in a bakery because paying for baked goods I […]
Homemade Chili Powder Recipe: Clean Eating on a Budget
Homemade chili powder is easy to toss together. Cheap chili powders often include modified food starch, sugars, and MSG, and non-organic chili powder is usually irradiated. That’s bad. Make chili powder with no fillers or scary stuff with this simple recipe. You probably already have everything you need to make homemade chili powder in your […]
Better Than Guacamole Recipe: The Amazing Avocado Sauce Recipe
[Skip the obligatory personal story and scroll down to get the printable recipe for Amazing Avocado Sauce right now!] With five kids in the family, we basically lived at the Little League ballpark every spring once my brothers hit t-ball age. My brain has repressed the one gawky year I played baseball, but I do […]
12 Gluten Free Meals to Take To a Mom with a New Baby: Take Them a [Gluten Free] Meal!
One of the last remaining signs of civilized society in our increasingly screen-focused world is the practice of taking real people real food when they have a real baby. It doesn’t matter how many Facebook likes those pink cheeks and long eyelashes get…Mama needs to eat! But what if Mom or someone in the family eats a […]
Grandma’s Barbecue Chicken Recipe: Budget Party Recipe with 3 Ingredients!
Recipe right at the top! Grandma’s Barbecue Chicken Recipe with 3 Ingredients—Scroll down for recipe notes and tips. 3 Ingredient Recipe for fall-off-the-bone barbecue chicken Note to readers: I don’t use pop-up ads or video ads, I don’t do sponsored posts, and I don’t want your email! I do use affiliate links to run All […]
Sweet Tart Strawberry Sauce Recipe – Paleo, Whole30, Sugar Free!
This Sweet Tart Strawberry Sauce recipe fits the Paleo and Whole30 diets. [Affiliate links in this post are for your convenience and offer free 2-day shipping with Amazon Prime. Get a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime!] Sweet Tart Strawberry Sauce Recipe It’s naturally sweet and tart—I hate that terms like “sugar free” and “no […]
Paleo Chicken Nuggets Recipe: Upgrade to Organic and Save Money on Your Grocery Bill!
This Paleo Chicken Nuggets recipe is a great make-ahead freezer meal! You can upgrade to organic ingredients without adding a dime to your grocery budget, and have healthy(ish) fast food in your freezer ready to heat and eat on busy nights! Think ahead and be prepared so you can skip the drive thru and save […]
Vitamin C Popsicles Recipe: Kiwi-Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles to Heal a Summer Cold!
This Vitamin C popsicle recipe is fast and easy! Summer colds are no fun — I don’t know if it’s the school’s-out letdown, or all of the new germs (public pools and beach toilets!) but right after the last day of school one of my kids is sure to wake up congested and complaining of […]
Organic Fruit Punch Popsicle Recipe — Make Cheap & Easy Treats ALL SUMMER LONG!
Popsicles scream SUMMER! But when I look down the long, bright freezer aisle hoping to find a fun treat for my kids, I can’t get past the dyes, chemicals, and the crappy choice between high fructose corn syrup and “sugar free” with fake sweeteners. You just can’t be an American kid without a sticky popsicle dripping […]
