Practical Graduation Gift Ideas (That Aren’t Just Money!)
I model an awful lot of habits for my kids, whether I like it or not. Some of them are good and some of them I’m…
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Save Time
Don’t waste a minute! If you’re going to cook real food, from scratch, you’re going to spend more time doing it. My efficiency tips and hacks to cut corners that don’t matter are invaluable to getting out of that kitchen alive and sane!
12 Liquid Smoke Substitutes: Delicious Alternatives for Every Kitchen
This post was written by Michelle Minnaar of Greedy Gourmet. Finding a liquid smoke substitute is easier than you think! Yes, this amazing ingredient has a seemingly unique ability to transform a dish, but trust me… other magical flavor enhancers can step in and do the job. Check out my list of the best liquid
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Macro Organizing: The Shortcut You Need
Could macro organizing help you get your house under control? I grew up with a stay at home mom who was a type A perfectionist. She had everything organized to a T. When I had my first place, I tried to be as organized as my mom was. Instead of the pristine organizing systems that
30+ Healthy 20-Minute Dinners for Families
We love real food, and we love feeding our families well. But sometimes our schedule makes eating healthy dinners around the dinner table almost impossible. Between school, work, carpooling kids around, after-school activities, and sports practices, from-scratch dinners feel more like a weekend affair than a daily practice. But we all know that real food
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…
Bone Broth Protein Powder: Superfood or Fad? {Paleovalley Bone Broth Review}
Bone broth is so fancy and trending these days, you’d think it was just created by food scientists this decade. I know better though because I still remember the exact spot in my college apartment kitchen where I was standing when I called my mother, slow cooker and whole chicken on the counter: “Mom? What
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Healthy Eating for Busy Families: 30 Minute Dinner Ideas
Making dinners during the week is a challenge – whether you’re juggling a full-time job, kids doing homework, or an attention-seeking toddler. (Or maybe all of those!!) It’s so tempting to eat fast food or buy prepackaged meals, but my budget and health preferences say no to those shortcuts. Here’s how I figured out how
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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, glass rectangular containers with snap-on lids and neat rows of fitness-friendly clean eating food, like rice, diced sweet potatoes, perfectly sliced chicken breast, and steamed vegetables. While this is a
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Organize Your Kitchen Efficiently: Kitchen Organization Hacks You’ll Want to Start Today!
These are the best organization tips for the kitchen I’ve collected over the years to reorganize a kitchen efficiently. Streamline it with kitchen zones, counter organization, and moving unneeded items out so you can have an efficient kitchen. Today we’re going to take a critical look at your kitchen and reorganize for efficiency. Trust me,
Easy Homeschool Lunch Ideas for Virtual School, Distance Learning or Homeschooling
Homeschooling. Virtual school. Online learning. Whatever you call the way your kids are learning this year, if they are home all day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you might be running into a problem, like many moms in our community. What do we feed our kids for lunches at home? When the whole family is
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3 Markers You Must Have in Your Fridge and Why They’ll Save Your Leftovers
Labeling food containers is such an important habit in keeping our kitchens organized and preventing food waste. Sometimes food storage labels work but I have an easier solution for kitchen labeling – for everything from labeling jars to plastics. Every single human wrestles with certain deep, existential questions in life. You know, the “who am
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10 Ways to Use Shoe Boxes to Organize Your Kitchen {Guest Post}
Katie’s Note: I’m so happy to have Lisa Woodruff from Organize 365 to help you organize with shoe boxes in your kitchen and the rest of your house! Her shoe box organization ideas were a game changer for me! There’s so many options when you organize with shoe boxes. Shoe Boxes for Organization: Quick and
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Use Your Leftovers: 30+ Dinner Recipes to Use for Easy School Lunches
When I think about easy school lunches to pack, I know the world would tell me to buy a Lunchable. Not my style. I’d rather go easy by using up leftovers, and I often wish I could just take someone’s dinner plate and serve it to them for lunch. That’s harder to do with packed
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Bone Broth in the Instant Pot – 2 Ways! {Chicken, Beef, & Pork}
Making bone broth in the Instant Pot is an excellent hack for saving time and money in a real food kitchen. There are two different Instant Pot methods that work with chicken, beef, or pork bones. The result is a healthy, nutrient-dense stock that you can drink on its own or add to recipes to
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Cooking Squash in the Instant Pot (Meal Prep Made Easy!)
Cooking squash in the Instant Pot saves time, keeps the kitchen cool during the hot summer months, and is a quick and easy way to meal prep! Plus, it’s one of the best ways to cook squash to prepare for freezing. It’s right about the beginning of summer, where I start to run out of
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The Instant Pot Accessories You Actually Need – And a Few You Don’t!
Everyone says the Instant Pot can save you time and money. Sometimes it seems like it might get you to the moon, it’s so amazing! One thing I know I love about it is that it’s not a one-hit-wonder. In other words, it’s not one of those items that take up a lot of space
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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 for long-term storage? We wake up in a whole new world every day lately, it seems. There’s always something changing, and that uncertainty is hard on the psyche. But I
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Lazy Gardening 101: 8 Tips to Grow Your Own Food with The Least Amount of Effort
Lazy gardening through permaculture is a way to grow your own fresh, organic food without spending so much time in the garden! Nicky Schauder shares 8 practical tips to grow your own food, even in an urban environment (read more on container gardening and really maximizing your space!). Let’s face it. You have hardly enough
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Elimination Diet Grain-Free Recipes & Resources (Keto/Paleo/GAPS/AIP friendly)
Look at most elimination diets and you’ll find many call for grain free recipes. From keto to Paleo to a Whole 30 meal plan, grains are on the no-no list. Thank goodness I’ve found out it’s not hard to come up with grain free elimination diet recipes! First off though, how in the world do
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How Doing Dishes Can Tone Your Tummy
I’ve always had good abs. This drives my husband crazy because he works out faithfully three times a week and drinks (natural) protein powder and I do…nothing. I just came across my first “pre-pregnancy” photo just after we found out we had conceived our first. It’s a very rare shot of my bare abdomen, taken