How to Make Canned Green Beans Taste Better
There is a lot to love about canned green beans. While they may not have the most glamorous and nutritious reputation, they are an easy…
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Simple, Kid-Friendly Layered Salad Recipe
Whether you’re having a cookout or just want a quick dinner, this healthy layered salad recipe is an easy crowd favorite. Learn how to make a healthy layered salad to please the whole gang here.
Kid-Friendly Warm, Healthy Winter Salad Recipe
As I scrolled through social media in December, I noticed a common theme. I saw friend after friend posting that they were struggling to eat…
Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Bacon Recipe
When I think of stereotypical picky eaters, two foods come to mind: I’m not sure who came up with these. But the myth that kids don’t like green, cruciferous vegetables is just not true! I believe the real issue is how vegetables are both prepared and presented. Why Kids Hate Vegetables When I tell my
Healthy Broccoli Salad Recipe: Seasonal Winter Salad
Are you ready for a healthy, easy side dish that’s full of all those sweet and salty flavors we love? If you have never had broccoli salad, you are missing out on one of the best ways to eat your veggies. It’s like a chicken salad… but with broccoli. Mkay, maybe that won’t convince you
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How to Save Money on Grass-fed Meat Shipped to Your Door {ButcherBox REVIEW 2026 & More}
Remember back in March 2020 when you could find ZERO ground beef in any stores? It was pretty clear that people were stocking up for the taco/spaghetti diet! 🙂 And…I was uncharacteristically completely out of grass-fed ground beef! I had a touch of food insecurity. I felt so much more relieved (and taco-secure) once I
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How to Cook Side Pork So It Tastes Like Bacon
When you buy a half a pig, your dreams are filled with bacon. Lots and lots of bacon. My kids are head over heels in love with bacon and would eat two pounds a day if I’d let them. So buying half a pig seemed like a great way to have a family supply of
6 Ways to Encourage Your Child to Love Vegetables {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post from Taryn Nergaard—she’s a mother of three who clearly knows her stuff. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I have. (Katie) Screaming… yelling… threatening… crying… All things you may expect to hear outside a bar at 3am. Not exactly what you would expect your dinner table atmosphere
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A Valentine’s Day Heart-Shaped Breakfast {REAL FOOD}
Time to make a healthy, heart-shaped breakfast for your sweetheart for Valentine’s Day! For more V-day ideas for kids, check out our Valentine’s Day healthy party plan for the classroom. That’s right folks…Katie’s getting crafty. I don’t really do glue guns and glitter…definitely not fabric or felt…and isn’t decoupage a fancy French appetizer? I can
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Cheeseburger Soup (with bacon and pickles, oh yeah!)
One of our favorite sitcoms poked fun at old folks’ homes last season and showed a main character sipping “lasagna in a glass.” He was very impressed that it tasted “just like the real thing!” I can’t imagine whizzing lasagna into an Italian smoothie, pasta and all, and stuffing it in a glass, but last
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Gluten-Free Bacon and Green Onion Savory Muffins Recipe
All those myriad gluten-free flours freaked me out for about two years after our family went “low gluten.” Discovering a gluten sensitivity threw off all my baking routines. I had just figured out how to avoid commercially produced bread, tortillas, and crackers, all by making my own. With whole wheat flour, of course, soaked or
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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 – and muffins for dessert? I did. My family thinks I’m goofy, but that’s kind of the point. We’re having fun with food this week. If you enjoyed my silly pancake
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Monday Mission: You are What You Eat, Eats
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to make an upgrade in where you get your animal products: beef, pork, chicken, fish, cheese, milk, butter. Personally, I’ve purchased quality meat, milk and eggs for some time now, but cheese has been hit and miss and butter never ideal, often pitiable. Recently I’ve made some
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 on St. Patty’s Day so I have an excuse to make my Shepherd’s Pie recipe! I’d make this dish any time of year, to be honest, but when red potatoes
Recipe Connection: Puerto Rican Chicken
When you’re having company, what do you serve? Typically people fall into two camps: the make-it-easy-and-tasty-so-I-can-hang-out-with-my-guests style of meal, and the wow-factor-on-the-plate “this-is-a-company-meal” dish. This recipe is a little bit of both. There is some work involved, but it can be done blessedly well in advance of dinnertime if you wish. Both the elegant look