If I could have a separate garden devoted just to beets I think I would. Yes, I truly think beets are that amazing. Both for their nutritional profile and taste! Not to mention how much bang you get for your buck! Cheap nutrition is always a bonus and always a goal here at Kitchen Stewardship®! […]
Looking for meal plan basics? You’re in the right place. Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to be the boss of your meal planning like you’re the boss of the house! (a little throwback to my old Monday Missions!) It turns out that planning a menu for the week is a massive help in being
Looking for a natural wasp killer that won’t hurt you in the process? I’ve got your solution for how to get rid of wasps! Long pants and a hoodie sweatshirt on a 95-degree day? You bet, if you’re trying to get rid of wasps (just remember not to nab the bees!). I hope you didn’t
Natural Wasp Spray: We Got Rid of our Wasps, No Raid Required! Read More »
Planning a menu for camping can be tricky – especially if you want healthy camping food. Have no fear! I’m here for you with healthy, easy foods for camping. Now that we’ve gone camping every summer since our second child was 2 months old, we feel like we’re old pros. We have the same whole
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With a name like “fruit pizza,” you’d think you were making a healthy dessert that might actually have some nourishment for your kids. But…Every recipe I’ve ever seen for fruit pizza uses sugar cookie dough as the base. Usually they call for pre-packaged, trans-fat and white-sugar laden monstrosities, and super sugary frosting too. That bums me
If you’re gluten free and love mac n cheese, this Instant Pot recipe is for you! Sometimes I wish there was an easy button for dinner. Don’t get me wrong, I love to cook! But with three little kids, home schooling, activities and work it’s hard to squeeze it in some days. Sound familiar? But
Does sunscreen cause cancer? Like almost any topic in the field of health and wellness, it seems there is a tangled web of research and opinions when it comes to cancer, sun exposure and sunscreen ingredients. Should we wear SPF 50 sunscreen for our walk from the house to the mailbox, or should we shun
Sun, Sunscreen, Skin Cancer, and Safety: How Much Do You Need? Read More »
This is good advice about husbands and real food, I promise. And no, I’m not upset with my husband and taking it out on men everywhere. It was my husband’s idea, in fact. Ever since I pulled things like serving beef tongue and not telling him (and then successfully doing the same with beef heart),
It’s no secret how much I love my Instant Pot. I mean, I even made it all 5 of my New Year’s Resolutions, for goodness sake. But if you asked me to name my favorite thing to make in the Instant Pot, I think I would have a hard time narrowing that down. I love making
I just got an Instant Pot. Yes, I’m kind of late to the game here. It seems everyone has had one for a while now. (Still unsure if you should get one? Check out Katie’s reasons why you should and 1 reason why you shouldn’t) But I’ve held out. And didn’t even get one until
Instant Pot Sweet and Sour Meatballs Recipe {AIP & GAPS Friendly} Read More »
On those days when I just didn’t plan…or I planned dinner but pulled a Mommy-brain moment or everything just went wrong and the meal was derailed…I might not have properly soaked dry beans around. What’s better in that moment – compromise and spend more money on canned beans, give up and get fast food, or pressure
How to Pressure Cook Dry Beans/Legumes (with OR without soaking!) Read More »
I can’t imagine you haven’t heard of the Instant Pot – it does a lot of cool things and we even have packed it up to cook in a hotel room – but if you don’t already have this electric pressure cooker, I’m guessing you’re looking in from the outside wondering why all the hype. Should
Ever just need an easy meal and wish you could run to fast food? Chipotle, anyone? But we’re a make-from-scratch kind of site and want to be good stewards of our budget…so I present to you this Instant Pot barbacoa beef recipe! This recipe has all the great flavors of Chipotle barbacoa meat, and is
Instant Pot Barbacoa Beef (Slow Cooker, Freezer, & Allergy Friendly!) Read More »
There’s a funny thing about Dinner Time – it happens every. single. day. And despite this known fact, even the best of us can have complete-panic moments. If you’ve been around KS for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the phrase “meal plan” more than once. For some, making a meal plan is really just combining two four-letter
What to Eat When You’re Too Busy to Think! (aka Meal Planning for Busy People) Read More »
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by natural green cleaners. You see a tip about using vinegar to clean – where do I use it? you wonder. Your grandma emails you 50 ways to use baking soda in the home – how do I remember these when I need them? And Pinterest serves up “50 green cleaners” or
Traveling with kids and a real food goal isn’t easy, especially if you have any who get carsick (we have two!). Throw in trying to be on a budget, and everyone who does it deserves a blue ribbon “Super Parent” award! Not long ago I discovered a magical way to bring real food to a
That moment when you realize it’s too late and dinner is torpedoed? Been there. You may know this story: You were going to start the slow cooker with chuck roast beef barbecue after breakfast and it just didn’t happen…and you knew it would be no problem to start it after lunch for 4 hours on high
You’ve got a million things to do this week! How can you find time to cook? Without easy real food shortcuts it’s tempting to just fix some nachos, order pizza, or grab take-out as you race from one errand to the next. But it’s when you’re at your most busy and stressed that you most need
This recipe for healthy granola bars was one of the first favorites here at KS wayyyyyy back in 2009, and I’ve since improved it quite a bit since then as I republished Healthy Snacks to Go – no coincidence that it’s one of the most popular eBooks here! Scroll to the end of the post for
I watch it happen every spring. Everywhere I go, I see families out in their gardens, filled with optimism and enthusiasm! I watch them labor and toil, rototilling the soil, raking, hoeing, digging, turning over earth until they have a nice, beautiful patch of bare soil. I watch them lovingly and tenderly place their garden
