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Instant Pot Creamy Veggie Pasta Recipe | Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free

The middle of summer – fresh veggies abound! But you also are either super busy preserving or just out enjoying the nice weather. It’s too hot to cook. You’re sick of salads. But you really want some simple nourishing food. That means one thing – time to bust out the Instant Pot and make this […]

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Instant Pot carnitas

Instant Pot Carnitas Recipe

Tacos are my family’s favorite dinner. After 15 years of living on a budget and eating real food, I learned that they are the perfect dinner solution for every season. These Instant Pot carnitas are just one of the endless possibilities, and they are one of my favorite Mexican-inspired dishes. Tacos are the perfect way

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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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Real food has never been so easy. 20 minutes of prep work gets you 3 crockpot freezer meals. Chicken Taco Soup, Chicken Curry and Chicken Fajitas - done!

Freezer Cooking is not my Thing – but Here’s my Best Shot Anyway {VIDEO + 3 Slow Cooker Recipes}

I’m not a bandwagon kind of girl. Just because everyone loves freezer cooking doesn’t mean it’s for me – the one time I did the “once a month cooking” thing with a friend, we spent about 3 days planning and shopping, 8+ hours cooking, and had 12 meals out of it. I remember being very,

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Chicken and Rice with White Sauce Recipe (Gluten-Free and High Protein! Check out the Secret Ingredient)

Gluten-Free, Protein-Packed White Sauce with Chicken and Rice Recipe

Your guests will never guess the secret ingredient on this one! I’m a big fan of beans for both frugality and nutrition, and in spite of some eating plans that eschew their phytates, lectins or starches, we still incorporate them into meals often. You can nail many of the anti-nutrients with a long, warm soak

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Cancer Fighting Vegetable Soup Recipe with an Asian Twist. Fight cancer naturally with these super foods. Simple, easy and filling, this vegetable soup is perfect during chemo treatment. My dad kicked chemo's butt and I swear it's partly because of this soup!

Cancer Fighting Vegetable Soup Recipe with an Asian Twist

My dad kicked chemo’s butt. There’s no denying it, the man weathered chemotherapy (for bladder cancer) with fewer side effects and more energy than anyone I’ve ever heard of. He had eight sessions of chemo, a six-hour infusion, then a two-hour infusion a week later, then a week off, repeating four times over twelve weeks.

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Friday FAST Food: Cooking Fish at Home (& a Recipe for Creamy Alaskan Halibut with Caramelized Onions)

Ever made rubber in the oven? Let’s just say my first experience cooking unprocessed fish at home didn’t go so well. I was in college and trying to eat healthy recipes – or maybe frozen cod filets were just on sale, I can’t exactly remember. Anyhow, I clearly didn’t know a whit about how to

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