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 […]
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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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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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
You know how they say you’re not supposed to bank on the person you choose to marry actually changing at all to fit your liking better? That you should never expect to be able to mold or form that person to become the person you think they could be? We were talking about this over
I remember back when I cooked a decent amount from scratch but didn’t know “real food” from “boxed and canned food,” I used to think of stuffed pasta shells as a “fancy meal” because of all the steps – boiling the noodles, making the sauce, mixing up the filling and taking the time to fill
Use ANY meat with this easy DIY homemade sausage seasoning recipe. Avoid MSG, unhealthy white sugar, and chemical additives by making homemade Italian or spicy sausage seasoning with just a few simple ingredients to fit your grain-free, paleo, or keto diet. Seasoning in Sausages You’ve read the labels on sausage, right? Along with classic sausage
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
