Let’s face it. Our society idolizes health. Who doesn’t want to be healthy?!? It feels good. It looks good. We may pursue it in a myriad ways. Whether we count calories or chemicals, believe in pharmaceuticals or essential oils, vegan or paleo, yoga or crossfit. Yada yada. Blah de blah. Even if you’re the opposite of […]
Aluminum Free Baking Powder
If you’re like me, the quest to eat more naturally can be overwhelming. It seems like every new article you read has some new ingredient to avoid at all costs. I hate to add to your worries, but at least for our family, aluminum is a no-no. And it’s in all sorts of foods. Wah. Wah. One […]
Easy Peesy French Bread Recipe – Four Ingredients, ONE Hour, Fool Proof
Today, I wanted to share with you my go-to side dish that only takes four ingredients. Do you ever have a night where you’re making something for dinner that you’re not too thrilled about? Or maybe you don’t think there’ll be enough to go around (gosh kids eat a lot!)? Well, when this happens to me, I […]
Cream of “Anything” Dry Soup Mix
This post may contain affiliate links that help support my family. Read more here. When we started our “real food” journey a couple years ago, I knew one of the biggest challenges would be giving up on a lot of convenience food. To me, a quick meal takes less than five minutes start to finish. One […]
Cooking Kids: White Chocolate Fruity Crunch Bars
This recipe started off as an attempt at making this lovely recipe by Cookie Rookie. Her’s is beautiful and patriotic. Seriously, check it out. It looks way different than mine. Ours is well…well it’s yummy. And easy. Pretty much the story around here. Here’s what we used: White chocolate Dried fruit (Cranberries, Strawberries, Blueberries) Marshmallows […]
Dinosaur Cake
Lumpy had a great dinosaur themed first birthday party. I wanted the cake to fall in line with the theme, but I also wanted to be realistic. Most cakes that I make, don’t even have frosting on them. Every time I try and frost a cake, disaster strikes. So much cake gets swept up into […]
Cooking Kids: The Simplest Cookies On The Planet
We spent the month of March studying cooking and baking. This cookie recipe is another pinterest find. It’s perfect for getting young ones involved in the whole process. It’s insanely simple, cheap and rather yummy. All you need are TWO INGREDIENTS! (Though you can add yummy mix-ins) All you need are two bananas (the more […]
How I Won My Life-Long Battle Against Migraines
This post may contain affiliate links that help support my family. Read more about that here. I’ve been blessed with some great health. Whenever I have to fill out my medical history, the only little box I ever have to check is MIGRAINES. Never had one? Count your blessings. But if you are a […]
NEW SERIES: How to “Green Up” Your Life Without Getting Overwhelmed
I used to roll my eyes at people that wanted to live “green”. First off, why not blue? It’s not like only green things are earthy. I love the blue sky and the ocean. Second, aren’t these crunchy people just afraid of science and advancements. They seem to believe in old wives tales and […]