I'm over at the Plan to Eat blog sharing some summertime snack ideas this week: I don’t know about you, but as summer wears on, I’m finding us stuck in a summertime snack rut. I’ll admit that I like easy snacks, but I’ve been looking for healthier alternatives, since most of what you’ll find on…
I've added two new printables to the collection, and I have to say that these may be my favorites yet! Food Passport I created the Food Passport to go along with a post I recently did over at Feels Like Home on empowering picky eaters. One of my goals this summer is to make trying…
This month I’m participating in the Eat Well, Spend Less series with eight other bloggers. Each week we’ll be sharing tips from our own experiences to help you eat well on a budget. This week, rather than sharing my actual meal plan for the week, I'm sharing my favorite "budget meals" for eating well on…
One of the first printables I ever made was a set of shopping lists that I shared with the Deal Seeking Mom readers. I always make my shopping list by aisle (and now Plan to Eat does this for me automatically – woohoo!), and this printable provides the perfect framework for doing that, plus I've…
The following post is from Jessica of GoodCheapEats and LifeasMOM: Dinnertime can be a crazy affair at our house. With six kids hungry and a husband, too, I can be pressed to get all the components on the table in short order. I want us to be able to savor mealtimes and not feel rushed.…
The following post is from Jessica of GoodCheapEats and LifeasMOM: Weeknight dinners can be harried. Homework, music lessons, club meetings, gym workouts -- these good things can keep you out and about during rush hour, and the siren song of the drive-thru can be tempting on those nights. You know that homecooked is better and…
Stocking your freezer is a great way to lower the amount you spend on convenience foods and eating out while still enjoying healthy, delicious meals, even when you don't feel like cooking. We've talked about freezer cooking quite a bit, but one thing we haven't spent a lot of time talking about is how to…
Do you have canisters and other containers in your pantry or do you keep food in it's original packaging, maybe with clips to hold the bags closed? I've been thinking about this a lot as I get ready to reorganize my pantry (again!). Right now, we keep everything in it's original packaging. I actually open…