Our eating habits have changed dramatically over the past few years, and these days we eat home-cooked meals more often than not. That said, there are still nights when I just don't feel like cooking and there's nothing to pull out of the freezer for an easy meal. {Anybody else have nights like that?} Carrabba's…
The following guest post is from Brooke of Slow Your Home: Meal planning. You understand the benefits. You know it's a good idea. You can see it helps save both money and energy. But, honestly... Thinking of endless new recipes? Keeping everyone's preferences in mind? Finding good, seasonal produce? Remembering what you have on hand…
This month’s Eat Well, Spend Less theme is all about back-to-school, with plenty of menu planning tips, meal ideas and more. As part of my commitment to simplifying for fall and putting some better routines and discipline in place for our family, I decided to go back to menu planning for a full month at…
The following post is from Kate of Modern Alternative Mama: In most areas, it's about time to go back to school. We're not exactly in "back to school" mode ourselves, because my oldest is only 4 1/2, and we're homeschooling. But we are planning to start kindergarten this year, I have a 3-year-old and a…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Just like that, we're back to school. This year, it's hot to brown bag your lunch again, packing up food from home and bypassing the preservative-laden pizza, translucent mashed potatoes and the steamed vegetable medley. But when you're competing with cheese…
The following post is from Jessica of GoodCheapEats and LifeasMOM: Food is my life. I think about it whenever I'm not eating it or preparing it. My kids do, too. Their parting words at night? What's for breakfast? Obviously, food is an integral part of our family's culture. Many of my early jobs, motherhood notwithstanding,…
The following post is from Jessica of GoodCheapEats and LifeasMOM: I'm not sure where I would be without my freezer. It's a kitchen tool that I regularly use to help me get a little ahead of the game. Not only do I use it to stash a surplus of sale meats and excess veggies from…
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 is a busy week for us! Sean is trying to finish up the last of our remaining house projects for a magazine photo shoot (!!), so the girls and I will be doing our best to stay out of his hair, including a fun trip to my mom's house for a couple days. But…