The following guest post is from Brooke of Slow Your Home: Four Fuss-Free Meal Planning Hacks You’ll Love 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…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: 3-Ingredient Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream My kids are headed back to school today. While part of me is tremendously excited at the thought of having quiet work time available, I'm sad that summer is coming to a close. I…
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 Jessica of Good Cheap Eats and Life as MOM: Add Seasonal Fruit to Your Salads During my childhood, the word salad conjured few images: either crisp, white iceberg drizzled with Ranch dressing and studded with some cherry tomatoes or the classic 1980s Caesar, heavy on the dressing, Parmesan cheese, and…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: Grilled Naan in 5 Minutes a Day I've mentioned before--or at least hinted at--the fact that my husband, Ole, spends a bit of time in the kitchen. The truth is that he is just as integral to dinner preparations as I…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: How to Pack a School Lunch Your Kids Will Eat 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…
Ten years ago, when Sean and I got married, my recipe repertoire consisted of maybe three recipes. I wanted so badly to be the perfect little wife, slaving away over home-cooked meals, but cooking has never come easily for me. I didn't even know how to do something simple like fry an egg (although I'm…
This month's Eat Well, Spend Less topic is summer produce! From making the most of a CSA share to preserving your zucchini harvest, we're covering a variety of topics. I thought about preparing my garden for most of the spring and early summer, but in the end, we decided it was just "one more thing"…
The following post is from Kate of Modern Alternative Mama: Real food is awesome. I know most of you around here are no stranger to real food. It’s just so satisfying to eat something that you’ve cooked at home…at least most of the time. (Or am I the only one that occasionally has a ‘kitchen…
I stumbled on this recipe by mistake, and it's become one of our family's favorites! Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole! I've been looking for a tasty enchilada recipe for ages, and when I came across this white chicken enchiladas recipe on Pinterest, I thought it might be perfect. Unfortunately -- being me -- I didn't pick…