This month's Eat Well, Spend Less theme is summer menu planning at home and while traveling. While the other participating bloggers are talking about food for airplane travel, hot-weather mealtime solutions, and more, I'm going to talk specifically about preparing your kitchen and pantry for your time away and your return. I don't know about…
The following post is from Shaina of Food for My Family and Olmanson Photography: The ultimate easy snack and packable treat has become tubes of yogurt, stuck in the freezer until hard, and then eaten like a popsicle or packed to-go style and used as an extra edible ice pack. My kids love them, and…
This month's Eat Well, Spend Less theme is the embracing the transition from winter to spring in your kitchen! For better or worse, snacktime is a big deal in our house, and our girls look forward to their mid-morning and post-quiet time snack every. single. day. Since we're already preparing three meals a day, delicious…
This month's Eat Well, Spend Less theme is food for the holidays! While overnight dishes are my favorite ones to serve for Christmas breakfast because they allow me to focus on my family while still serving a delicious meal, they're not just for Christmas morning! Overnight breakfasts are perfect for the entire holiday season, with…
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…
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"…
For this month's Eat Well, Spend Less theme, we're talking about kids in the kitchen... Although I'm learning to enjoy my time in the kitchen, I still find it a bit stressful. I have to really focus and concentrate so that I don't make stupid mistakes, and things that might seem obvious to someone with…
To celebrate the births of not one, not two, but three baby girls among the Eat Well, Spend Less bloggers, this month we're talking about all things baby- and food-related. From meals to take new moms to easy postpartum snacks, you'll find tons of practical tips...and hopefully a few gratuitous baby pictures as well! As…
This month's Eat Well, Spend Less topic is summer entertaining! I shared my ideas for throwing a party on a budget earlier this week, and everybody in the group is also sharing their best entertaining tips. Hospitality is not necessarily one of my gifts, but I want to want to, and I love the ideas…
This month I’m participating in the Menu Plan Monday: Eat Well, Spend Less series with eight other bloggers. We’ll share tips from our experiences to help you eat well on a budget each week. This week, rather than sharing my actual meal plan for the week, I'm sharing my favorite "budget meals" for eating well…