Want to eat healthy food, but life gets busy? Here are my best tips and hacks for quick healthy meals that'll save the day. This ultimate guide covers my best strategies (and easy recipe ideas) that I've perfected over nearly two decades. Bonus: download the Quick Healthy Meals … [Read more...] about Quick Healthy Meals Ultimate Guide (101 Tips, Recipes, and Strategies)
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Tuna Salad with Apples & Pecans (Waldorf Tuna)
Tuna. It’s one of those things most people either love or hate. For most of my life, I landed solidly in the “meh” camp. It was smelly, bland, and uninteresting, but edible. All I knew to do with it was mix it with Miracle Whip and put it between slices of bread for a really cheap … [Read more...] about Tuna Salad with Apples & Pecans (Waldorf Tuna)
Cheesy Chili Lentils (30 Minute Meal)
Meals that are delicious PLUS frugal and easy to prepare are always a win in my book. When your family gives it their stamp of approval, you know it's a keeper! I started out with making up a lentil recipe inspired by my taco soup recipe, and it ended up tasting like an awesome … [Read more...] about Cheesy Chili Lentils (30 Minute Meal)
Healthy Granola Bars Recipe (With Oats & Honey)
There are many phrases that get parents twitching, and the 47th time in a day you've heard the words "mommmmmm, can I have a snack?" are right up there for most of us, amiright?! What's that saying again? Fast metabolism is wasted on the young? Err, something along those lines. … [Read more...] about Healthy Granola Bars Recipe (With Oats & Honey)
Ten-Minute Homemade Strawberry Jam (Honey-Sweetened) in the Instant Pot
There's just something so grown-up about making homemade strawberry jam, don't you think? Especially instant pot homemade strawberry jam with chia seeds and honey. Now we're feeling fancy, too, thank-you-very-much. It may be silly but I feel like making jam automatically entitles … [Read more...] about Ten-Minute Homemade Strawberry Jam (Honey-Sweetened) in the Instant Pot
Natural DIY Body Wash
This natural DIY body wash takes just minutes to mix together, works like a charm, and smells amazing! (Plus, you know exactly what's in it... and it's all natural!) We use soap to keep us clean and healthy, however, mainstream soaps themselves can be what make us … [Read more...] about Natural DIY Body Wash
Vegetable Broth Dry Mix Recipe (Why It’s Totally Worth Having On Hand)
I have been tweaking this vegetable broth dry mix and playing around with the ratios and ingredients for a few months, and this is the final recipe I settled on! It’s wonderfully flavourful and there are so many benefits to homemade vegetable broth dry mix (which we'll discuss … [Read more...] about Vegetable Broth Dry Mix Recipe (Why It’s Totally Worth Having On Hand)
Instant Peppermint Hot Chocolate Mix
Don't you just love winter? Regardless if there is snow or not, I like to curl up by a warm fire, wrap my hands around a mug of something hot (like peppermint hot chocolate - mmm), and read a good book. My beverage of choice is often creamy hot cocoa. Tea and coffee are staples in my … [Read more...] about Instant Peppermint Hot Chocolate Mix
Meal Planning for the Spontaneous-at-Heart Types (Plan It Like You Mean It, Week 3)
Since spontaneity is my middle name (not really, but it would be so apropos), I've long struggled with planning a whole week's worth of meals, and then actually *sticking to the plan*. (Where's the fun in that?) But I've since happily realized that planning and spontaneity can … [Read more...] about Meal Planning for the Spontaneous-at-Heart Types (Plan It Like You Mean It, Week 3)