Summer’s not over! Just because school is starting doesn’t mean we can’t still have picnics and sip sweat tea! Between getting ready to get back into our homeschooling routine and still wanting to hold on to some summer activities, my desire to be in the kitchen is running pretty thin. Who wants to be in…
Four Cheese Tortellini Salad
Summer is in full swing here, and we’re ready for some “cool” food! I did a lot of grilling last month for a photography job I was working on. It was fun, we ate very well, and I even found some great new recipes. Check out these delicious stuffed tomatoes! But, I’ve come to the…
How To Pack For Your Next Family Vacation
Don’t miss the freebie at the bottom of this post! Are you getting ready for some summertime travel? My family and I live very far from both my husband’s extended family and mine. We’ve taken lots of road trips and plane rides in the last twenty-four years! Along the way I’ve figured out a few…
Cilantro-Lime Chicken
Are there foods you loved as a kid and now your more-mature self knows better? (I’m looking’ at you Spaghetti Os.) Hopefully there are some foods that, although shunned by your childish taste buds, you now include on your weekly menu. (Can we say green smoothie?) Evan as an adult, my tastes are still evolving…
Spinach-Stuffed Grilled Tomatoes
Just when I thought I knew my own food likes and dislikes, along comes this recipe for spinach-stuffed grilled tomatoes. On a normal day, you would never catch me saying “Hmmmm, I’d really like to sink my teeth into a nice, juicy tomato, stuffed with fresh, green spinach. Ooh, a grilled tomato sounds good. If…
How Cindy’s Family Eats Clean And Gluten Free On A Limited Budget
This post is from my series “The Great Grocery Budget Battle: Choose Your Weapon”. Today I’m so pleased to be “chatting” with my friend Cindy, from My Life as a Rinnagade. I love that she not only sticks to a limited food budget, but she does it while feeding her family whole and gluten free foods. Here’s…
How I get My Meal Planning Done In Just 10 Minutes A Month
You know by now that meal planning is my number one way to save money on food. Sometimes I actually enjoy doing it! Other times … not so much. Either way, I don’t have a lot of time to devote to meal planning, and I’m sure you don’t either. That’s why I have developed a…
Another Free Resource to Help You Save Money!
**Editor’s note: If you saw a similar post on this site last week, I’ve changed the details. This book is now free for subscribers to this blog. Last week I had it free for subscribers to my other blog. ~~~~~~~ How many times have you gone to clean out your fridge to make room for…
Seasonal Meal Planning: Spring Menu
It’s so good to be back here with you again. Did you notice I’ve been rather scarce lately? I didn’t plan it that way, really. As you know, we’ve been packing and getting ready to move. I thought I had made it to a point of being able to leave the packing for a while…
15 Minute Super Nachos
If you’ve been following along with my 15 Minute Meals series, you are aware that I’m in a very busy season of life. We put our house on the market and got two offers on the first day! Woo hoo! Now we have to do all that paper work, get inspections and appraisals, and pack,…