If you’ve set a goal to eat healthier this year, you know how frustrating it can be. You look at your calendar and wonder where to fit in shopping for groceries, prepping fresh food, and cooking healthy meals. Sunday at midnight? Tuesday at 4 AM? Believe me, I know the feeling. [continue reading]
17 Ways to Prep Healthy Meals and Snacks in 15 Minutes or Less
Let’s talk about ways to prep healthy meals and snacks more quickly and easily. Because the reality is that prepping and cooking real food takes time – much more time than heating up processed food or picking up dinner at a drive-thru window. Which leaves us wondering, where in the [continue reading]
Easy Butternut Squash Soup
This delicious and easy butternut squash soup is so good, it’s earned the “family-friendly” stamp of approval at my house! I started making easy butternut squash soup when our picky eater was 13 or 14, right in the middle of his macaroni and cheese/pizza/hamburger phase. And he ate it happily. [continue reading]
Baked Applesauce – Easy, Delicious and Perfect for Fall
My family loves applesauce, and I make it often in the fall and winter. Homemade applesauce tastes wonderful – it’s much yummier than applesauce from a jar. And when you use a simple applesauce recipe and make your own, you control the ingredients, particularly the amount of sugar. Because I’m [continue reading]
Freezer Soup – Real Food That’s Easy, Cheap and Delicious!
Tonight we’re having “Freezer Soup” for dinner. But don’t tell anyone in my family – they think we’re having “Mom’s Homemade Vegetable Soup.” The two are similar except for one key difference – “Freezer Soup” allows me to grab real food ingredients I’ve been saving in my freezer for several [continue reading]
2 Quick and Healthy Summer Meals
2 Quick and Healthy Summer Meals – How to Save Time and Eat Well this Summer If you’re a busy wife and mom who’s trying to serve healthy meals to her family, you’ve undoubtedly run into this problem – eating well takes more time! Which means that on many evenings, [continue reading]