When a family uses the WIC program, that can sometimes mean that money is a little bit tight. But whether you use this program or not, you'll find plenty of budget-friendly, real food ideas on this list! Breakfast Ideas Cereal with milk Eggs with extras: Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash, Orange Veggie Egg Muffins, omelets with your favorite chopped veggies, Breakfast Grilled Cheese, or scrambled eggs with peanut butter toast Oatmeal: in a bowl like Peanut Butter Chocolate Oatmeal, … [Read more...]
How To Menu Plan And Shop Less Than Once A Week
When we lived in Iowa, we had one tiny grocery store in our town. While this was fine for fill-in trips and occasional splurges, it wasn't ideal for regular grocery shopping to feed our family of six. So every 2-3 weeks, we made the 45-minutes-one-way drive to a larger town that had an Aldi and a Walmart. Whether you live in the middle of nowhere like we did, or you find yourself making constant trips to the store with your grocery budget running out of control, you may be looking for a way … [Read more...]
My Favorite Summer Meal Ideas
Like pumpkin pie goes with Thanksgiving or peanut butter balls go with Christmas (at least in my family), there are certain foods we associate with certain seasons. And summer has its own meals that pop up again and again. These are some of my favorite summer meal ideas. BLTs with chips and veggies. BLTs will always make me think of my Grandpa Welke and the tomatoes he would grow in his backyard garden. And whether you have freshly picked or store-bought tomatoes, BLTs are really easy to … [Read more...]
5 Real Food Tips For Summer
I don't know about where you live, but summer is here in full force at my house. We've finished our structured schoolwork for the year. We've switched from soups to salads and sandwiches. And it is sunny and hot out! But just because it's summer, it doesn't mean we're taking a break from eating nourishing, real food. Here are some of my best real food tips for summer. photo credit Start with a filling breakfast. Breakfast is an important start to your day year round, but especially … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Use Pinterest To Get Out Of A Cooking Rut
It happens every so often: I get into a cooking rut. We have our favorite recipes that we've been repeating over and over, but I don't feel like trying anything new. I don't feel like making anything complicated, but I'm getting sick of eating the same thing over and over again. When that happens, I use Pinterest to get out of a cooking rut. 1. Search by diet type. Maybe you already eat a certain type of food, like us. Search for some new recipes of that diet type. I add paleo recipes … [Read more...]