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For as long as I remember, Easter dinner always included ham, cheesy potatoes, and well, who cares about the rest because I was going for seconds on those cheesy potatoes 😉Please do you and your family a favor this holiday and skip the boxed scalloped or au gratin potatoes. Not only does from scratch taste…
One of the first things I tried working on fixing in my real food journey was salad dressings.It doesn’t matter what bottle you look at in the store – organic or not there was always *something* that shouldn’t be there. From soybean/vegetable oil and canola oil, to MSG and other additives, I just knew there…
Not gonna lie to you gang. This mama has had a rough time getting some of the more nourishing foods down her in the first part of this pregnancy! This is not uncommon – especially for the first trimester. And I have a solution! Do you know how many nourishing things you can get into…
Warm, rich, and delicious.This soup is both nourishing and comforting. You are going to love how simple this is to make to! Let me know how you like it! a simple real food recipe :: potato soup Author: Renee – www.theSIMPLEmoms.com Ingredients 4-6 strips pastured bacon (depending on how much you like – we love…
You all know from THIS biscuit recipe how much I love to dunk in my soup!I usually make up my herbed biscuits for most of my soups or stews, but last year I decided I needed to try my hand at the flavors of a traditional Irish bread to go with my Irish stew! I…
I have been perfecting this stew for the last few years.Every March I get excited about it – and I’m not even Irish! Well there might be a little mixed in there on my mom’s side…probably most noted in my inherent love for good beer 😉This is just my take on flavors we love –…
I haven’t been able to make this soup much this winter because broccoli prices have been so high for us! But last week the price was pretty good – and we had a neighbor that had some surgery and I wanted to bring her some soup! My girls completely devoured their bowls for lunch and…
This recipe came about a few years ago. I had seen various recipes for steak fajitas and really wanted to make them! My budget just didn’t allow for steak purchases though!Enter the round steak! At $5ish per pound it was similar in cost to buying ground beef. And once I figured out how to slow…
I started making our own crackers last year. I was sick of NOT buying the ones in the store for so long because the ingredients in them were so processed. I love having a few crackers with my soup. And although there were a very minimal few crackers in the health food store that I…
This is such a great time of year to get super great prices on seasonal winter cabbage. At $0.35 to $0.50 per pound it is a very cost effective and nourishing side dish for your dinner menu.And it really doesn’t get any quicker than this! It seems so simple, but I am being completely honest…
I totally grew up on Manwich – did you?! I just love sloppy joes, and I definitely wanted to have fun dinners like this a part of my girls’ dinner memories of growing up.But have you ever seen the label on that Manwich can? NOT good. As if the HFCS for the second ingredient and…
This is one crockpot soup dinner that the whole family is going to love.It freezes up fantastic, it is perfect to bring to a party since it can stay right in the crock, or it is a great meal to bring to a new mama 😉I will include a link to how to batch up…