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We’re still keeping it real over here at the Simple Life Mom household. Part of that means creating healthy meals with real food ingredients that are quick and easy so that we don’t feel bogged down or overwhelmed and end up eating out. This easy, dairy free White Chicken Chili Recipe is great for a...
I was recently given a membership to the Herbal Academy of New England’s Herbarium in exchange for an honest, critical review of their resources. What is an Herbarium you ask? Well, an Herbarium is a collection of resources on….Herbs! Plants that you can eat, as well as use for medicinal and other purposes (like herbal...
This party mix is totally amazing! It is so delicious and can be made within minutes. Now, this is in NO way real food….not even close…not nourishing or anything of the like due to the amount of sugar.. BUT, you can make this organic/non GMO very easily!! I never claimed that we don’t eat...
We will often get Kettle Corn at fairs and parks in the Summer, or at get-togethers during the winter. There’s no way I would buy the microwavable bags of popcorn after it came out that not only were some of the ingredients bad, but that the actual lining of the bags were causing factory workers...
We love apple cider! My one son always asks for it once he starts seeing it in the store. I actually wanted to buy some the other day for a class I was teaching. We were having a “Redwall Feast” and needed some good apple cider (Redwall is a great book to read with your...
In the effort to try to live the “Natural Beauty and Homemade Everything” slogan, we’ve been trying to make most things ourselves. There are many many reasons, but the top three are 1) It’s healthier 2) It’s frugal 3) We learn more. Preserving food is a big step in this process. I grew up in...
These are seriously the Best Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars that I’ve ever tried. They are soft, buttery, and chocolaty all at the same time…seriously dangerous! I’ll admit it. I love a fresh chocolate chip cookie straight out of the oven. I would take that over pretty much any dessert you could name. So when I...
We really like bread, garlic bread, and yes, we really like cheese. So what better recipe than one that puts them all together and gives you a delicious treat to eat with any homemade pasta or pizza meal? This cheesy pull apart garlic bread is easy and quick, and a great snack or side. This...
The first time I made ricotta cheese it was by accident. About two years ago I was making homemade yogurt and the yogurt got too hot (yes, I turned on the oven and forgot it was on…twice). The curds separated from the whey making a wonderful Ricotta cheese! Yea, but I still didn’t know how...
This end of the garden vegetable beef soup recipe is a lot like what my mom used to call “Left-Over Soup”, because you basically take what you have in the refrigerator, add a few things from the cupboard, and there you go: an amazing, healthy, and delicious soup filled with delicious food that might have...
Homemade Mint Extract is an easy and fun gift to give to people around the holidays, birthdays, wedding gifts, and more. If you plant to make mint extract for a gift or event, then remember that it needs to be started ahead of time. But, where as vanilla extract needs to steep at least 4...
I think my kids could eat pizza every single day. They have all in one day eaten pizza for lunch at our home school co-op, had pizza for supper (because I didn’t eat any for much so I wanted to make some for dinner) and then had leftover pizza the next day. This one skillet...
I’ll be honest, in the past I’ve been more of a melted cheese, chocolate, and fresh bread kind of person…all the things my naturopathic doctor says for me to avoid. I mean, I’m a ketchup person – never mustard! So this dill pickles recipe, olives, and other sour or fermented foods have not been on...
The title gluten free zucchini pizza and More seemed fitting since most people who grow zucchini have zucchini and more! I love growing zucchini with small children. It’s a vegetable that the kids can pick from the garden every few days once it starts to get ready. To keep up with the bounty, you’ll need...
Our Catfish adventures and sweet cornbread didn’t start just yesterday. We have had an amazing past few weeks with family! First we were able to travel to visit grandparents, cousins, siblings, aunts and uncles in Kentucky on my husband’s and my side of the family. There we got to catch up a little with people...
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