Homemade snack recipes with better ingredients and real food options.
Tortillas from scratch are something that my family always has in the house. It’s just one of those things that make quick lunches and even dinners fast and easy. For example, my kids use tortillas to make cheese quesadillas for lunch with leftover chicken and pepper jack cheese or feta. We also make bean burritos, or beef...
Even though we work hard to choose better food for ourselves, a lot of the time we forget to look at ingredients when it comes to our pets. Did you know you can make dog treats? You’ve probably heard the argument that spending a little but of money now on your health (buying and growing...
My husband’s favorite time of year is Autumn. I think he loves the changing of the colors, the reds, oranges, and yellows, the crisp morning air, and even pulling out some long sleeve clothes to wear. I love those things and would adore Fall if I wasn’t so scared about winter coming on its heals....
My garden is thriving this year. We were gone for 3 weeks working and vacationing, and I was concerned that I’d come back and everything would be dead. Instead, I came home to a lushes green, overflowing garden. The girls staying at our house did an amazing job weeding, watering, and even harvesting while I...
If you grow pumpkins then you know that even one pumpkin can give you pounds of pureed pumpkin in the freezer. I wanted to have more ideas for fixing and eating pumpkins, so I decided to ask some friends how they eat pumpkins: Thus, 77 Pumpkin Recipes… and Counting! A lot of us have those...
Today, we have a wonderful guest from Little Family Adventures. Nicky always has great family activity ideas and amazing recipes to share, so make sure you give this Clean Eating Pumpkin Ice Cream recipe a try and then head over and check out her blog. Welcome Nicky! Hi There! Today I’m sharing with you a...
It’s a challenge sometimes to provide snacks for my kids that are healthier than the average, overly processed, dye filled snacks. A lot of healthier alternatives are very expensive, even if they are more accessible in stores these days. In an effort to keep it real, I make these No Bake Chocolate Chip Granola Bars....
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...
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...
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...
Kids go through spurts where you feel like you just can’t keep them fed. Well, here’s one recipe I will use occasionally just for a fun, healthy, and natural treat. My family absolutely loves these whole wheat pretzels. This recipe is simple, rises quickly, and can be made salty or sweet! Shaping Pretzels Shaping pretzels...
I sometimes mention things that I experienced growing up in Africa. This is one of those things. Hand Held Chicken Pies were a traveling food for us and bring back a lot of great memories. A lot of the time when we drove through Chinoi, Zimbabwe, we’d stop by a corner store and either buy...
What could be better than 5 Cinco de Mayo Recipes? My son actually said to me today, “You must really love Mexican food.” Well, that’s because I’ve been cooking it a lot lately. I do love it. My sister-in law taught me a lot in the short time that we lived in the same house. ...
This 4 cheese spinach dip recipe is a fun way to eat a healthier dip. At least, you will get some protein from the many cheeses and great iron from the spinach. It looks green, but my kids love it! It is a fast, frugal, filling, and healthy snack. It’s ultra cheesy and variations can...
Natural Flavoring is found in almost everything now, which is one reason why your finding this recipe for homemade ketchup and Parmesan fries. My question is, if it is just a natural flavoring, then why not state what it is? I used to think this was because it was the secret part of the special...
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