Since starting this blog five years ago, I make a lot more food from scratch. Perhaps it's because my kids are older and less demanding and no longer ...
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Dinnertime Survival Trick: The Smartest Place To Buy Herbs & Spices
Throughout the pages of my new book Cooking Light Dinnertime Survival Guide are tricks that help me save time, money, and sanity. I call them "Crazy ...
My Favorite Packaged Foods
Thanks to Applegate for sponsoring this post! In the last few years, I’ve made a conscious decision to make more food from scratch. But I still buy ...
From-Scratch Cooking Confession: I Can’t Keep Up!
I believe that a diet based around whole foods is the way to go. I believe we should know what's in our food, that we should strive to eat food that ...
Do Food Labels Even Matter? Here’s Why I Say YES.
This week, the FDA proposed some big changes to food labels (aka the Nutrition Facts label). Some of the changes include: Requiring information ...
Pantry Challenge: Week #2 Meal Plan
The good news is that I stuck to my meal plan pretty closely last week (read: Pantry Challenge: Week #1 Shopping Trip & Meal Plan). The bad ...
Aldi Haul: My Best Finds This Week
I've already waxed poetic about Aldi (read: Ode to Aldi). So I won't go on and on about how much I love the discount grocery chain. But I couldn't ...
Ode to Aldi
I'm pretty frugal. I coupon. I've even been known to hoard groceries when I come across a really good deal. So naturally, I love Aldi. I love ...
Organic Mom
Organic Mom was in line behind me at the grocery store the other day. Full disclosure: I have this really bad habit of looking at the contents of ...
Pantry Challenge Update: Week One
Ten days into my Pantry Challenge, and my half-empty refrigerator is making me uneasy--especially because I know it's only going to get ...