No Bake Protein Bar Recipe
Finding snacks that are filling and substantial enough for my five growing boys can be challenging, so anything that is low prep is a win. These no bake protein bars fit the bill: you can make them in…
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Peanut Butter (and Jelly!) Granola Bars
If you’ve ever had a picky eater in your household, you know the angst of trying to get them to branch out. Our picky eater would eat the same meal for lunch and dinner every.single.day. if we…
Delicious and Easy Veggie-Packed Spaghetti Recipe
With baby on his way in the next few weeks, I’m all about keeping meals as easy as possible. But I don’t want to rely on chicken nuggets and tater tots, because eating real foods and lots of veggies…
20 Minute Creamy Garlic Spinach Pasta
Everything I do these days is done in short spurts of time. Sewing, cooking, cleaning… and if I have a longer stretch of time, obviously I’m going to spend it sewing. So I’m digging meals that are quick…
Curry Squash Apple Soup
Our family eats a lot of soup, especially as the weather turns colder. Lucky for us, Wisconsin weather gives us a really long soup season. ;) This soup is perfect for fall and winter, especially since squash is…
Real Food Meal Planning: a free printable!
Back at the beginning of 2012, I made some not-resolutions. I had a lot of goals for all areas of life. One of those was meal planning. I’ve never been very good at meal planning. I don’t enjoy…
It’s Not Health Food… It’s Just Food.
A couple weeks ago, I was waiting in line at the grocery store check out. It was a busy time of the day [please remind me never to go on a Saturday afternoon… yikes], and every lane was…