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Oat and Blueberry Muffins
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Oat and Blueberry Muffins

This post may contain affiliate links, including Amazon.com. Click here to read my affiliate policy. You know how I like muffins, right? Today I’m happy to share a new recipe…

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Desserts | Recipes

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Warm chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. I can think of few snacks more delicious, and few with more childhood memories. I was so pleased with how this…

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My Best Tip for Spending Less TIME and MONEY in the Grocery Store
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning | Your Kitchen

My Best Tip for Spending Less TIME and MONEY in the Grocery Store

Remember how I said that I enjoy grocery shopping? That’s thanks, in part, to the handy shopping list I make which streamlines everything. But I have an even bigger secret that…

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Cozy Lentils
Main Dishes | Recipes

Cozy Lentils

This dish is hearty, warm and comforting. We needed that comfort last night, with a chilly Michigan rain pelting outside, watching that heart-wrenching episode of Downton Abbey. (Season 3, episode 4,…

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Farmhouse Muffins
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Farmhouse Muffins

If you grind your own grain, you know what a difference fresh flour makes to a recipe. You can taste the difference and smell the difference and even feel the difference…

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How I Organize My Grocery List
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning | Your Kitchen

How I Organize My Grocery List

I’m willing to accept the fact that I might be a total wierdo for actually enjoying grocery shopping. But I do enjoy it. I have a routine and I stick…

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6 Alternatives to the Grocery Store
Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning | Your Kitchen

6 Alternatives to the Grocery Store

Somehow, it’s just rather satisfying to bring food into your home that was not purchased at Wal-Mart (or even, dare I say it, Meijer). Because if you didn’t get that food from…

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Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Desserts | Recipes

Carrot Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting

This moist, naturally-sweetened carrot cake is laced with walnuts and topped with whipped cream cheese frosting sweetened with maple syrup. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to join…

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Raw Milk Rules: How To Drink Responsibly
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Raw Milk Rules: How To Drink Responsibly

Last week I shared why Eric and I choose raw milk over pasteurized. It’s a decision we were careful about making, but one that we’re incredibly blessed by. However, I…

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Why We Drink Raw Milk
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Why We Drink Raw Milk

I drank raw goat’s milk when I was little without even realizing it. Well, I knew it was goat’s milk, that’s for sure, I just didn’t know it was raw….

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Molasses Baked Beans
Recipes | Sides and Salads

Molasses Baked Beans

I suppose baked beans are stereotyped to pair with hotdogs and cookouts–the fare of summer–but their heartiness and smokiness really ought to give them autumn status. Molasses is a fall flavour,…

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"Molasses, that is, black gold…"
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

"Molasses, that is, black gold…"

Ever heard the story ’bout a man named Jed? I betcha his “black gold” was molasses long before he found oil. I’m talking about Jed Clampett of The Beverley Hillbillies….

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Got Kefir? (Why this Probiotic Beverage Is So Good for You!)
Drinks | Healthy Ingredients | Recipes | Your Kitchen

Got Kefir? (Why this Probiotic Beverage Is So Good for You!)

I’m pretty sure that drinking kefir is one of the easiest, most frugal, and most beneficial dietary changes you can make. Kefir (pronounced kuh-FEAR or KEY-fur) is a cultured milk…

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Creamy Chicken Alfredo
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Creamy Chicken Alfredo

I made my first Alfredo sauce many, many moons ago for one of my “cooking nights” for the family. I had requested to make supper one night per week, and…

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Real Food Substitutions: Part 2, the Fridge
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Real Food Substitutions: Part 2, the Fridge

Are you trying to eat better? Please don’t listen to my college P.E. teacher and drink low-fat chocolate milk! Knowledgeable in many other ways, my professor bought in to the “dairy…

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Real Food Substitutions: Part 1, The Pantry
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Real Food Substitutions: Part 1, The Pantry

I remember when my cousin first alerted me to high fructose corn syrup. She told me two important facts: it makes you fat, and it’s in everything. I starting checking…

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Crème Brûlée
Desserts | Recipes

Crème Brûlée

Custards are my favourite desserts of all time. They always have been and always will be. Why? They are rich, elegant, and deceptively simple. When I try to think of…

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Sauteed Summer Vegetables with Fish
Main Dishes | Recipes

Sauteed Summer Vegetables with Fish

Oh, our kitchen smelled so good last night! We had surplus vegetables to use up, so I baked chocolate zucchini bread while Eric rummaged around in the fridge for supper inspiration. Maybe…

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5 Essential Camp Cooking Tools
Kitchen Tools | Your Kitchen

5 Essential Camp Cooking Tools

Disclosure: I have included an affiliate link in this post. Just before the “back to school” merry-go-round began, Eric and I managed to steal a weekend and head north along…

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Watermelon Limeade
Drinks | Recipes

Watermelon Limeade

Here is a recipe for watermelon limeade, a refreshing summer beverage that you can make in the blender in just five minutes! Serve watermelon limeade at your Fourth of July…

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Eating for Pleasure: The Beauty of Balance in "French Women Don’t Get Fat"
Food Philosophy | Intentional Mindset | Your Kitchen | Your Self

Eating for Pleasure: The Beauty of Balance in "French Women Don’t Get Fat"

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Mireille Guiliano’s French Women Don’t Get Fat made quite a splash a few years ago. I remember hearing about it, but never pursued reading it….

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How to Make Quiche Without a Recipe
Main Dishes | Recipes

How to Make Quiche Without a Recipe

Here’s a simple formula for creating your own amazing quiches–no recipe required! Mix and match with these four basic components of a tasty quiche. Our 400-square foot apartment is getting…

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No Chemicals Under My Kitchen Sink
Housekeeping and Decorating | Your Home

No Chemicals Under My Kitchen Sink

Get rid of toxic chemicals in your home by greening your cleaning routine! Here’s how to assemble a natural, simpler cleaning caddy. You only need a few simple cleaning supplies…

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Tabouli: Summer on a Plate
Recipes | Sides and Salads

Tabouli: Summer on a Plate

Tabouli is a light summer dish made with fresh herbs, seasonal tomatoes, and cracked bulgar wheat. Learn how to make tabouli with this simple recipe. Simple supper: herbed cheese, tabouli,…

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Raw Honey: Liquid Gold
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Raw Honey: Liquid Gold

Pooh may be a bear of very little brain, but his instincts are golden when it comes to honey. Probably the oldest and most traditional of sweeteners, honey is worth a…

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Fresh No-Bake Blueberry Pie
Desserts | Recipes

Fresh No-Bake Blueberry Pie

This pie is summer. It requires fresh blueberries, so it can only be made at the height of the season soon after a day of picking in the fields. I…

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Summertime Lime Pie
Desserts | Recipes

Summertime Lime Pie

July is for pie, am I right? Much as I enjoy pumpkin and pecan pies, summer pies are so integral to the season that their lack would feel as incomplete…

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Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Foraging for Wild Black Raspberries

I looked down a little path the other day during my walk just in time to see a beaver scurrying into the lush undergrowth.  I followed him and discovered a…

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Sweet Kale Salad
Recipes | Sides and Salads

Sweet Kale Salad

Today I’m posting over at The Humbled Homemaker with a recipe for sweet kale salad.  Please visit!

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Pumpkin Black Raspberry Muffins
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Pumpkin Black Raspberry Muffins

Two seasons meet and mingle seamlessly in this moist muffin creation. Since you’ll likely be using frozen pumpkin now, freeze some black raspberries so you can make it again come…

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Rapadura: A Natural Sweetener
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Rapadura: A Natural Sweetener

Rapadura–or sucanat–is an unrefined and natural sweetener that makes a great addition to your pantry! Here’s how rapadura is processed, and what to use it for. Last week I explained…

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Food Philosophy | Your Kitchen

In Defense of Sugar

Why try not to eat much white sugar, but we do keep it in our pantry! Here’s why we’ve chosen to keep this ingredient, and our balanced approach to using…

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Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Salted Dark Caramel Sticky Buns

These salted caramel sticky buns are made with a yeast dough and baked in a salted dark caramel sauce. Sticky buns are easier to make than cinnamon rolls, and they’ll…

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Biscuits with Salmon Gravy
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Biscuits with Salmon Gravy

You’ve heard of biscuits and sausage gravy–but how about biscuits and salmon gravy? Hearty and filling, biscuits with salmon gravy is pure comfort food to enjoy for breakfast or supper!…

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Kitchen Tool Champions
Kitchen Tools | Your Kitchen

Kitchen Tool Champions

Here are my essential, multi-tasking kitchen tools and gadgets! I cook from scratch, and use these on a weekly or daily basis in my kitchen. Once upon a time I…

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Salsa and Spinach Pie with Wild Onions
Main Dishes | Recipes

Salsa and Spinach Pie with Wild Onions

This disarmingly good pie was inspired by a pleasant hour digging in the dirt. A few weeks ago I wrote about foraging for wild onions. I went back for more…

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Hamburger Helper Remake
Main Dishes | Recipes

Hamburger Helper Remake

Last week I posted over at The Humbled Homemaker with my recipe for Cheeseburger Tortilla Skillet. I know I’m a bit behind the game, but I still wanted to share…

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Best Buttermilk Pancakes
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Best Buttermilk Pancakes

These classic, homemade buttermilk pancakes are delicious and so simple to make from scratch. You won’t want to use boxed pancake mixes any more! Serve a stack of these pancakes for breakfast…

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Foraging for Spring Greens: Dandelions and Wild Green Onions
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Foraging for Spring Greens: Dandelions and Wild Green Onions

Spring is the season to head outdoors and harvest dandelions and wild green onions! Here’s how to go foraging for spring greens, plus what to do with the greens when…

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Naan: A Simple Indian Flatbread Recipe (Plus Our Weekly Menu)
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Naan: A Simple Indian Flatbread Recipe (Plus Our Weekly Menu)

Naan is a simple and delicious Indian flatbread. Serve it with savory lentils, soup, or alongside a salad. Here’s a recipe for naan, plus our weekly menu plan! Our menu…

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Food Philosophy | Your Kitchen

A Recipe for Real Food

Head over to The Humbled Homemaker for my thoughts on getting started with “real food!”

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Heavenly Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Heavenly Lemon Blueberry Buttermilk Muffins

These lemon blueberry buttermilk muffins are sweet and moist, with a tart lemon glaze. They’re the perfect muffins to serve with breakfast or tea! I do adore muffins. Bursting with…

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Easy Cheesy Garlic Grits
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Easy Cheesy Garlic Grits

Garlic cheese grits don’t take long to make when you cook everything on the stove top! Here’s a recipe for the easiest garlic cheese grits that you can serve for…

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A Year of Real Food: 6 Goals We Set to Eat Better
Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

A Year of Real Food: 6 Goals We Set to Eat Better

There are so many steps you can take when it comes to ditching the Standard American Diet and switching to healthy, real food eating. Here’s a look at what we…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

The Incredible Chicken: 10 Yummy Recipes to Make with Chicken!

Chickens don’t deserve to have silly, unanswerable jokes written about them; they deserve odes and sonnets! And this poetry should be composed by homemakers and chefs, for chickens are the cook’s friend….

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Fried Rice: Your New Comfort Food
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Fried Rice: Your New Comfort Food

Fried rice is a hearty and healthy comfort food. Plus, it’s frugal! Use this easy fried rice recipe to mix and match meat, seasonings, and vegetables to your taste. If…

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Turkey Pot Pie
Main Dishes | Recipes

Turkey Pot Pie

Make this Turkey Pot Pie after Thanksgiving, with the leftover turkey meat! If you don’t have any turkey on hand, sub it out for chicken for a classic pot pie….

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Recipes | Sides and Salads

Fresh Couscous Salad

I’m very excited to share this recipe today! It’s delicious, healthy, cheap, colorful, and incredibly easy to make. Considering the fact that many Americans struggle everyday to produce such a…

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Simple Cooked Eggnog
Drinks | Recipes

Simple Cooked Eggnog

If you want homemade eggnog but don’t like the thought of drinking raw eggs, try this simple cooked version! This stovetop eggnog has a custard base that makes the drink…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

Crockpot Beef Curry

Eric made this scrumptious crockpot beef curry a few weeks ago, and with the first bite we both knew that we just had to share it. Here it is: This…

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Thanksgiving Feast
Desserts | Main Dishes | Recipes

Thanksgiving Feast

We had an eventful time celebrating with our family clans on Friday and Saturday last. But Eric and my first Thanksgiving day as a couple was a simple affair at…

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Recipes | Soups

Artichoke Soup

This artichoke soup is indulgent! It’s deliciously rich and creamy; perfectly satisfying as the main part of a meal, or equally divine as a scrumptious first course in a fancy…

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Berries and Cream (A Dessert for Peter Rabbit)
Desserts | Recipes

Berries and Cream (A Dessert for Peter Rabbit)

We love having simple berries and cream for dessert. This little recipe was inspired by Peter Rabbit and our visit to Hilltop Farm, the home of Beatrix Potter. “I am…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

Fried Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce

Whenever we traveled down from Georgia through Florida, my family would visit a restaurant called Dixie Crossroads. I’m convinced that my love of fried shrimp was born there. I’m also convinced…

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Green Onion Soup
Recipes | Soups

Green Onion Soup

This Green Onion Soup is a twist on classic French Onion Soup–but it’s much quicker to make! Enjoy it for a light meal or a first course. It’s especially delicious…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

Autumn Casserole

This autumn casserole is a hearty, warming, deep-dish meal from a local chef (otherwise known as my husband). It’s brilliant for breakfast with fresh pressed coffee, or satisfying for supper…

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Healthy Ingredients | Your Kitchen

Foraging 101

Last week Eric and I went foraging for wild apples. I’d scoped out the tree previously, sampled its bounty, and couldn’t wait to return. A friend and I were walking…

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Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Blueberry Breakfast Pie

End of September approaching. Food supplies running low. Overspending food budget imminent, or….not? I made a list of meals we could make with food we still had. A bit of…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

Curried Salmon Pasta

Pink. The colour factor alone gives you strong reason to eat salmon. Plus, this fish seems to be swimming all over health media, with terms like “Omega 3,” and “heart-healthy”…

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Manifesto, or A Developing Approach to Healthy Eating
Food Philosophy | Your Kitchen

Manifesto, or A Developing Approach to Healthy Eating

It takes time to develop your personal approach to real food! Here’s my manifesto for healthy eating, plus how I’m progressing on my real food journey. When I was little…

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Main Dishes | Recipes | Sides and Salads

Vodka Pasta and Spinach with Goat Cheese

Here’s an easy meal to use for a weeknight…but it tastes gourmet enough for a special dinner, too! Get recipes for Vodka Pasta and for Spinach with Goat Cheese. According…

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Main Dishes | Recipes

Stuffed Yellow Squash

Is your garden overflowing with summer produce? This stuffed yellow squash makes a good summer side dish or frugal vegetarian meal! It’s super easy to make. Recently, we were given…

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Drinks | Recipes

Fruit Feature: Blueberries! (part 2)

Ready for more blueberry recipes? The following three blueberry recipes can be made with fresh or frozen blueberries, and involve simmering the berries into a hot concentrated form as a…

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Fruit Feature: Blueberries! (part 1)
Breads and Breakfast | Desserts | Recipes

Fruit Feature: Blueberries! (part 1)

Occasionally, I have been pleasantly plagued by the question of what my all-time favourite berry is. Anyone with me on that? Well, after dipping into a handful of freshly-picked blueberries…

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Fresh Homemade Chickpea Hummus
Recipes | Sides and Salads

Fresh Homemade Chickpea Hummus

The little store-bought tubs of hummus cost…way too much! Make your own frugal homemade blender hummus with this easy recipe! This easy homemade hummus uses chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice,…

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Drinks | Recipes

Gingerade: An Old-Fashioned Homemade Sports Drink

Conventional sports drinks contain ingredients that aren’t good for your body. Leave them on the shelf and try a homemade electrolyte sports drink instead–Gingerade! Water is awesome, but sometimes on…

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Easiest Homemade Yogurt (the Crock Pot Method)
Breads and Breakfast | Recipes

Easiest Homemade Yogurt (the Crock Pot Method)

Make your own homemade yogurt from scratch with the super-simple crock pot method! DIY yogurt is so easy and frugal, you’ll never want to go back to store bought! What’s…

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