Have you ever added beer into your chili or stew? If not, I highly recommend trying it! The added depth of richness and taste is remarkable. When I think about meals that I'll make over and over and over for my boys as they eat their way through the teenage years, these are the kinds of meals that I plan to serve them. Hearty. Filling. Delicious. And super easy to make … [Read more...]
Teriyaki Pork Tenderloin – A Freezer to Slow Cooker Meal!
This is such a flavorful dinner! Not only is it flavorful, it's so simple to prepare. The result...perfectly cooked onions that have soaked up all the yummy flavors from the teriyaki sauce, along with shredded pork that has done the same. Top with a few sesame seeds and/or sliced green onions and dinner is served! Melt in your mouth goodness, right here... So … [Read more...]
Quinoa & Berries Smoothie Bowl
Smoothie Bowls. These are my latest breakfast obsession. All the great ingredients of a smoothie, but in a bowl. You can mix and match your ingredients using a yogurt base, grain toppings, fruit toppings, protein toppings and a touch of sweet (in this recipe, it's honey). You will quickly see why I'm so obsessed! ;) Don't these look amazing... And … [Read more...]
12 Best Chili Recipes
There is nothing that celebrates the taste of fall more to me than a good bowl of chili. Even though we do eat chili year-round, there is something special about a steaming hot bowl of chili with brisk temperatures outside. In honor of nearing that lovely time of year, we've gathered up the 12 Best Chili Recipes on $5 Dinners (although you can actually find a dozen more if … [Read more...]
Lemon Blueberry Cobbler
This right here is a lick the pan kind of dessert! Yes, lick the PAN! I'm giving you permission right now to lick the pan and your plate CLEAN! I big puffy heart lurvvveeeee lemon and blueberry together and this cobbler makes me fall in love with it all over again. The tiny bit of tart from the lemon with the touch of sweet from the baked blueberries is simply … [Read more...]
Pesto Chicken Bake
Got herbs in your garden? Make some homemade pesto and get this amazing meal put together for dinner soon! Don't got herbs in your garden? Pick up some store bought pesto and get this amazing meal put together for dinner soon! This is one of our brand new MyFreezEasy dinners and it's already one of the top recipes added to our members meal plans! Watch and see … [Read more...]
Only Few HOURS Left to Register for Grocery Budget Makeover Fall Online Class!
Here's my last motice to you about the Grocery Budget Makeover Fall Grocery Savings Online Class! In a few short hours, registration for the fall course of the Grocery Budget Makeover will be closed (at midnight EST tonight, to be exact!) And it won't open again until January 2017...so get in now, if you don't want to wait that long. Here's what Veronica says about the … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
This is one of those snacks or lunches that I have to double up on if I want any to end up in the freezer. I do a.l.o.t. of baked breads and muffins like this for my boys' lunch boxes because they don't love sandwiches. So I often resort to these kinds of goodies. If I'm adding chocolate chips, then I bring the sugar down in the recipe so it's not too much. (Not any more … [Read more...]
Registration for my online class, The Grocery Budget Makeover, Closes TONIGHT!
Because I want to help you find $200 a month that you’re wasting at the grocery store each month!!!! I know the overspending on groceries feeling well. On a rare occasion, I’ll have an ‘off week’ where I only have half of my grocery plan in place and a chicken-scratched grocery list. (Just keeping it real, my friend!) It’s an awful feeling. Which is why I don’t have … [Read more...]
Strawberry Oatmeal Cookies
Our family is currently obsessing over these "oatmeal cookies." I love how easy they are to put together. And they turn out so perfectly. They kinda remind me of drop biscuits in the way that you drop the dough on and they stay nice and rounded and 'fluffy.' But they are sweet enough to be cookies. (And Strawberry Oatmeal Drop Biscuits doesn't quite convey the right amount of … [Read more...]