I’ll begin by saying I never thought I would use the words “favorite” and “oatmeal” together in a sentence. For years I couldn’t stand the stuff. To me oatmeal was a bland, mooshy, gooshy mess that I could barely get down and so I avoided oatmeal for a long, long,Read More
One Skillet Mexican Quinoa Dinner
One thing I quickly realized when trying to add more vegetables and plants to our daily meals, was that this also meant more chopping, and slicing, and dicing when it was time to make dinner. And at the risk of sounding like a whiner, sometimes it just feels like tooRead More
Healthier Homemade Molasses Cookies
The inspiration for today’s recipe came after I watched a video on the NutritionFacts.org website titled “The Healthiest Sweetener“. The video uses a bar graph to compare 12 different sweeteners including things like white sugar, honey, turbinado sugar, agave nectar, etc. I found it very interesting! It was no surpriseRead More
Homemade Whole Grain Pancake Mix
Homemade pancakes are always a handy option when you need a simple, quick, and frugal meal. All you need are a few humble ingredients from the pantry and a bit of stirring and mixing. And although pancakes are traditionally a morning menu item, I think they can also be anRead More
Make Your Own Oat Flour
In my quest to eat more plant-based meals, I’ve also been trying to add more whole grains to our diet. This has meant making some switches like trying to use more brown rice instead of white rice, eating oatmeal in the mornings, and replacing regular white flour with white wholeRead More
Layered Jar Mix: Curried Rice
The holidays are certainly a time of the year filled with sweets and treats. But there are times when you need just a little break from all the sugar and goodies. That’s why I like to have a few recipes for jar mixes that can be used as quick giftsRead More
Homemde Larabar Bites
One of my recent snacking discoveries has been the Larabar, a healthier alternative to all those snack bars on the store shelves. The Larabar has the tagline of being “the original fruit and nut bar” and is made with minimal ingredients. If you read their ingredient labels you’ll find thatRead More
Using a Yonanas for Healthy DIY Ice Cream
Perhaps you’ve made your own ice cream in the past with a traditional ice cream maker. If you’ve done that, you know the ingredients are lots of milk or cream, and sugar. Unfortunately these are all ingredients we’re trying to have much less of at our house. But ice creamRead More
Healthier Homemade Coleslaw Dressing
Back in the early days of this blog I published a recipe for “Make Your Own KFC Coleslaw” that was an easy DIY copycat of that fast food favorite. We enjoyed that recipe at our house, and it was something I usually made every summer. But as the years haveRead More
Healthier Chocolate No Bake Cookie Recipe
A few years back I wrote about one of my favorite cookie recipes – the Chocolate No Bake Cookie – a tried and true favorite that lots of folks have in their recipe stash and have loved for a long time. It was one of those recipes where I almostRead More
Black Bean Burgers For Two
Looking for a quick and frugal meal? And one that’s heart healthy and plant-based too? Then check out this simple recipe for black bean burgers that goes together fast and is easy on the budget. I’d been looking for some type of plant-based substitute to make a burger because thoseRead More
How To Replace An Egg With Flax Seed
When I wrote about my Healthier Homemade Muffins a few weeks ago, I included in that recipe a strategy I’ve been using more and more to replace eggs in a recipe with flax seed. I’ve learned that it’s a very easy and healthy egg substitution in recipes that still turnsRead More
Healthier Homemade Muffins
Trying to eat more healthy in the new year is a common resolution. I’ve also added eating healthy as one of the things I’d like to keeping moving toward this year too. I’ve been on a slow journey for many months now, trying to incorporate more plant-based main dishes intoRead More