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THM Friendly Peanut Butter Pie
Since starting the Trim Healthy Mama plan I’ve been craving something ooey, gooey and rich. But most of the recipes I come across are filled to the brim with on-plan chocolate. Which, I’m sure is delicious and good and rich. But, as I’ve told you before I’m allergic to chocolate. So caramel and peanut butter have been my go-to substitutes since my allergy discovery. So I have been craving something peanut buttery. This post contains affiliate 3rd party links where products may be purchased resulting in possible paid compensation for this blogger. Having lived in Ohio near to Amish country for so long, I’m no stranger to Goo-oood peanut butter pie.…
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Learning How to Eat My Way to Better Health
I’m not a person who obsesses over weight or even what I look like outwardly. For me, I strive to allow beauty to shine forth from the heart. That being said, after 23 years of marriage, several major surgeries I have begun to be aware that my weight had crept up beyond what felt comfortable to me, which I know means I’m not doing my health any favors. Please Note: This post contains affiliate ad links to productswhich you may purchase at external sites. I’ve always been a firm believer in eating foods naturally. I’ve always opted for butter over margarine, whole milk over low fat, red meats and on…
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40 + Easy Recipes for Crazy Busy Moms You’ll Want to Really Use
During the homeschool season family life is busy. I want to be prepared in as many areas as possible. One of those ways is to prep some meals for quick and easy recipes. One of the ways I’m going to be doing this is by using freezer dump recipes. This post contains affiliate advertisement links. Another way to be ready for meal time is to be prepared with ingredients for slow cooker recipes. There are so many recipes available these days on the web, weeding through them can be intimidating. I’ve been looking for a few weeks and as I’ve been shopping and pulling together freezer meal packs and easy recipes.…
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20 Meals for Family Dinner Ideas
Homemakers are most often the family meal maker as well. I’m no exception. I enjoy cooking for my family. But I don’t enjoy meal planning. Which is why I have a few meals that are my go to meals for each season. These are meals that I know how to make without having to pull out a recipe so meal planning is pretty easy as long as I keep my pantry well stocked. My 5 Favorite Winter Time Meals Cabbage Rolls Lasagna Vegetable Beef Soup Meatloaf Orecchiette with Ham & Asparagus But that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to try new things. In fact, I love trying new recipes to see if…
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Homemade Cinnamon Rolls for Breakfast
There is nothing quite as delicious as warm and gooey cinnamon rolls. If you’re like me add a cup of hot coffee on the side and you have the most delectable breakfast treat. Of course cinnamon rolls can be eaten any time of the day, but I think they are perfect for a breakfast meal. In the winter time, I love making cinnamon rolls for breakfast on a Sunday morning. I use my family bread dough recipe to make the dough. It’s a versatile sweet bread dough that has just the perfect rise for cinnamon rolls. For the cinnamon part of the roll I prefer using brown sugar with the…
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Not a Chocolate Cookie Recipe
What’s Cooking for an Afternoon Homeschool Snack After homeschool we get a bit tired. Don’t you? It’s the perfect time for a good snack? Milk & Cookies after school have long been a tradition. For most the favorite is chocolate chip cookies. But, what’s a girl to do when she can’t eat chocolate? I’m allergic. So I needed to create a cookie that was not a chocolate cookie recipe. A few years ago I started to realize that whenever I ate chocolate I would get sick. I thought it was an intestinal intolerance. Sometimes, I would just give in to the craving and eat some, whenever I wanted to feel better. You know…
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10 Days of Meal Planning Free eBook
Download your eBook free Today After participating in a 10 day hopscotch series where I shared Meal Planning When You Don’t Like to Plan. I’ve heard from several of you that you have been encouraged, inspired and even gotten some great tips. So I decided to turn the series into a downloadable e-book. Meal Planning Free eBook Download now for FREE. Happy Meal Planning without a plan. While your here visiting, why not become a regular subscriber Just enter your email here: You’ll get a regular update of all my blogs in your inbox, occasional newsletters and notes of…
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Repurpose Leftovers
Being Intentional with Extra Food Being Intentional to Repurpose Leftovers No matter how good a planner you are, or how precise your measurements may be, as a home-cook there will be days where you will have leftover foods. Perhaps this is one of the biggest areas of wasted food there is in this country. Most of us do not like eating for more than one day in a row. Often leftovers get re-purposed for lunch the next day. That is a great re-use of a dinner meal. But what do you do if you have more than that left over? Tips for Repurposing Leftovers Left over meats can be frozen and…
