Healthy on a Budget

Spinach Artichoke Dip

Bubbly Spinach Artichoke Dip This super easy spinach artichoke dip is a perfectly warm, gooey appetizer busting with flavor. It pairs flawlessly with basically anything you can think of: crackers, chips, chicken (or turkey, obviously), carrot sticks, and celery. It takes almost no time at all and requires just a bit of mixing before throwing […]

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Restaurant Refried Beans and Math

Restaurant-Quality Beans & the Math Behind it I’m the type of girl who when you ask her to hang out, she’ll want to do something nerdy. Like organize a pantry. Or be in the kitchen with you. So, when my friend Laura and I made time for each other (eons ago it seems), I asked

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Portion Control is What you Make it

I completed an entire year of nutritionist school and not once did they encourage us to create meal plans for our clients or tell them exactly what to do. Never did they tell us how often to tell people to eat either. That’s the beauty of it – everyone’s nutrition is their own. They drilled

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I Almost Killed My Chickens

Survey says, you should turn off the heat lamp for your poor little chicks when it’s over 80 degrees BEFORE you leave for work…I had sent my oldest out to check on them before we took off for school and forgot to tell her to turn it off. It’s a good thing I’ve already had

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How we saved $$$ on vacation (& avoided sugar crashes & hangry children)

3 days after getting home from our incredible adventure at The Great Wolf Lodge, the girls are still begging me to just LOOK at the pictures, reminiscing and exclaiming “I wish we were back there! That was the best adventure of our lives!” -direct quote from our 7 yr old, Kendall. We have spent so

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Delicious Budget Pesto That’ll Make you Drool

Delicious Budget Pesto Have you ever found pine nuts at a price that doesn’t make your stomach lurch a bit? Me neither. Good news is you don’t have to omit homemade pesto if you don’t want to pay for it! This version includes wallet-friendly, toasted walnuts and a kick of nutritional yeast for added plant-based

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