Recipes

Easy Seasoning Salt with Essential Oils

This Easy Seasoning Salt with Essential Oils is fantastic on a slow-cooked roast and would work well for other meats too. 

Simple Slow Cooker Roast Beef

The method for this Slow Cooker Roast Beef is super simple, and yields tasty, tender meat.

Quick and Easy Tomato Basil Soup

I like to think of this Tomato Basil Soup as a healthy “fast food” option.  It comes together quickly without sacrificing any flavor, while nourishing my family with nutrient dense ingredients.

7 Ways to Use Dehydrated Tomatoes

Dehydrated tomatoes are a lifesaver for anyone with a serious tomato explosion.  Whether the tomatoes come from your own garden, the farmer’s market, or a gardening friend, dehydrated tomatoes can take you from overwhelmed to overjoyed.

How to Make & Use Tomato Powder

If you aren’t using tomato powder, are you even cooking? Just kidding, I myself only discovered tomato powder a few years ago.  It totally changed my game in the kitchen, which is why I’m excited to share how to make it, how to use it, and why it’s so awesome!

3 Easy Ways to Prepare Any Vegetable

Last week, we talked about 8 ways to help kids eat more veggies.  Today I want to focus in on #5 from last week’s list, which is all about a few easy ways to prepare any vegetable.

The Homegrown Tomato Trick that Saved My Sanity

I wish someone had told me this homegrown tomato trick long ago!  It’s currently saving my sanity as the tomatoes are rolling in from the garden.

8 Ways to Help Kids Eat More Veggies

A diet focused on real foods obviously includes plenty of vegetables. 

Canning Without Sugar {And a Giveaway!}

Canning is like exercising.  In the moment, it’s all sweaty and intense and even a bit stressful, but the results are soooo worth it.

Why I Stopped Eating Raw Kale

I recently stopped eating raw kale, but not because of its consistent place on EWG’s Dirty Dozen list.