Easy Recipes

Homemade spaghetti sauce. Simple and quick dinner recipe. Almost as easy as opening a jar! — Back when we first started eating clean, I thought it might be a good idea to try my hand at making homemade spaghetti sauce from scratch. You know, buy a ton of tomatoes, cook them, simmer everything on the stove for hours, and then use the batch for several rounds […]

Homemade Spaghetti Sauce

13 Oct, 2015 in Dinner Time / Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Food Muse / Organic Budget by Kate

What is better than pretzels dunked in chocolate??? When there is something yummy stuffed inside! You can whip up a batch of these stuffed chocolate covered pretzels in minutes and that’s about how long they will last in your house! One of my go-to lunchbox dishes for J are […]

Stuffed Chocolate Covered Pretzels

25 Aug, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Snacks tagged Dessert / Food Muse / Lunch Box by Susie

I Love chocolate!! If it’s around I eat it… If it’s not around, I crave it! So when Mama H emailed me a recipe handed down from her mother for Zucchini Brownies I had to try them. I mean they contain veggies, that makes them almost healthy brownies…right?!?! We all […]

Almost Healthy Zucchini Brownies

14 Jul, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Snacks tagged Food Muse / Organic Budget by Susie

We are well into spring and things are really starting to take off in our gardens. Some things we had started from seeds and others from small plants. All in the hope of Trimming Our Organic Budget by growing our own food. Susie: First are some Roma Tomatoes… Started from […]

A Garden Update

3 Jun, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Gardening by Susie

Clean Fingers Clean Tummies Mini Pancakes — All kiddos love pancakes… I have to admit, I love pancakes. Breakfast has always been my favorite meal of the day. We are known for Brunch and even Brinner often at my house. The one thing I don’t like is the sticky icky mess. Now don’t get me wrong I don’t mind too […]

Clean Fingers Clean Tummies ~ Mini Pancakes

2 Jun, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Snacks by Susie

Trimming Your Organic Budget. Transplanting Seedlings — When trying to live on organic produce the price tags can get extreme. This time of year you have a few choices to really get that cost down. Go, well prepared, to your farmers market {tips here} or Grow your own!! If you are just catching up we started from seed, […]

Trimming Your Organic Budget ~ Get Your Grow On

8 May, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Gardening / Organic Budget / Plants / Spring by Kate

Stoplight Salad — Sometimes you’re craving a simple, sweet, crisp side dish. Let me introduce you to a new little salad that Hubby created. When he first suggested this combo, I will admit…I was a bit skeptical. It was so refreshing and tasty, I knew I had to share it. The ingredient list […]

Stoplight Salad

4 May, 2015 in Dinner Time / Easy Recipes tagged Food Muse by Kate

BLT inspired Spinach — It’s just another week night dinner. You make the same old thing from your arsenal, at least that’s how it goes in our house!! Every once in awhile you bring in something new, but if it isn’t easy and quick it wont make it to the rotation. Boy do I […]

BLT inspired Spinach Side Dish

24 Apr, 2015 in Dinner Time / Easy Recipes tagged Food Muse by Kate

DIY Compost Bin — So have you been planting? How are your seedlings doing? Have you started a compost yet? Now I’m not going to pretend that I’m an expert on composting, but I have learned a few things over the past year. And the first thing you’re going to need is a place […]

Let the Compost Begin

17 Apr, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Gardening / Organic Budget / Plants / Spring by Kate

The Secret to No Flop Pizza Crust — Who doesn’t love Pizza!?!? …anyone… I didn’t think so! Pizza has always been a favorite in our home, but making it from scratch has not. I struggled with floppy, doughy crust or burnt edges. It wasn’t pretty. Through a Lot of trial and error I have found success. Not once or twice, but Every time! The […]

The Secret to -No Flop- HomeMade Pizza Crust

15 Apr, 2015 in Dinner Time / Easy Recipes tagged Food Muse by Kate

5 Questions to ask at the Farmers Market — They’re Baaack!! No…not creepy ghosts coming out of the TV…(although I heard a rumor that those are coming back too…). It’s Farmer’s Markets!!! I LOVE the farmer’s market. The sounds, the smells, the atmosphere. It used to be just a fun weekend activity. When I decided that I would […]

5 Questions to ask at the Farmer’s Market

13 Apr, 2015 in Tips and Tricks / Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Organic Budget / Spring by Kate

Keeping Seedlings Alive — Whether you have been following along or just getting started, we started some veggies from seed. Keeping seedlings alive has been a learning process. We are sharing all that we have learned! Like we said before we are learning as we go. Between Mama K’s tips and our own trial […]

Trimming Your Organic Budget ~ Keep Those Seedlings Alive!

10 Apr, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Gardening / Organic Budget / Plants / Spring by Kate

Healthy & Organic Toddler Snack Cookies — Finding healthy toddler snacks can be trying. You want to find snacks for toddlers that are easy, healthy and that they will eat. These oatmeal banana cookies are our go-to healthy cookies for kids. Finding the perfect toddler snacks We have switched full tilt into toddler mode and the taste buds […]

Healthy & Organic Toddler Snacks

8 Apr, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Snacks tagged Food Muse / Healthy Cookies for Kids / Kiddos / Oatmeal Banana Cookies by Kate

Gardening can be intimidating, but with all of the tips and tricks all over the internet even Rookies can come up with a harvest well worth the time. We are both first time gardeners and we are starting from seeds this year! We have the advantage of having a great […]

Trimming Your Organic Budget ~ Starting From Seeds!

30 Mar, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Gardening / Organic Budget / Plants / Spring by Kate

My tip today is simple…almost too simple. It’s Costco. Do it. The savings on frozen veggies alone will make it worth it. Buying the giant bags of frozen veggies at Costco is going to save you some serious cash. But it’s not that great of a deal, if you’re constantly […]

Trimming Your Organic Budget ~ Bulking up the Freezer

25 Mar, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Organic Budget by Kate

Nothing hurts a grocery budget more than tossing out food. Seriously, it pains me when I have to toss half an onion or a small bag of pulled chicken. It’s like crumpling up money and tossing it in the garbage. But, even with a good meal plan and going to […]

Trimming Your Organic Budget ~ Use it don’t lose it!!

13 Mar, 2015 in Trim Your Organic Budget tagged Organic Budget by Kate

MineCraft Party desserts — What’s a Minecraft party without Minecraft party food? And what’s a MINECRAFT party without blocks? Our party was in the late afternoon so I decided on munchies and dessert. I wanted everything to go along with the pixel/block theme. Everything that the kiddos ate was cut into cute little blocks. […]

MINECRAFT Munchies ~ Snacks, Desserts, a MINECRAFT Cake & More

11 Mar, 2015 in Easy Recipes / Party tagged Food Muse / Kiddos / Minecraft / Party by Kate

Oatmeal Meatballs — I have been making mini gluten free meatballs for quite some time now and they are always a hit! One of my favorite food compliments is when Hubby won’t stop eating what I make. I had to kick him out of the kitchen to keep him from eating all of […]

Gluten Free Meatballs ~ with Oatmeal!

20 Feb, 2015 in Dinner Time / Easy Recipes tagged Food Muse by Kate