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50+ Tempting Cold Drink Recipes to Help You Kick The Soda Habit!

June 3, 2014 By Emily McClements
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This is great! 50+ Tempting Cold Drink Recipes to Help You Kick the Soda Habit! from LiveRenewed.com

Summer  is here! And one of the things that I really missed when our family first made the switch to real food was soda (or pop, Coke, soda pop, fizzy drink, or whatever else you might call it!) I knew that soda was really bad for me, but there's just something about that ice cold carbonated drink that I especially crave when it's super hot outside!  What I don't like though, is the effects that soda has on my body! I get headaches and really bad back pains and aches whenever I drink it. So, … [Read more...]

4 CommentsFiled Under: DIY/Homemade, In The Kitchen, Popular Posts, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: homemade, real food, recipes, summer

Quick & Easy, One Skillet Taco Chili Mac Recipe

February 3, 2014 By Emily McClements
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Quick and Easy, One Skillet Cheesy Taco Mac Recipe at LiveRenewed.com

For weeknight dinners, I'm all about quick and easy recipes like this Taco Chili Mac! I don't like to spend a ton of time in the kitchen when my kiddos are clamoring for dinner, and I definitely don't like to create a lot of dishes to wash later! One of my favorite things about bulk purchasing meat from a local farmer is that I always have meat ready to be defrosted! So often, I pull out a pound of ground beef from the freezer in the morning without really knowing what I'm actually going … [Read more...]

4 CommentsFiled Under: In The Kitchen, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: family, frugal cooking, homemade, real food, recipes

Southwestern Frittata: A Breakfast Revolution Recipe

October 25, 2013 By Emily McClements
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Southwestern Frittata from The Breakfast Revolution by Beth @Red and Honey

What do you usually eat for breakfast every morning? What do you feed your kiddos for breakfast? I'll admit, it's really easy for me to fall into a lazy rut that often leads to not-so-healthy breakfast choices. Even though I'm committed to feeding my family real and whole foods, that commitment definitely wanes at 7:00 AM when I'm trying to get everyone dressed and ready and out of the house on time. So when my friend Beth of Red and Honey said that she was coming out with a real food … [Read more...]

5 CommentsFiled Under: In The Kitchen, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: family, frugal cooking, in the kitchen, real food, recipes

Strawberry Watermelon Slushies! {Green in 365: Summer}

July 2, 2013 By Emily McClements
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Delicious, Refreshing Strawberry Watermelon Slushies! Perfect for 4th of July this weekend, and refined sugar and artificial dye free!

Delicious and refreshing Strawberry Watermelon Slushies your kids and family will love! No refined sugars or artificial dyes! This is Day 182 of the Green in 365 series! These are the perfect treat for a hot day! Cool and refreshing.  So easy, and healthy too! Yum! Strawberry Watermelon Slushies Ingredients: 2 cups frozen watermelon (cut watermelon into chunks and freeze for an hour or two on a cookie sheet)  1 1/2 - 2 cups of strawberries, halved (fresh or frozen) 2 - 3 … [Read more...]

12 CommentsFiled Under: Green in 365, In The Kitchen, Popular Posts, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: green in 365, holidays, homemade, real food, recipes, summer

Fresh Spring Recipes at Babble

April 28, 2013 By Emily McClements
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Strawberry Spinach Salad

This month I've been over on Babble sharing some favorite healthy and fresh recipes for Spring. Two Delicious Strawberry Spinach Salad Recipes Grain Free Snacks Your Family Will Love  Ironically, I then posted a recipe for Honey Whole Wheat Zucchini Muffins And finally, I shared 3 of our family's favorite juice recipes. What are your favorite recipes to make with seasonal spring produce? __________________________________________ If you'd like to learn more … [Read more...]

1 CommentFiled Under: In The Kitchen Tagged With: frugal cooking, green living, in the kitchen, real food, recipes

Grain-Free Treats: “Cookie Dough” Bites

March 25, 2013 By Emily McClements
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Grain-Free Treats: "Cookie Dough" Bites

These grain-free "cookie dough" bites are addictive! It's hard to eat just one or two! And at our house, the whole batch is gone the same day I make them, I'm lucky if I can get these to last us two days! They are an easy, healthy, and delicious grain-free snack! Grain-Free "Cookie-Dough" Bites Ingredients: 1 1/3 cup raw almonds 1 1/3 cup raw walnuts 1/4 cup flax seed meal 1/2 cup coconut flour 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp sea salt 1/3 - 1/2 cup maple syrup 1/4 -1/2 cup mini … [Read more...]

5 CommentsFiled Under: Family & Children, In The Kitchen, Popular Posts, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: frugal cooking, grain-free, homemade, real food, recipes

Delicious Grain-Free Banana Muffins

March 23, 2013 By Emily McClements
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Delicious Grain-Free Banana Muffins

Our family has been moving toward eating more grain-free over the past few months, and I've been trying to replace some of our old favorite recipes with good grain-free alternatives. One of my kid's favorite things for breakfast, or a snack, is muffins and I have a healthier banana bread muffin recipe that we love. I tried one grain-free banana muffin recipe and it just didn't go over well - it tasted too much like eggs and over-ripe bananas. Not a good combo! But, we had made the grain-free … [Read more...]

7 CommentsFiled Under: In The Kitchen, Real Food Recipes Tagged With: children, grain-free, homemade, real food, recipes

Homemade Chai Tea Latte with Dairy Free Option

November 20, 2012 By Emily McClements
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Homemade Chai Tea Latte with Dairy Free Option

Don't you just love a hot drink on a cold day? One of my favorite specialty drinks is a Chai Tea Latte. In the past I would buy the boxes of pre-made chai concentrate, but I could go through a box in just a couple days, and they are not cheap! So last year I started making my own chai tea concentrate at home and love being able to enjoy a chai latte at a much more affordable price! Recently as the temperatures have cooled, I thought that I would have to abstain from this favorite drink … [Read more...]

39 CommentsFiled Under: Holidays, In The Kitchen Tagged With: frugal cooking, holidays, homemade, real food, recipes

Apples! Homemade Sauce, Butter & Tea

November 17, 2012 By Emily McClements
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Homemade Apple Treats

On Wednesday this week my kitchen was busy place; applesauce in one crockpot, apple butter in another crockpot and apple tea simmering on the stove. One of my favorite fall traditions is usually going to the apple orchard and picking apples and bringing home pounds and pounds of apples for all kinds of delicious treats. This year, the unusually warm spring weather left many of the apple crops in our area of Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan damaged or destroyed. So, we didn't take our … [Read more...]

3 CommentsFiled Under: In The Kitchen Tagged With: children, frugal cooking, homemade, real food, recipes

Real Food Recipe: Health(ier) Pumpkin Cookies

November 5, 2012 By Emily McClements
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healthier pumpkin cookies

I was in the mood for a treat last week, and wanted to spend some time with my kids in the kitchen. I was looking through my Pinterest boards (as always) for inspiration, and saw these pumpkin cookies that I had pinned last fall and never made. I recently discovered that I have an abundance of canned pumpkin in my basement, I think I stocked up last year and then kinda forgot about them, so pumpkin cookies it was going to be! But, looking over the recipe I knew I needed to try to make them a … [Read more...]

11 CommentsFiled Under: In The Kitchen Tagged With: frugal cooking, homemade, in the kitchen, real food, recipes

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