Budget Meals

By the time fall comes around, salads and other light summer meals aren’t nearly as appealing to me anymore. This is when soups, beans, mushrooms, … Read more

Mediterranean food is a big part of what I grew up eating. Fish, grilled meat, vegetables, olive oil, garlic, and simple sauces were normal everyday … Read more

In our family, we’re definitely meat eaters, and that includes the kids. They’d happily choose chicken or beef every night if it were up to … Read more

If you have school kids then you know what kind of a nightmare it is to come up with another snack every day. While kids … Read more

I’ll be honest, I never really cared about regrowing food scraps until I had kids. Before that, if vegetables went bad in the fridge or … Read more

Greek chicken salad is a classic you’ll see across Mediterranean cooking, known for simple ingredients and fresh flavor. Tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, and olive oil … Read more

I grew up around Mediterranean food, so meals like this feel pretty normal to me. Fish, olive oil, a bit of cheese, and some fresh … Read more

I always have a bag of tater tots in the freezer. It’s one of those “we’ll figure it out later” foods. You throw them in … Read more

I never really paid much attention to pumpkin soup until one year when I had extra pumpkin sitting around and didn’t want it to go … Read more