Category Archives: Healthy living!
“Bad food is the cheap food.” How to cook well on a tight budget
I received a question today on my Facebook page and I thought I would share with you. Question: ”Goodmorning… I have a question my daughters bff has gained a lot of weight. Her mother lost her job so they eat a lot of hamburger as choice of meat. Diff stlyes for dinner. She also said [...]
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Banana Blueberry Silver Dollar Pancakes – Gluten Free, Clean Eating Breakfast
I’m on a ‘nanner kick lately! Banana muffins. Banana cake (coming to the Mamabargains.com blog this week!) Banana smoothies. Banana pasta. (Kidding.) Why all of the bananas? Because I couldn’t resist the red-banded bananas at the store this past week. 33 cents per pound! They were just past the point of nice and ripe for [...]
Quick and Easy Breakfast Tacos – A Fast Breakfast Option For Busy Mornings
Are you looking for fast, easy, healthy breakfasts for busy mornings? Besides my go-to breakfast 5-6 days a week of steel cut oats with frozen blueberries, this is one of my other fast options I love to whip up. This is one of my sons favorite breakfasts too, he gobbles it up! Make [...]
Good Food On A Tight Budget – A Fabulous Free Guide!
Thanks to a link on Dr. Weil’s Facebook page, I came across this fabulous guide that you can download for free! You can also donate to Share Our Strength for a hard copy to be mailed to you! If you’ve ever thought it was too expensive to eat well on a budget, this will help [...]
You Deserve The Best
Remember this always. When do you fit in time to take care of you everyday? Most of us give all day to everyone else, make sure to take some time for yourself…mine is my workout 5-6 days a week. This is the time I won’t cut out because I am better for everyone else because [...]
Gluten Free Manicotti – Cooking With Fresh, Local Ingredients
Amazing. Delicious. Easy. Delicious. Fantastic. This is just delicious. I have no more words for this. This is a compilation of a few recipes I just posted. I have a game plan for you for easy meals for the next couple of days. Day 1: Make a double batch of the gluten free crepes the [...]
Gluten Free Crepes
I grew up with my mom making crepes many weekends and for special occasions. Birthdays, sleep overs, family get togethers, my mom was making crepes.We ate them for special breakfast with butter and powdered sugar and she would often make strawberry blintzes to bring for special events. To this day she makes them whenever my [...]
Interview with Ovaleye.tv’s Home Office Lifestyle!
Are you a home office professional? First of all, I hope you check out Ovaleye’s video series, Home Office Lifestyle! This episode we discussed healthy snacks and lunches for those of us that may work a few feet away from our kitchens. Below you will find the video that talks specifically about menu planning using [...]
Beat The Heat With Fresh, Local, Healthy Menu Plans from Menus by Mesa de Vida!
We’re firing up the grill on this week’s Menus by Mesa de Vida! Members will have not one, but TWO slow cooker meals to beat the heat in the kitchen next week (and have practically instant dinners!) delicious easy grilled meals and of course, super foods based, fresh and local focused ingredients to save you [...]
Controlling This Hormone, By Eating Often And Including Carbs, Can Help You Stay Slim!
You’re cutting out carbs, you’re eating only twice a day, you’re cutting back calories and you can’t seem to lose weight, or you do, but can’t keep it off. I did the same thing then I QUIT dieting. THEN I lost over 100 pounds in about 2 years! I started living a healthy life, even [...]
