Mile-High Vegan Pancakes
I've spent the better part of three years trying various pancake recipes and swapping various ingredients to make the recipe vegan. In this process, I learned that coconut oil and flax eggs make pancakes super gummy and not even close to cooked through. Chia eggs make...
3 Sustainable Changes I Made to Save Money
The past two years have been super difficult financially since I became a single mom. Childcare costs are just freaking expensive, y'all. Plus I was paying rent for our condo plus the mortgage on the old house up until October of 2021. Thankfully, since selling the...
Don’t Add Water: The Best Shampoo Bars For Your Hair And Budget
If you buy liquid shampoo, go grab that bottle and turn it over to read the ingredients. The first ingredient was water, right? I don't know about you, but I have water at home, I don't need to buy a product that is mostly water. Ingredients aside, have you ever...
I Stopped Using Laundry Detergent Almost a Year Ago
That's right, it's officially been over a year since I've purchased laundry detergent, and close to a year since I stopped using it. No, I don't make my own, that's honestly too much effort for me to go through in my life right now (sometimes you have to balance the...
This Week’s Menu and How I Menu Plan for Picky Eaters
Well, this week didn't start out the way I had hoped. On my way to my former home to list the furniture for sale (so I could then list the house for sale) I received a phone call from my former neighbor letting me know a flash flood hit our area last night. Their...
What’s On The Menu?
This week was a fun challenge for me, grocery budget-wise. I was almost out of some important ingredients for my smoothies (beet powder, hemp hearts) and some other groceries, but I wanted to stick to my $100/week grocery budget. So I got creative. The only way I was...
Superfoods to Add to Your Smoothies
We start almost every morning with a smoothie. Smoothies are the easiest way to provide your body with the best and healthiest fast food and flood your system with nutrients. I start every smoothie with the same base of fresh fruits and vegetables, because the most...
Our Menu Plan This Week
Last week I posted our menu plan for the first time in...maybe ever in the almost 7 year history of this blog. My usual M.O. is to just keep ingredients on hand and have a basic idea of what to make and decide each day what to do. Even though on Friday I scrapped the...
Our Vegan Meal Plan for the Week
Do you follow me on Facebook? For the past month or so, we have transitioned to getting most of our food from the local farmer's market, and I have been posting pictures each week of what we buy - what catches everyone's attention is how inexpensive it is! Our weekly...
Where to Donate Your Unwanted Items (that isn’t Goodwill)
Have you ever wanted to know where to donate your unwanted items for the best impact on the world? Skip Goodwill and donate to these charitable organizations.
Easy Vegan Waffles
Saturday mornings are for baked goods. It doesn't matter much if it's pancakes, banana bread, muffins, coffeecake, donuts....on Saturday mornings I always want the comfort of baked goods to enjoy with my cup of coffee to celebrate the weekend. Today, it was...
How to Eat Vegan at Popular Fast Food Restaurants
“In effort to help anyone who has stopped eating at restaurants because you aren’t sure if you have options, or you are vegan-curious and the idea of not eating out is keeping you from making the transition, here are my top 5 tips for how to eat vegan at restaurants”
