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Small Swaps with Big Benefits!
This month is all about simple recipe swaps. I don’t know about you, but saving money and reducing food waste are top priorities for me when planning my meals!
Simple Swaps: Make it Your Own!
Some recipes earn a spot in my regular meal rotation because they are easy, affordable, and flexible. Our Meat and Veggie Mac recipe checks all three boxes. It’s a great example of a meal that can work with what you have on hand instead of requiring a special trip to the grocery store.
Think Outside the Pizza Box
This month has been all about pizza! In her blog, Katy wrote about making Pizza Boats with her family. And Christine shared in her blog about turning leftovers into pizza. Pizza is a versatile food. There are lots of options for crusts and toppings.
Black Bean Brownies
This fall and winter we have some fun, new Spend Smart. Eat Smart. recipes to share with you. The first is Black Bean Brownies. Last year our intern, Jill, got us started on this recipe. We enjoyed sitting around our table at work to taste and talk about the different versions of this recipe as it became what it is today. I would like to share with you some of the things we learned along the way.
Family Favorites: Meal Planning Help when Life is Busy
School is in full swing and you know what that means…trying to figure out what to feed my family when we have an activity almost every evening. From dance to volleyball to football we are on the go like many other families. To help ease the stress of evening meals I like to do weekly meal planning. Some weeks meal ideas come to me easily and other weeks I struggle trying to decide what to make. A tool I have found helpful for meal planning is our Spend Smart. Eat Smart. Family Favorites Recipe List. We have two different options, one that divides recipes by category (breakfast, side, main dish, salad, soup, and snack) and one that divides recipes based on protein source (beef, pork, fish, poultry, venison, and vegetarian).
Connect with your Teen through Parallel Cooking
“Mom, can we use these bananas to make Peanut Butter Oat Bites so I have something to eat before school?” asked my high school age daughter recently.
