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    How Meal Planning Saves Our Week

    Want to know what makes life easier for our family? Meal planning.  It’s something that my husband and I commit to every single weekend so we can make sure the upcoming week. We do this to make sure that it has been grocery shopped and we can cook doing the week without having something random missing. This one little habit that we’ve created helps us actually cook more at home and waste less with our grocery bill. With the current state of the world and just having a larger family, staying on track with our groceries is really important to us.  To meal plan, my husband and I sit down…

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    How I Made Meal Prepping Non-Negotiable

    Meal prepping. Some people love it and some people hate it. I used to not want anything to do with it. As a mom of six, I’ve found that this is a non negotiable for us. When I don’t do it, even the littlest amount, it makes life crazier. One thing God has taught me in life is to never say never and really take time to find practices that will make my life flow easier. Work smarter and not harder, does that sound familiar?  I was at a point, not to long ago, where I really struggled to do all the things, especially when it comes eating healthy and…

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    Easy + Healthy Five Minute Breakfast That’s Kid Friendly

    GOOD MORNING FRIENDS! Another week is here and that means another week of meal making in my household. You can probably imagine how much time I spend in the kitchen as a mom of five but honestly, my most favorite time in the kitchen is in the early mornings making breakfast. It can be really tricky for me to find meals that the entire family likes from youngest to oldest but it has become something that excites me and helps me stay adventurous with my cooking. Breakfasts aren’t something I like to spend a lot time making since I have to get all the kids dressed, ready and out the…

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    Amazing Slow Cooker Ribs For Your Amazing Grace Cookout

    It’s almost the fourth of July! We are gearing up for a big day with friends and family and of course it will be centered around FOOD! This is the first year in our new home and we are trying to get outside of our little bubble and socialize. Anyone else focusing on this as well? We really want to use our home for fellowship and what a better way to do that than to have a cookout? I love cooking and thanks to Lidl, I don’t have to go out and search a million places for the ingredients that I need. They have a big sale happening for their…

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    Healthy Food Ideas (what I like to eat right now)

    Hands down, healthy meal and snack ideas, are one of the most asked about topics from my followers. I can see why because it’s something that I am constantly changing in our diets. Before I transitioned to a healthier lifestyle, I was the queen of cheap and fast food items! The dollar menu was my jam and I could have carried less about the nutritional value. Now that I’m older and wiser (ha) I get to share the many things that I’ve learned along the way and what my go-to meal and snacks are right now. A few years ago, when I started my blog, one of the first things…