Recipes

Easy cheese sauce – healthy AND thick and creamy. It’s a simple topping for broccoli, nachos, or a big bowl of mac and cheese. For best results, make with whole or reduced-fat (2%) milk – variations of making with dairy-free milk included below.  EQUIPMENT: My favorite pot to make this Easy Cheese Sauce healthy: Cuisinart Stainless 3-Qt Saucepan with Cover  [affiliate link] It’s Healthy Kitchen Hacks Wednesday – the day we share our favorite time-saving kitchen tricks and cooking shortcuts to help you make healthy and delicious meals. You can see all our Healthy Kitchen Hacks here. To get exclusive healthy kitchen...

Making the most out of frozen foods. Using fresh ingredients is always preferred, but unfortunately that isn’t always available to me. Especially with the current situation, having a storage of frozen vegetables and meat can be really useful when you know you won’t be able to get to the store in quite some time. All of the main ingredients in this meal were previously frozen and the rest are all non-perishables. I highly recommend having these few ingredients on hand because they are all extremely versatile and work great when you’re in a time crunch. Ingredients: 1-2 lbs of boneless...

Starting seeds indoors should be a vital part of any prepper’s food security plan. You do not need a greenhouse nor a lot of expensive equipment to successfully provide all the plants you will need. Even preppers with space and light limitations can start seeds to grow their own garden plants. Growing your own vegetable, herb, medicinal and edible flower seeds indoors will save you money that can be used to purchase other valuable preparedness gear because you do not have to purchase plants for the survival garden. The money saved by growing your own plants can also be funneled...

Isn’t it amazing how you can learn something new about your partner no matter how long you’ve been together? My fiancé and I celebrated our fifth Halloween together this past October and he told me that Sloppy Joes were an annual Halloween tradition in his family growing up. He suggested we continue the tradition in our house and offered to make me vegan Sloppy Joes. I obviously couldn’t say no. They were so delicious! I can’t believe what I’ve been missing out on all of these years. These Lentil and Cauliflower Vegan Sloppy Joes are my lightened up version of...

Raias Recipes Nourishing Honey-Sweetened HorchataThick, creamy, and delicious, this nourishing honey-sweetened horchata is packed full of vitamins, minerals, and prebiotics! It’s a sweet, cinnamon-y favorite.A Hispanic FavoriteIf you’ve never had horchata, you’re in for a treat, my friend! Traditionally, horchata is a flavored plant-based milk originating way back in the 13-century in Valencia, Spain. While in Spain it is usually made with soaked, ground tiger nuts, here in the United States and Mexico it’s usually made with white rice.Horchata can be served hot or cold, and can even be used as a flavor base for other recipes (see my friend...