Doing a $70 Grocery Budget Challenge with Crystal Paine – Hf #133
On her blog Crystal Paine has been doing an awesome challenge that has been so encouraging to me personally! She’s doing a $70 a week grocery budget challenge for their family of 5…and it’s even inspired a big grocery budget challenge for our family from talking to her (info on this coming soon)! If you are… Read More
Using Essential Oils for Home & Health – Hf #132
Medical Disclaimer: Today we are chatting about essential oils. I use these oils in my home and today I’m sharing how we use them. Please be aware that I am not a doctor, a certified aromatherapist, and have no formal training in aromatherapy. Please always do your own research before using essential oils. This episode today… Read More
A Beginner’s Guide to Essential Oils (From someone who isn’t selling them) – Hf #130
Medical Disclaimer: Today we are chatting about essential oils. I use these oils in my home and today I’m sharing how we use them. Please be aware that I am not a doctor, a certified aromatherapist, and have no formal training in aromatherapy. Please always do your own research before using essential oils. This episode today is… Read More
Baby steps to a healthier home – Hf #121
This is a topic that I am very passionate about and have been for the past 6 or 7 years. I think in our world today, it’s very important to know what’s in our food, our cleaners, and our beauty supplies. This is obviously a huge topic, but I’ve been wanting to do a talk… Read More
Using freshly ground grains in everyday life (how to make it work!) – Hf #119
I’ve started something new in my kitchen which has been fun, nutritious for the whole family, and also a little weird! In January of this year we started grinding our own grains (I know, I know, it sounds weird)! So stick with me 😉 I interviewed Stacy a few weeks ago and we chatted about… Read More
Bread making and healthy living with Stacy Myers – Hf #117
We’ve got a fun discussion today! I have Stacy Myers with me and we are discussing healthy living, bread making, and even how to grind your own flour!! It was a fun chat and inspired me to get in the kitchen and to enjoy it more. Listen in today! Listen to the Podcast: We also… Read More
My Meal Plan Prep for This Week
I’m halfway through my meal planning challenge for January, and so far so good! We have been so busy and frantic the last few months that my meal planning and cooking has seriously suffered! I have a few goals this month: stick to a strict grocery budget, have dinner planned out each night (no last… Read More
My Favorite Places for Online Shopping: Grove Collaborative
I buy 99% of our household products (cleaning supplies, beauty products, skincare, etc.) online. It’s very rare that I purchase any of this in store unless we ran out unexpectedly. Today I am going to share one of the four places I order online, what I order, and an amazing deal where you can get… Read More
Investing in your cooking & baking skills with online classes
As a young new wife, my first huge obstacle in my home was learning how to cook. I came into marriage with zero cooking or meal planning skills. And while we were both busy college students living on a shoe string budget, I had to figure out what I was doing really quickly. While I… Read More
A Tour Inside My Favorite Store: Costco (And what I buy) – YWGtv episode 004
If you’ve hung around here very long, it’s likely you’ve heard me mention Costco once, or twice, or a couple hundred times. It is my all time favorite store and where we do nearly all of our grocery shopping. From their low prices to wide variety of organic foods (and the fact that we can… Read More