Today our guest post is by Brandy from Living Water Health and Wellness. Thanks Brandy!!

Have you ever been in that place where you realize around lunch time that you have no idea what you’re going to make for dinner that night?  That happened to me one day this week.  We were on vacation last week and I still haven’t gotten my pantry and fridge restocked.  So, what did I do? I rounded up the things I had and threw them all together in the crock pot.   🙂 And you know what? It turned out delicious! That’s why this dish is called Hodgepodge Crock Pot Chicken.  The great thing about this recipe is that you can really use just about whatever veggies you have on hand.

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This recipe is a guest post by Bobbie Bushman. The Bushmans are a family of four who live ultra-frugally and debt free on one part-time income.

We four Bushmans eat on less than $300/month without couponing. We eat vegetarian, whole foods which are probably about 70-80% organic. One way we do that is by buying in bulk. Buying in bulk usually goes pretty smoothly for me, but in my last order I made a costly boo-boo. I accidently ordered my black-eyed peas as a flat of cans instead of in a 25 pound bag. I tell you this to let you know that in this recipe I will be using canned beans, but that is WAY out of the ordinary for us since we (except for this ordering mistake) normally eat bulk dried beans because they are SO much cheaper.  [Read more…]

Today I’m drooling over this recipe….meat is my friend right now. My new buddy Kate from Feathering The Crow’s Nest is posting for y’all today….and you’re going to drool too. Thanks Kate!

I’m a recent convert to the crockpot.  Not that I didn’t use a crockpot before, but now that I’m home with my girls, it’s become a staple in our house.  I’ll be honest, it’s just easier to fix something quickly and then spend the rest of the day chasing my girls down…and yes, they do move that quickly.

Once I became a fan of Stacy, my love of the crockpot deepened even more.  I used to think crockpots were only useful for soups and meats covered in some type of sauce.  Now I make our yogurt, breakfast casseroles, oatmeal, and even “fancier” dinner items consistently.

Today I wanted to share one of the “fancier” items I regularly cook, Cranberry Apple Stuffed Pork Loin.  It’s a recipe that I like for company.  A delicious meal that is easy to throw together, but will impress whomever is coming to dinner.   It started as an oven roasted recipe, but I found myself crouched over the hot oven basting the pork…forever.  A great taste, but inefficient and all of us mommies know that an efficient use of your time is key to a happy mom. [Read more…]

The first time I ate curry chicken (I mean REAL curry chicken) was when I was in college. I tutored twin girls from Sri Lanka every Wednesday afternoon, and their mom would pay me with food. She would cook an assortment of goodies each week and always send home extras for my husband. Before they moved back to their home island, they invited my husband and me over for a Sri Lankan feast. We ate until we could not eat one more bite, and then the twins’ dad prepared us even more food. So, we ate some more! I have loved curry ever since that night. Perhaps it’s because of what it represents for me – a pure memory that will never escape.