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10 Tips for Transitioning to Vegetarian

I’ve been a vegetarian since around the beginning of 2020 but it was a bit of a transition to get to that point. Drastically changing how you eat involves making some big adjustments — to your grocery shopping, your meal planning, your stomach, and your mind. If you’re interested in giving up meat, I’ve got […]

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How to Create an Emergency Meal Plan (with 3 Day Menu)

Creating an emergency meal plan has been on my mind for a while now. It started with a general feeling that I should stock up on some basics when the coronavirus hit. But all of the “stockpile lists” online didn’t feel like they were what I needed. A pantry jam-packed with random basics didn’t feel […]

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How to Eat More Beans (or get your family to)

Update: This is an old post that I’ve made a bunch of updates to. It seemed like many people stocked up on beans when the coronavirus hit, so I wanted to give you some ways to use them! Plus, we eat mostly vegan at home now, so we eat more beans than ever, so I’ve […]

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When to Buy Fruits and Vegetables In Season

One of the best ways to save money on fruits and vegetables is to only buy them when they’re in season. Since the stores are flooded with this ripe produce, they put it on sale. Plus, in-season produce always tastes better than trying to buy it when it’s out of season. Basically, if you’re buying […]

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Our Vegan Meal Plan: What We Eat in a Week

For the past few months, we’ve been transitioning to a vegan meal plan. And since I’ve previously shared what we eat in a week (the first one, and then the low sugar version), I figured it was time to do a new post: What We Eat in a Week: Vegan Edition. I think changing how […]

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Meal Planning Tools I Can’t Live Without

Meal planning can feel overwhelming if you’re not sure where to start and what kinds of tools are mostly helpful. So I’m going to break down my favorite meal planning tools that make planning our meals easier for me. They’re all super simple and easy to access! My Weekly Meal Plan Printable Of course I […]

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Free Grocery List Printable

I’ve got something fun for you today: a free grocery list printable! I love that printables can make life a little bit easier by giving you a jump-start on a specific task. This grocery list printable gives you a great jumpstart on making your shopping list! The list is divided into categories, which will make […]

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3 Tips On How To Cook for Two

Update: This is a repost of one of my very first blog posts from 2016! I’ve made a few updates and think the info is still super helpful, so here it is again! People tell me all the time how difficult they find it to cook for two. Sometimes it’s older couples who got used […]

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5 Meal Planning Myths You’ve Got to Stop Believing

5 Meal Planning Myths You've Got to Stop Believing

As someone who has been meal planning for close to a decade, I’m always curious when I hear people say that meal planning won’t work for them. Their reasoning for why they don’t meal plan is almost always based on ideas that aren’t true: meal planning myths! If they would stop believing these meal planning […]

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Simple Meal Prep for Super Fast Mealtimes

Simple Meal Prep for Super Fast Mealtimes

A little bit of meal prep goes a long way towards being able to make meals quickly throughout the week. I don’t do meal prep in the way you often see it shown on Pinterest, with full meals prepared and divided into servings that just need to be warmed up. But I do spend some […]

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