Let’s face it. Life can easily get too busy and feel out of control. When this happens to me, the first thing to go unfortunately is healthy home cooked meals. Now that my kids are getting older and more involved in different activities, dinner is getting harder and harder to get on the table. That’s why I’ve gathered 30 Trim Healthy Mama approved slow cooker dishes to help me out on… Continue Reading
Trim Healthy Mama Salads and Dressings Roundup
I love salads but let’s face it, they can get pretty boring to eat after a while. I wanted to create a list of salads to draw from when I’m feeling like I can’t eat one more regular lettuce salad or I just might faint. With the help of my blogging friends, I’ve compiled this list of a wide variety of salads (not just lettuce) and dressings as well. They… Continue Reading
25 Bean Recipes
Beans are a great and inexpensive protein. They are very versatile and can be used in everything from soups, main dishes and even in desserts. Canned beans are great to use, but if you really want to stretch a buck then prepare your own beans by soaking and cooking dry beans. If you’ve never done that before, don’t be intimidated. You can follow my easy instructions and you’ll be a pro in no… Continue Reading
Let’s Have a BBQ ~ THM style!
I love barbecues! The food is fantastic and there is a lot of fun happening with family and friends. I love the casualness of barbecues. Much more my style of a get-together! Oh, and did I mention how great the food is??? I’ve been eating the Trim Healthy Mama way now for over a year and a half. Sometimes it’s hard to be at gatherings because there is so much… Continue Reading
20 Meatless THM Meals
In my quest to continue to eat healthy on a budget, my family and I have started eating one to two meatless dinner meals each week. We are a Midwestern family and LOVE our meat, however, I love staying within my grocery budget more. I asked some of my Trim Healthy Mama Blogging Buddies for some of their best meatless meal ideas. There are some super tasty looking meals on this… Continue Reading
My 20 Favorite Soups ~ THM Style
As fall is about to begin next month and the weather will begin to inevitably get cooler, I figured this was the perfect time to do a round-up of all my favorite soups. Soups are one of my most favorite types of food to make because they are comforting, budget-friendly, large enough to serve a crowd and usually have plenty of leftovers. Even if you don’t follow the Trim Healthy… Continue Reading
