Reading Time: 4 minutes These homemade peanut butter cups are dairy-free, sugar-free, gluten free, and perfectly on plan for the Trim Healthy Mama lifestyle…and they’re packed with protein! I love this healthy treat even better than Reese’s! When I was a child, I couldn’t get enough of my three favorite foods: strawberries, cheese, and peanut butter. While I enjoyed […]
Archives for May 2013
5 Reasons Why I Love Netflix
Reading Time: 3 minutes My family regularly watches NETFLIX, and today I’m sharing 5 reasons why we LOVE it. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of NETFLIX, but all opinions are my own. Several years ago, my family ditched our cable TV for NETFLIX. Really? We couldn’t afford cable anyway, and Netflix allows us the […]
10+ Homemade, All-Natural Stain Removers–Including the BEST Stain Remover Ever!
Reading Time: 3 minutes This week we’ve been talking about natural, homemade laundry care. After checking out some homemade laundry detergents and a list of 30+ ways to use white vinegar, today I’m giving you a list of 10+ homemade stain removers. And I’m also telling you about what I see as the absolute BEST, all-natural stain fighter (and […]
30+ Ways to Use White Vinegar
Reading Time: 3 minutes White vinegar is an amazing, non-toxic tool that should be in every natural homemaker’s arsenal. It’s natural, frugal and even edible! Any grocery store carries it, but you can also buy it in bulk on Amazon. And for all the things you’ll be using it for after you read this list, bulk might not be […]
5 Homemade Laundry Detergents: The Frugal, Non-Toxic Way to Clean Your Clothes!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Here are 5 unique homemade laundry detergent recipes—including both liquid and powder recipes and cloth-diaper safe! I’ve never made homemade laundry detergent. Oh, it’s been on my {too} long to-do list of things I eventually want to try my hand at making. But much like homemade toothpaste, I just haven’t gotten there yet. (It’s probably […]
I Totally Get Why Angelina Jolie Had Her Breasts Removed
Reading Time: 4 minutes I totally get why Angela Jolie removed her breasts. Totally. The woman’s mother died from ovarian cancer (which is related to breast cancer). She DIED from it. Over the past day I’ve seen some very critical comments about Angelina’s choice to alter her body in such a drastic way. These critics come mostly from natural […]
Let’s Ditch Mommy Guilt and Embrace Mommy Grace
Reading Time: 2 minutes For over 5 1/2 years now, I’ve been either pregnant or breastfeeding babies back-to-back. Sometimes I wake up and think: “Wow! How did I go from a working wife to a stay-at-home mom of three–three!–children under five years old?” It’s been a whirlwind–to say the least. I started this site two years ago with intentions […]
Rejoicing and Mourning with Mothers on Mother’s Day
Reading Time: 5 minutes We should celebrate moms on Mother’s Day…yet also be sensitive to women who aren’t in that season of life. Let’s rejoice with those who rejoice, and mourn with those who mourn. I don’t think we need to pick and choose! Here’s what this kind of love can look like. It’s humbling to say, but as […]
6 Humbling Homemaker Weaknesses
Reading Time: 4 minutes As a homemaker, I struggle with these 6 things almost every day. I think many moms can relate! Do you have any of these humbling homemaker weaknesses? If you’ve been reading my site any length of time then you know that one thing is for sure: I am not perfect. I don’t have it all […]
5 Homemade Toothpaste Recipes
Reading Time: 3 minutes I won’t beat around the bush with this: I don’t make my own toothpaste. Now, homemade toothpaste is on the very long list of things I want to try making one day, but I haven’t made it there yet. I still buy mine. (And I’ll tell you why at the end of this post.) But […]