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Mama Meets The Grocery Bill – Part 3 – MamaBars
Read: Mama Meets The Grocery Bill – Part 1 Read: Mama Meets The Grocery Bill – Part 2 Today: MamaBars Recipe ah, the ugly, yet beautiful, yet ugly, yet delicious date. Remember the feeling of looking into the grocery cart, then looking at the grocery store receipt and wondering where the money went? Boxed/packaged snacks are spendy! … Continue reading
Posted in family life, personal life, recipes
Tagged cookie recipe, date bars, homemade lara bars, lara bars, larabars, raw cookies, raw snacks, snacks for kids
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Mama Meets The Grocery Bill – Part 2
Read last week’s post: Mama Meets The Grocery Bill - Part 1 Lentil Soup, Flat Bread and Salad ~ I had plenty of organic bulk lentils in my cupboard to make a yummy, healthy, satisfying – yet easy - soup! My Steps to a Healthier Grocery Budget (in process, but here they are so far) ~ surely … Continue reading
Posted in a question for mamas, family life, home, inspiration, motherhood, personal life, recipes, simple living
Tagged cupboards, family dinner, groceries, grocery, lentil soup, menu planning, pantry, salad, shopping
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Mama Meets The Grocery Bill – Part 1
Recently, as I packed my filled Trader Joes reusable bags into my trunk, I was thinking ~ “$190? What on earth did I just get for $190? I spent One Hundred and Ninety Dollars and I don’t even know what I am making for dinner a single night this week!” As I put my groceries away … Continue reading
Posted in family life, home, inspiration, motherhood, personal life, recipes
Tagged budget, food, GMO, grocery, health, ingredients, meal planning, menu, natural food, non GMO, organic, trader joes, whole food
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Free Cards Winner ~ Healthy Skin ~ Healthy Mama ~ Muddy H2O
Sharing with you a product in my own personal self-care arsenal! a note from my friend Gabriela, founder of Muddy H2O Etcetera Muddy H2O began producing high quality, natural body products in 2003. Our goal today, as it was then, is to promote the use of natural and organic ingredients in personal care products and to … Continue reading
Posted in behind the scenes, personal life, recipes, simple living
Tagged facial masks, mud masks, muddy h2O, natural beauty product, natural products, skin care, Vancouver, vibrant, wa
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Chocolate Chip Cookies ~ sans the white and brown sugar
I’m always trying to put a new spin on baked goods, because I just seem to have a problem adding that white (or brown) stuff to the bowl. But I love honey. I gave these a spin today, and they are darn good I took a recipe off the Ghirardelli package, and modified it to … Continue reading
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