The one place our family really needs to focus more is on ways to reduce waste in the kitchen. According to the EPA, Americans generated about 254 million tons of trash in 2013. On average, a single person generates about 4.40 pounds per year, recycling only 1.51 pounds of that amount. That is not nearly enough to … Read more 10 Ways To Reduce Waste in Your Kitchen
We all have those evenings where we totally didn’t plan on what dinner was going to be. It’s now 5:30pm and we are rummaging through the pantry wondering what in the world we’re going to feed the kids. What do you do? If you’re anything like me, I usually find whatever I have and throw … Read more Veggie-Ghetti Surprise: A Vegan Dinner for a Busy Mom
A journey by definition is “an act of traveling from one place to another.” And I really feel that adequately describes what me and my family has been going through for the past five years! It has recently taken a very serious turn lately with our entrance into the land of “whole foods-plant based” eating, … Read more Simple Doesn’t Happen Overnight