The YouTube rabbit hole struck again. Last time I talked about the YouTube rabbit hole it was in cleaning motivation videos that I watch pretty frequently. This time I’m talking about extreme grocery budget videos. An extreme grocery budget is when you…

Carbonara, it’s one of Italy’s most famous and delicious dishes. Carbonara features guanciale (pork jowl) or pancetta, spaghetti, grated Pecorino (an italian cheese) and ground black pepper. Unfortunately, your average grocery store doesn’t always feature these products or have them at decent…

When Fall hits I start craving all sorts of baked goods, but there is one baked good in particular that I absolutely love. That’s my husband’s Oatmeal Apple Crisp. One of our first dates included this crisp and let me just say,…

I have never visited Spain but oh, it is on my list of must go places in the future. A lot of this is simply because of the food. Jamon – a dry cured ham, Paella, Patatas Bravas, the cuisine is truly…

Have you ever had chicken defrosting in the fridge for a day or two when you suddenly realize you are missing ingredients for the meal the chicken was intended for? That was me yesterday and I had to come up with something…

These days we are all feeling a bit busier than usual, probably because we are doing a bit more at home. When people are in the house all day the house gets messy faster, we have more dishes to do, and we…

I started experimenting with creating homemade Chinese food about 4 years ago and there is one sauce recipe I keep turning back to. This recipe is a slight variation on this sauce, it gives you a more salty instead of sweet taste…

I’m a sucker for iced coffee drinks. For the longest time I would grab my Venti Iced Caramel Macchiato every morning before work. It became like clockwork, summer or winter. Then one day I went through the math of it all. Five…

When it comes to delicious budget meals I’m a pro. During the bad financial periods in my life I had to learn how to cook cheap meals. That’s where this Easy Cream Tomato And Spinach Pasta came from. It’s super easy to…

For years now I have worked to become a grocery shopping expert. I’ve learned all the tricks to saving money and stretching food. At least until we moved to Pittsburgh and opted to get rid of our car. I knew I would…

If you are a snackaholic like me you may want to look into the energy balls I have featured below. Energy balls make the perfect snack because they are usually jam packed with fiber and protein. It’s a great mid afternoon snack…

Have you ever noticed that when fall hits you start massively craving comfort foods? It happens to me every year. Unfortunately, with a busy work at home schedule comfort food cravings usually lead to ordering a pizza or getting Five Guys. To…