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The Real food category includes healthy recipes for everyday and holidays. Made-from-scratch recipes using real ingredients.

Crock Pot Refried Beans Recipe

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Crock pot refried beans are so easy to make and freeze that you won’t need to use store-bought cans with questionable ingredients.

Crock pot refried beans are so easy to make and freeze that you won't need to use store-bought cans with questionable ingredients.

As a kid, I requested for tacos every year for my birthday meal. As soon as I was old enough, I made them myself.

Fast forward 20+ years and I now make Mexican style dishes just about every week for my family. Some things have changed since I was a kid. I now make my own homemade taco seasoning and homemade refried beans starting with dry beans
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Cranberry Walnut Muffin Recipe My Kids Made

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This cranberry walnut muffin recipe is so easy even your kids can make these muffins with just a few basic kitchen skills.

This cranberry walnut muffin recipe is delicious and so easy to make that even your kids can make these muffins with just a few basic kitchen skills.

These cranberry walnut muffins are naturally sweetened with honey and applesauce. Add in cinnamon and dried cranberries and you have a delicious flavor combination. I also enjoy the crunch that comes from adding the walnuts. Yum!

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20+ Healthy Dessert Recipes Your Family will Love

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These healthy dessert recipes are made with real ingredients, have little or no added sugar, and most of them are gluten free.

These healthy dessert recipes are made with real ingredients, have little or no added sugar, and most of them are gluten free.

I don’t have to feel guilty about giving my family sweets when I make them myself from scratch using real ingredients.

All of these healthy dessert recipes are made with real ingredients. That means you won’t find cake mix, pudding mix, or canned pie fillings on this list.

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Planning an Amazing Thanksgiving Dinner

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You can save yourself a lot of stress on Thanksgiving Day by planning your Thanksgiving dinner in advance with this printable Thanksgiving planning worksheet.

You can save yourself a lot of stress on Thanksgiving by planning your Thanksgiving dinner in advance with this printable Thanksgiving planning worksheet.

I am a planner. I am hosting Thanksgiving again this year, and I like to have a thorough plan of what I need to do, and when, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.

This is the exact plan I followed last year, and it turned out well enough that everyone wants to come back again this year. I even created a printable planning worksheet to help organize the planning process. [Read more…] about Planning an Amazing Thanksgiving Dinner