Latest Recipes

Wheatberry & Chickpea Soup

This Wheatberry & Chickpea Soup is comforting and filling, with the combined plant proteins providing a complete protein.

Simple Homemade Peanut Butter (No-Stir!)

Make your own homemade peanut butter with just two basic ingredients: dry roasted peanuts and salt! It never needs to be stirred to recombine the oil into the peanut butter, even though it’s made without any seed oils, sugars, emulsifiers, or other junk!

Marry Me Chicken Soup

Creamy, luscious, and oh-so-romantic, this soup version of the viral “Marry Me Chicken” is both nourishing and date-worthy. Show that special someone how much you care with a bowl full of love!

Recent Blog Posts

5 Ways to Get Out of a Dinner Rut

Feeling bored with dinner? If every week’s meal plan is starting to feel the same, here are some tried and true ways to get out of a dinner rut!

Beginner’s Guide to Meal Prepping

In a busy season of life, but still want to eat well? You can save time, money, and effort by meal prepping! Here are 3 different styles of meal prep to fit your needs.

I’m Alyssa

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I’m so glad you’re here! As a wife, mama, and follower of Christ, I love cooking nutritious food from scratch. Here we celebrate the good, the true, and the beautiful in food, family, and faith. Follow me for easy, real food recipes for the practical home cook on a budget and some occasional musings about homemaking and liturgical living.

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