The Easy Way To Start Meal Planning | Tips & Tricks On A Budget

Meal Planning

We all know how difficult it can be to eat healthy dinners, stick to a budget and stay away from all those fast food temptations.

I get it – being in your twenties you always have a weird schedule, sometimes having to coordinate with your partner or roommate and so called healthy food doesn’t come cheap (& sometimes doesn’t even taste good!)

After moving out on my own I definitely got the reality slap that food costs a lot and making meals isn’t always as easy as mom made it out to be. 

But! After four years of it, I’ve put together a solid system of meal planning, prepping and grocery shopping that works great for us. 

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Holiday Cookies You Need To Try

Holiday Cookies

One of my favorite parts of the holidays is all the yummy treats to devour. (Side note – why do we only eat certain treats at Christmas time!?)

The weeks leading up to Christmas are my favorite times to bake up a storm, gift some goodies to my friends and family and try new recipes. 

Holiday sweets are truly the best, and so are fancy holiday drinks. Really just eating and drinking in general is how I spend my holiday break (don’t we all!?) 

These cookie recipes are all so festive and are perfect for any holiday festivities you have coming up! 

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Eight Canada Day Treats

Canada Day Treats

With Canada Day being this Friday, I wanted to find some yummy Canada inspired treats for you guys!

These all look so so delicious, and all pretty simple as well. I will definitely be trying a few of these this week!

Make sure you give some love to the wonderful bloggers who created these amazing recipes!

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Fresh Tomato & Olive Oil Pasta

Fresh Tomato and Olive Oil Pasta

I’m a huge pasta person, I love me some carbs. 

So I am always looking for ways to mix up my pasta dishes (macaroni & cheese gets a little old sometimes).

I’d always been curious about those olive oil pasta dishes – they seemed light and yummy, and probably easy to make.

I then decided to come up with my own, based upon spices that I enjoy.

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