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Dinner for a Dollar, by Shelly Longenecker, was just awarded the 2019 Silver Medal in “Best Adult Non-Fiction Informational E-Book” in the 23rd Annual Independent Publisher Book Awards or IPPY Awards.With the tag line, "Recognizing Excellence in Independent...

Sometimes life is hard. Am I right? Sometimes it’s a little hard…sometimes it's medium hard…and sometimes it’s a lot hard. There seems to be no real way to avoid this. It’s just the nature of living on planet earth. Even when we make good choices, sometimes hard...

Easter is right around the corner and, for about 70% of Americans, that means you are cooking an Easter Ham.  If you’re providing the ham, you may be wondering what you’re going to serve – after Easter – with all those ham leftovers. We serve ham year-round - we don’t...

You all know that I serve my family a simple, allergy-friendly whole food diet with lots of fresh produce for $1 per person per meal. You also know that we are a family of 6 – with 4 kids aged 6-18. We consume A LOT of food in our house!!! Most of the strategies that...

You all know that I do my best to shop every 2 weeks AND that we eat a produce-rich diet. You are probably wondering how we pull that off. How is it possible to consume a produce-rich diet when I only buy produce every 2 weeks? Before I tell you HOW I make my produce...

I know that getting a whole-food veggie-forward diet onto the plates, night after night, week after week is a CHALLENGE!!!! Carving out the time and energy for that can be daunting. In my book, Dinner for a Dollar, I teach others how to save time, money, and energy on...