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Whether you feel like you need some rescuing when it comes to your family dinner/grocery shopping/sink-full-of-dishes scene, or if you consider yourself an old-pro trying to pick up a few new tricks, or simply someone desperate to get your kids to just eat something you put in front of them, there is a space for you at this table and I’m so glad your journey has brought you here. This website is full of incredible resources and ideas to transform your life (not kidding!). Here’s a quick lay of the land so you can find what you’re looking for, and together we can start transforming your dinner duty from a chore to a joy.
1. Want to know more about me?
This is my brood, in all of our #authentic glory. Ha ha…you can probably tell we’re far from Pinterest perfection (spoiler alert!), and that’s fine by me because we’re REAL and it’s beautiful.
I’ve been teaching women like you all over the U.S. (including BYU Ed Week,
Studio 5, and BYUTV) and author of a few best-selling food storage books. In my spare time I’m always trying to beat my boys at Mario Kart (wish me luck!), reading a good book, or trying a new recipe. But most importantly, I believe in the amazing power each woman and mother has to change the world…when she’s not buried with dishes and wondering what to make for dinner tonight.
If you want the full scoop on how I came to do what I do and why I’m so passionate about this, you can check out My Story.
2. But before we go on, you should totally do this...
Get inspired and join our private Facebook Outsmart Dinner Group. It’s free, easy, and the Outsmart Dinner community brings together other like-minded, motivated & inspiring women (like yourself) – so we can share experiences, advice & support each other while we work together to outsmart dinner.
Also, be sure to follow us on Instagram (@outsmart.dinner) where I’m always posting tips and tricks for streamlining your dinner, plus every Friday I take you shopping with me and answer reader questions. (Honestly, that’s the best part!)
3. Get the Outsmart Dinner! Meal Planner
The truth is, no matter how you slice it, dinner comes every day whether you want it to or not. But dinner doesn’t have to sneak up on you (You know that all too familiar feeling of “SHOOT! we’re supposed to be eating right now and I haven’t even started dinner…let alone know what make!”), cause a dirty-dish-bomb to go off in your kitchen, or induce a headache as you try and keep the littles out of the fridge or pantry while you cook (because of course they want a snack while you’re making dinner :/).
Get the meal planner that actually works! It’s a perfectly curated collection of over 100 of the simplest, best-tasting recipes, with smart tips for prepping earlier, repurposing leftovers & saving money. Plus, you can add in all of your favorite recipes. It’s designed to make dinner so easy, it practically makes itself.
4. COMING SOON! A YouTube channel designed just for you!
Here you’ll find fun, free, to-the-point videos and tutorials that will help you streamline the dinner process, save money, and eat better. Watch wherever you are, whenever you have time, and get the jump-start you need to outsmart your dinner.
5. Check out what's happening on the blog
Our First Cooking PARTY!!
Happy National Canning month! 🙂 We will be doing canning parties all month! Join the fun on August 12 for a kid freezer jam party.
Homemade Potstickers with Bethany!
Back when I did the LIVE meet up for How to Batch Prep Ground Beef Bethany said she used her ground beef for Potstickers. I was intrigued, I always buy Potstickers for Costco, but also know that when you make them from scratch, they taste about a billion times better! So you can only guess my surprise when she offered to join up for a LIVE meet up and teach all of us how to do it. And now…I’m TOTALLY hooked!!
Super Easy, Blender Crepes
Just wondering….do you love crepes? Because I most certainly do! Unfortunately, a lot of people are scared to make them (I mean why wouldn’t you…they sell all sorts of separate contraptions to make them!) But really, they are quite easy to make with just a few tricks!
How to Batch Prep your Ground Beef in 3 Easy Steps
Let’s do a quick thought exercise…which feels easier to use for dinner tonight? Just imagine you open your freezer to pull out some meat for tonight’s dinner. Are you more likely to choose the prepped taco meat or a frozen 3lb chub of ground beef? I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that you chose the prepped taco meat, and you would be RIGHT!! One of the biggest mistakes people make while trying to stock their freezer is coming home and sticking their fresh meat straight into the freezer. WHY? Because while it’s easier on the front end of grocery shopping, it’s infinitely harder when you go to actually use it! Now you have to thaw the meat (which, let’s be honest, is where most dinner plans go awry), but you also have to season, shape, and cook it. (Which feels like a lot of work at the end of the day, am I right?!) It’s actually much easier to come home from grocery shopping and assign it a job, then you’ll know just how to use it (which gives it a better shot of not collecting freezer burn in the back of your freezer) but it also helps you feel like dinner is EASY…which is the ultimate goal we’re all going for here.
HOW TO MAKE RESTAURANT-STYLE REFRIED BEANS (CHEATER STYLE)
Here’s the deal…if you had to choose between a can of refried beans sliding slowly into a bowl or delicious, cheesy, restaurant-style refried beans which would you choose? RIGHT? The restaurant-style beans hands-down. But I get it, the can o’ beans SEEMS easier. That’s why I want to show you how you can cheat the system. Get those beans you love with little effort and mess. This recipe is actually in the Outsmart Dinner Meal Planner in the Mexican Food Section but here’s the quick scoop on how you can do it….
How to Shape Hamburger & Hot Dog Buns…the Easy Way!
Let’s talk for a quick second why you’d want to make your own hamburger and hot dog buns…because I totally get it…it feels like a lot of work when you can buy super cheap $0.89 cents. AND…I’m totally with you. I don’t always make my own hamburger and hot dog buns, but when I do, they’re about a billion times better.
“Seriously, who knew getting family dinner on the table could be so simple. After years of dreading it, I find myself actually enjoying it. Thank you for your inspiration and helps!”
“Seriously, who knew getting family dinner on the table could be so simple.”
Faith R.
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