Reading Time: 6 minutes Inside: Mix hard-boiled eggs with tuna, dill relish, and crunchy celery for this easy and healthy low-carb tuna salad. This is a perfect recipe for anyone watching their carbs or just looking for an easy salad packed with protein. This tuna salad recipe is also gluten-free and dairy-free. Plus, it’s also perfectly aligned with the Trim Healthy Mama eating framework. Related: Keto Egg Salad I have wonderful memories of my mother making me what I like to call “tea room” salads–chicken salad, egg salad, and pimento cheese were the three staples. However, one classic “tea ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes Inside: These gluten-free carrot cake cupcakes are moist, delicious, and perfect for a spring celebration! Not only are they gluten-free, but they’re also grain-free, low-carb, sugar-free, and on plan for Trim Healthy Mama. You won’t regret baking these guilt-free carrot cake cupcakes! Related: Grain-Free Key Lime Coconut Cake (THM S, Keto, Gluten-Free) I’ve always had an affinity toward carrots. Perhaps I’ve been drawn to them because of their natural sweetness. Or maybe it’s because my body has always just intuitively known how incredibly healthy carrots are (more on ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes Inside: Mix hard-boiled eggs with bacon and avocado for this flavorful keto egg salad. This is a perfect recipe for anyone watching their carbs or just looking for a different twist on egg salad. This egg salad is gluten-free. Plus, it is also perfectly aligned with the Trim Healthy Mama eating framework. Related: Tea Room Chicken Salad I have wonderful childhood memories of my mother making me what I like to refer to as “tea room” salads. While other kids were enjoying classic PB&J, my favorite lunches included homemade chicken salad, homemade pimento cheese, and ..read more

Reading Time: 7 minutes Inside: This dry chicken chili marries tender-marinated chicken with vibrant bell peppers, onions, and aromatic spices. This creates a delicious dish that is perfect for those desire a healthy twist on Chinese food! This chili is also gluten-free and on plan for Trim Healthy Mama. Related: Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili I didn’t grow up eating Chinese food. I guess my parents didn’t like it because I don’t recall us ever eating out at a Chinese restaurant. The only Chinese-like ingredient I remember my mother using was crunchy  Chow Mein noodles. We ate mo ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutesInside: This slow cooker white chicken chili recipe is the ultimate comfort food but is incredibly healthy and a frugal meal option for large families. And, it’s gluten-free and on plan for Trim Healthy Mama as an E meal!  Related: Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili Jump to Recipe I didn’t grow up eating chili. In fact, I didn’t eat beans at all until I was an adult! When our family was struggling to buy groceries, I decided to give beans a try. A few years later, I tried my first chili recipe, and the rest is history. I didn’t try white beans until I made the Wicke ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes Inside: This comforting and hearty slow cooker white chicken chili recipe promises to warm you up on chilly days while satisfying the hunger of even the largest of families. Bursting with flavor and packed with wholesome ingredients, this recipe is a healthier alternative to traditional chili options. And, it’s gluten-free and on plan for Trim Healthy Mama as an E meal!  Related: Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili I didn’t grow up eating chili. In fact, I didn’t eat beans at all until I was an adult! When our family was struggling to buy groceries, I decided to giv ..read more

Reading Time: 12 minutes Inside: I FINALLY stopped blaming my baby for my weight gain, and I started losing weight! Here’s how you can finally get rid of the baby weight too!  Update for 2022: I’m keeping the original introduction to this post, even though I wrote it way back in 2016. Why? I know so many of you reading this are in the same situation I was back then. You have a toddler and have struggled to lose the “baby weight” from that child. Later in this post, I will update with a snippet of my weight loss journey after my 4th and final child was born in 2017! My “baby” is 3 1 ..read more

Reading Time: 7 minutes Inside: Looking for a delicious and healthy, fall-inspired breakfast? Your family will love this slow cooker pumpkin baked oatmeal. by Erin Odom, site owner & original recipe by Sarah Nichols, contributing writer Ever since I was a little girl, pumpkin has been one of my favorite flavors. Seriously, it’s right up there with chocolate-and-peanut butter in my book. Since I have a fall birthday, there were times during my childhood that I requested a pumpkin pie for my birthday instead of a cake! Although I’ve loved pumpkin since I was very young, I didn’t realize the ..read more

Reading Time: 10 minutes Inside: Pasta can be one of the most difficult foods to give up for those wanting to adopt a low-carb, low-glycemic lifestyle. White pasta is a big no-no on the Trim Healthy Mama eating plan, which is my personal eating framework. However, I’ve learned that there are some amazing low-carb pasta alternatives that won’t spike your blood sugar and taste delicious!  Pasta was one of the most difficult foods to give up when I stopped eating simple carbs: As a child, Italian dishes were my absolute favorite. Giving up white pasta felt like I was also giving up my favor ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Inside: Keep the MSG out of your kitchen with this super easy recipe for homemade taco seasoning mix! Welcome to this month’s edition of Homemade Homemaking. This month’s homemade recipe is an easy DIY taco seasoning. If you are following the Trim Healthy Mama plan, this recipe is an FP. Back when I was still a new-ish homemaker (2011, to be exact), I had planned to make my small family of 4 tacos for dinner one night, when I discovered that I was all out of taco seasoning! At first, I panicked, thinking: There is no way I want to load up my toddler and infant in ..read more