• 50% off Gluten-Free Food Plus Free Shipping!

    There is a GREAT deal today over at Living Social on gluten-free foods!   For $25, you will get a voucher for $50 worth of gluten-free foods!  Plus, shipping is free for orders over $50! Gluten Freely has a wide selection of items, at good prices! Here’s how to get the deal: 1.  Sign up at Living Social, if you haven’t already. 2. Go to this Living Social page to view the Gluten Freely deal 3. Pay $25 for a $50 voucher. 4.  Within a day, the voucher should be added to your account, and you can use it at Gluten Freely! Enjoy! Thanks, Surviving the Stores!

  • Simple & Delicious Meatloaf

    Photo credit: Taste Inspired I made meatloaf for dinner last night, we had meatloaf sandwiches for lunch, and we liked it so much we’re having it again for dinner tonight!  I’m also making dinner for a friend-of-a-friend who just had a new baby, so she’s getting meatloaf too!  Hope she likes it as much as we do. With an easy recipe that good, I thought I’d share and give you a fresh dinner idea. Meatloaf Recipe 1 lb organic ground beef 2 eggs (preferably organic free-range) 1/2 t Italian seasoning bread crumbs (preferably fresh – just make some crumbs from a few pieces of bread.  Otherwise, Whole Foods is the…

  • Free box of Organic Nature’s Path Granola Bars!

    Yay, free organic food! Nature’s Path is giving away free sample boxes of their granola bars, just for voting for your favorite flavor!   You can choose from Chococonut, Pumpkin-N-Spice, Lotta Apricotta, and Berry Strawberry. Enter the Nature’s Path Sweepstakes via the EllendD show to win a $500 Whole Foods Gift Card by voting and completing their little form to get your free box.  It does say at the bottom of the form that you have to confirm your email to be entered, so make sure to do that!  

  • Organic/Natural Coupon Round-up (11/4)

    Welcome to the weekly organic & natural printable coupon round-up at Renaissance Mama!!  I’ve done my best to make this THE most comprehensive list on the web.   If I’ve missed any that you find, feel free to leave a note and link in the comments! Baby Plum Organics – 50¢/2 Plum Organics Baby Food Buddy Fruits – $1/1 Buddy Fruits Snacks Tom’s – $1/1 Tom’s of Maine Children’s Toothpaste Baking Arrowhead Mills – $1/1 Any Arrowhead Mills product Arrowhead Mills  – $1/1 Arrowhead Mills Flour or Cornmeal Domino Sugar – $1/1 Domino Organic Agave Nectar Florida Crystals –  65¢/1 Any Florida Crystals Natural/Organic Sugars Products Martha White – $1/4 Martha White Muffin Mixes Simply Organic – $1/1 Simply Organic Baking Mix,…

  • “Natural” Cereal that’s easy on the bank account!

    Breakfast is definitely the most challenging time of day for me.   Ideally, I would leap out of bed in the morning and whip up a breakfast of fresh fruit, oatmeal, homemade pancakes, or the like for my kids.  In reality, that almost never happens.  Honestly, I can’t remember the last time that did happen.   When I do make a breakfast meal, we usually have ‘breakfast’ around, oh, 11am. 11 am  breakfast doesn’t fly with my kids.  The littlest one especially wakes up ravenous.  I’m thankful to have found an easy breakfast alternative for them that’s not laden with artificial ingredients, hydrogenated oils, and high fructose syrup.  Equally important…

  • Great Organic Printable Coupons – Get ’em while they’re Hot!

    I have never seen this many organic/natural coupons on coupons.com before!   Some of these won’t be around long, so nab them while they’re hot!    Use zip 90210. 75¢/1 Cascadian Farms (organic cereals) $1/4 Larabars 40¢/1 Diamond Crystal Sea Salt $1/1 Maranatha Nut Butters $1/2 Simply Organic Spices or Vanilla $1/1 Zarbee’s Cough Syrup $1/1 Nature’s Bounty Vitamins 75¢/1 Muir Glen Sauces Happy Saving!

  • Perfect Pumpkin Pancakes! (Tasty Tuesday)

    We have a love for all things pumpkin (as you’ve probably picked up on by now), and had been on the search for a good pumpkin pancake recipe.  We finally found one that passed muster (with flying colors!) and has become a family favorite.   Enjoy! Pumpkin Pancakes Ingredients 2 c all-purpose flour (substitute your flour of choice) 2 tsp aluminum-free baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp ground ginger 3 tbs organic brown sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 c raw milk 1 c fresh pumpkin puree 1 organic free-range egg 2 tbs grapeseed oil 2 tbs vinegar Combine flour, baking…