Heather Bell of @JusttheBells10 is a mother of eight and is a viral cooking and lifestyle influencer. She and her husband, Luke, hail from Michigan where they provide eggs to local grocery stores and restaurants. They raise Clydesdale horses and beef cows, and they operate a masonry business as well. She is the debut author of Mama Bell's Big Family Cooking: 100+ Big-Batch Homestyle Recipes Your Family Is Gonna Love!
Today, we talk about how her large family came together through adoption and how she managed a house full of growing kids! Heather talks about the joy and connection that food brings to her family and how that inspired her recent cookbook. Enjoy!

Find Heather's Cookbook here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mama-Bells-Big-Family-Cooking/Heather-Bell/9781507222614
Heather's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justthebells10/

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What if we told you cooking more meals at home could help you save money, eat healthier, and spend more quality time with your family?
In this episode, Roni and Riley talk about the different reasons why home cooking needs to be your 2025 resolution! Home-cooked meals have this amazing ripple effect on basically all aspects of our lives and we want to encourage you to cook at home more in the new year. This episode will help you stop making excuses and overcome the barriers you might encounter when it comes to making more home-cooked meals. Enjoy!

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Alison Kay is a food writer, teacher, and podcaster. She specializes in bringing the wisdom of ancestral food to modern kitchens in a joyful and practical way so that you can learn without overwhelm and make traditional foods part of your life.
In today's episode, we talk about Alison's journey from veganism to ancestral eating and how changing her diet helped her overcome struggles with fertility. Alison is a wealth of knowledge about traditional foods, ancestral eating, and prioritizing local foods in one's life. This is a great introduction to ancestral eating and traditional foods! Enjoy!

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https://ancestralkitchen.com/about/

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Join Riley and Roni for a conversation about reducing the craziness around holiday meal planning and prep. We dissect planning, food prep, managing leftovers, and adopting a new mindset to maximize enjoyment! We hope this episode helps you accept the imperfections and get the most fulfillment from your holiday meals this season. Cheers and Enjoy!

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Julien and Kiersten Saunders are authors of Cashing Out: Win the Wealth Game By Walking Away published by Penguin Random House. They are the creative voices behind the blog richandregular.com, hosts/producers of the award-winning video series, Money on the Table, and hosts of the rich & REGULAR podcast which has earned over 3 million downloads in just two years. Their mission is to inspire better conversations about money.
This episode is focused on eating at home and why learning to cook is one of the best financial investments anyone can make! Julien and Kiersten give their advice and suggestions for learning to cook, how to save time in the kitchen, and how to save time and money on your upcoming holiday meals. Enjoy!

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IG: https://www.instagram.com/richandregular/
Podcast: https://richandregular.com/listen/
Website: https://richandregular.com/
Book: https://richandregular.com/cashingout/

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Join Roni and Riley for a conversation about "less is more" when it comes to meal planning. This conversation gives many practical tips for simplifying your meal planning and creating minimalist meal plans! Tune in for some recipe inspiration and practical planning methods. Enjoy!

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Jordan Schenck is the President and Chief Operating Officer for Flashfood, an app-based marketplace that connects shoppers with fresh produce, meat, and other groceries at up to 50% off. This interview focuses on why food waste is a complex issue and how Flashfood works to help reduce food waste.

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Riley is back this week to help cover the topic of family meals and why we should be trying to have more meals together with our families. We share a lot of helpful tips and ideas during this conversation so you can feel empowered to have more family meals starting this week!

Here are some of the resources we mentioned:
FMI.org
thefamilydinnerproject.org
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