Simplify your life through seasonal eating, modern homesteading, eco-friendly living, and family travel.

From-Scratch Cooking

Welcome to Simplify, Live, Love!

Michelle started Simplify, Live, Love in 2010 where she shares family favorite recipes that are easy to make with healthy, fresh, and local ingredients and lots of tips to help busy families be more eco-friendly both at home and on family travel adventures.

Michelleโ€™s been featured as a Google Publisher, on MSN.com, Countryside Magazine, HuffPost, Travel Iowa, Hooverโ€™s Hatchery and more. Michelle has been a go-to resource for eco-friendly family living and travel for 14 years and counting!

bowl of homegrown tomatoes

Our Mission:

Our mission at Simplify, Live, Love is bold! We can all strive to do better for the greater good. Just one small change today to live more sustainably and reduce our carbon footprint can make a huge impact! Alone, our actions may seem insignificant, but when we come together, our choices snowball into something amazing! We want to be your inspiration and help you every step of the way. We strive to

  • Guide families in learning and implementing eco-friendly practices at home.
  • Promote growing, eating, preserving, and cooking real food both at home and during travel adventures.
  • Reduce our carbon footprint through conscious eco-friendly choices.
  • Make sustainability an everyday habit at home and while traveling.

Modern Homesteading

Family Travel

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Eco-Friendly Living


chickens and garden produce

Let’s be environmentally friendly together!

If we all take small actions TODAY, we can make the Earth a better place for us all! Let Simplify, Live, Love hep you start to take those small actions today!