Tag: mixes and seasonings

  • Freezer Guacamole Recipe

       When one of our favorite markets advertised avocados for $.39/each last week, Dani and I knew we had to buy a bunch. We bought a dozen or so on our shopping day, and Copper went back on one of his days off and bought 18 more. We love avocados, and we love guacamole!      […]

  • Fancy Almonds For Your Salads – Two Recipes!

    I’ve been eyeing those fancy flavored salad almonds at the store.  They look wonderful, but they are quite pricey and they are loaded with corn syrup and preservatives.  I knew I could do better.  Yesterday I picked up some raw sliced almonds and some raw slivered almonds from the bulk foods section of my market.  […]

  • Make Your Own Poultry Seasoning

    One day, years and years ago, I ran out of poultry seasoning and needed it for a recipe. In desperation, I found a make your own recipe, whipped some up and used it. I haven’t bought store-bought Poultry Seasoning again. This is a far superior product, and it’s much cheaper to make than it is to […]

  • Six Week Raisin Bran Muffins

    Many years ago, I became acquainted with a gal, a dear sister in the Lord, through the church our families attended together. Our lives then were very different, and yet they were very similar. In many ways we were kindred spirits, but the Lord had blessed us each so very differently, it didn’t seem as […]

  • Homemade (mostly) Whole Wheat Buttermilk Baking Mix

    I have made this homemade Buttermilk Baking Mix off and on for my family for more than a decade. The terrific thing about this particular recipe is that it substitutes cup for cup for any Bisquick recipe I have in my files. Coffee cakes, pancakes, waffles, biscuits, muffins…..anything, and the resulting product is always great! […]

  • Beating The Heat And The Budget Blues Day Two & Recipes

    I have had a very busy kitchen day today!  I have a loaf of Wheat Germ Sesame Bread in the bread machine.  It’s baking now and smells wonderful!  I’ve made a batch of chocolate ice cream and it’s in the freezer firming up for tonight when Copper gets home from work.  I’m sipping an ice […]