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Peanut Butter Bread

3/4 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 1-3/4 cup milk 2-1/4 cups whole wheat flour 4 teaspoons baking powder This is one of my favorite breads for gift giving. Get out your trusty big bowl. In it cream together the peanut butter and sugar. Add the vanilla and salt […]

Biscuit Mix Recipes

The following recipes are to use my homemade biscuit mix. Of course you can also use them with the store bought kind if you’re so inclined. Biscuits: 2 1/2 cups Biscuit Mix 2/3 cup milk or buttermilk Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Mix to a soft dough. Knead 10 times. Roll out the dough […]

Light Wheat Biscuit Mix

5 cups unbleached white flour 4 cups whole wheat flour 1-1/2 tablespoons salt 4 tablespoons baking powder 2 cups solid vegetable shortening You need a very large bowl to make this mix, and also a clean container to put it in when it’s done. I usually use a large, clean coffee can. So, measure […]

White Flour Biscuit Mix

A simple recipe for a homemade baking mix to use instead of mixes like Bisquick.

Do you use a lot of baking mixes to make your own biscuits, pancakes and more? You can make your own mix quickly and easily at home for a fraction of the cost. There are only a small handful of ingredients and all it takes is a large bowl to mix it in and a […]

Hoe Cakes

2 cups corn meal 1 teaspoon salt 2 cups boiling water oil for frying Put the tea kettle on to boil. In a large bowl combine the corn meal and salt. When the water boils, measure it in a metal or tempered-glass measuring cup. Pour the boiling water over the cornmeal and stir it up. […]

Lentil and Vegetable Soup With Dumplings

Today I want to share one of my favorite soup recipes with you. It’s filling and frugal. By combining an already filling dish like lentil soup with some simply dumplings, you end up with something that will feed a crowd for pennies. This recipe can be made with items you likely already have on hand. […]

Lima Bean and Ham Stew

1-1/2 cups dry lima beans 1 quart tap water (4 cups) 15 ounce can chopped tomatoes 1 small onion, chopped 1 or 2 cups leftover chopped ham 2 beef bouillon cubes 1/8 teaspoon pepper 1 cup milk 1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch In a 4 quart saucepot combine the dry lima beans and tap water. Bring the […]

Red Beans & Rice

1 pound dry kidney beans (approximately 6 cups cooked) 2 quarts of tap water 1 pound turkey sausage 1 large onion, chopped 4 stalks of celery chopped 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic 2 teaspoons salt Good shot of Tabasco Sauce Hot Cooked Brown Rice or White Rice (double the recipe for the rice) Soak the […]

Homemade Convenience Foods

Are convenience foods ruining your budget and robbing you of your hard earned cash? Fight back with these great recipes. Create your own convenience foods, and pocket monstrous savings in the process. Begin by substituting your Homemade Granola for expensive Zowie Wowie Sugar Puffs. Then move on to more ambitious projects like Biscuit Mix, Flavored […]

Menu Planning Made Easy

The concept of planning and preparing 3 meals a day, 21 meals a week or 1,092 meals a year is pretty mind boggling when you stop to think about it. Doing it all while short on cash is even more challenging. This is where the art of menu planning comes into the picture. By taking […]

Powdered Milk

With the price of milk soaring through the roof lots of folks are reconsidering powdered milk for it’s economy. The dairy price hike hasn’t affected dry milk much yet, making it the best dairy bargain currently available. Through an informal investigation I’ve discovered that fresh milk costs between $3.50 and $4.50 a gallon in most […]

Bread Machine Basics

What to do when your manual is missing. The Missing Manual People often ask me what to do with a bread machine that doesn’t have its own manual. It can be very frustrating, especially when you have never used a bread machine before. Some folks find used bread makers at yard sales. Other folks may […]

Store Bought Convenience Foods that are Usually Good Buys

When it comes to Convenience Foods, most of us are coming from 2 opposite sides of the fence. We either love ’em or we hate ’em. I tend to be from the “Hate ‘Em-Camp” so you’ll have to overlook any obvious prejudices on my part. I’ll try to keep these prejudices under my hat the […]

$45 Emergency Menu for 4 to 6

I’ve seen various places around the web claim that in an emergency you can feed your family for only $10 or $20 a week. While I appreciate their intentions, I have noticed that they all assume you have certain supplies already on hand. In my experience this isn’t always the case. Forty-five dollars will seem […]

Suggestions For School Lunches

An empty lunch box can be an intimidating thing at 6 am when you are wiping the sleep from you eyes and wishing you had taken the time to prepare and program the coffee maker the night before. To help you out of this predicament, I offer the following suggestions. You can mix and match […]

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