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Corn Tortillas – Tortillas de Maiz

This recipe is very frugal as it only uses three ingredients – water, corn flour, and baking powder. A batch will last you a few days to a week, and these tortillas are a great healthy and cheap substitute to bread. Here’s the recipe: Here is my recipe for THE perfect tortilla. This recipe makes […]

3 Classic Dry Spice Mixes

Instructions for all three of these mixes are the same. Put the ingredients in a big bowl and mix together well with a fork or whisk. You’ll want to store the mixes in some kind of a jar with a tight sealing lid. I like to use a canning jar and lid because I know […]

Basic BBQ Sauce

1/4 cup diced onion 1/4 cup white vinegar 1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 to 1 tsp. chili powder (adjust to your taste) In large skillet sprayed with cooking oil, lightly saute onion, just until soft, not brown. Add remaining ingredients, stirring to combine. Simmer these ingredients together until sauce forms, about […]

Shake-It Bake-It Mix

2 cups bread crumbs 1/4 cup flour 3 Tbsp. paprika 2 tsp. onion powder 4 tsp. salt 2 tsp. ground oregano 1/2 tsp. ground red pepper 1/2 tsp. garlic powder Mix all ingredients well and store in sealed container in the refrigerator or pantry. About 2/3 cup mixture will coat one whole cut-up chicken. To […]

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 […]