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Homemade Marinara Sauce

The key to a truly amazing pasta dish is a good marinara sauce. While there are plenty of good store-bought options out there that will do in a pinch, a homemade tomato sauce makes a huge difference. Making your own pasta sauce is a lot easier than you may think. My frugal shortcut is to […]

Homemade Powdered Coffee Creamer

A simple recipe for powdered coffee creamer you can make in your blender.

I am looking for a homemade POWDERED (french vanilla ) coffee creamer. Thank you, Pamela From The Hillbilly Housewife I like the idea of a keeping a powdered coffee creamer around and started with a base of dry milk. I looked at some recipes online and played around with some basic ingredients. Here’s what I […]

Homemade Salad Dressings – My Favorite Recipes

One of the easiest things to start making yourself is salad dressings. They don’t use a lot of ingredients and all you have to do is blend them together and pour them over your salad. There’s been a lot of talk about how bad processed food is for us, but sometimes it’s hard to find […]

Homemade Powdered Cream Soup Mixes

Mugs of homemade cream of mushroom and potato soups

I am looking to make homemade powdered cream soups to keep in my pantry. I live away from town and do not drive. Please help. Thanks. Tonya From the Hillbilly Housewife Hi Tonya, that’s a great request. It’s nice to have a mix or simple ingredients on hand to make a cup of soup. […]

Instant Cream of Tomato Soup

This is a great recipe for those days when you can’t make it to the store. Whip up a batch of cream of tomato soup with things sitting in your pantry and fridge. Make some sandwiches (grilled cheese are a favorite around here) to go with it and lunch or dinner is ready. Instant Cream […]

Advent Calendar Day 9 – Homemade Convenience Foods

Let’s talk about convenience today. Compared to even a few short years ago, my life around the Holidays has gotten so much more convenient. I’m able to order gifts and have them shipped to my door. We can watch a huge library of Holiday movies whenever we choose without having to drive to the video […]

Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce

1 – 1/2 cups chopped onion 1 cup banana peppers 2 qts canned tomatoes (drain, chop) 1 – 1/2 tbsp salt 1 – 1/2 tbsp garlic 1 tbsp oregano 1 tbsp lemon juice Chop onions and place them into a stock pot. Drain and chop tomatoes and add to pot. Then place the salt, garlic, […]

Homemade Barbeque Sauce

1 c. ketchup 3 tbsp brown sugar 1/2 cup water 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 tsp barbeque spice (any mix you like) 1 chopped Vidalia onion salt and pepper to taste Place all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil making sure to stir constantly. Reduce the heat to very low and let […]

Homemade Pizza

The great thing about making your own pizza is that you can top it with whatever you like. This is also a fun family activity! Homemade Pizza Crust: 1 cup hot water 2tbsp. shortening 1/4tsp. salt 1 package yeast (fast acting) 3-6 cups of flour (depending on the size of the pizza you are making) […]

Homemade Italian Dressing

Have you tried making your own italian dressing? It’s much easier than you may think. Make up a batch of this and store it in a glass jar in the fridge. It’s great on salads, but also a wonderful marinade for chicken. You can make this dressing more or less flavorful by adjusting the amount of […]

Homemade Gravy Recipe

Making beef gravy from scratch (or any other type of gravy for that matter) has become a bit of a lost art. If you find yourself buying jar after jar of gravy at the store, or making it from one of those little powder mixes, I encourage you to give the homemade gravy recipe below […]

Homemade Spagetti Sauce Recipe

2 cans crushed tomatoes 2 cans tomato puree 1 small can tomato paste 3 tbsp. olive oil 5 cloves garlic 1 lg. onion (chopped) 2 tbsp. fresh parsley (minced) 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/2 tsp. onion powder 1/2 tsp dried basil (minced) 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper Heat olive oil […]

Homemade Vegetable Broth

I’ve fallen victim to a rather lazy trap and I guess it’s time to confess – I love having cans of chicken broth in my pantry. Lots and lots of cans of chicken broth. I discovered this addiction while I was cleaning out my pantry recently. There they were – six big cans of chicken […]

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 […]