Archive Yearly Archives: 2010

Cheaper Tomato Paste And Sauce

Love the money saving tips here! In my area, a huge can (institutional size) of tomato paste or tomato sauce is a lot cheaper per ounce than buying small cans. I usually make several batches of spaghetti sauce (with and without meat) on the days that I open those huge cans. Then I fill small […]

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Small Size Cake Recipes

Looking for cake recipes that make a 9×5 loaf pan or a 8×8 square cake. Most cakes ar e way too big for just the 3 of us. Any help would be great. Thank you, CharlieAnn Disclosure: Some of the links below are affilate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn […]

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Chili Casserole

I made this up years ago when I had not-enough of a bunch of things. It's basically an extrapolated tamale pie. I'm sorry this is so long. I promise it's not difficult. 1 15-ounce can chili (2 cups homemade/leftover) 1 pound ground meat, browned and drained (beef, turkey, whatever) 1 15-ounce can beans, any kind, […]

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Baked Macaroni and Cheese

1 egg 16 oz. macaroni noodles 8 oz. Velveeta cheese crumbles 8 oz. sharp cheddar 8 oz. mild cheddar 1 can evaporated milk 1 stick margarine or butter Boil noodles. While cooking, beat milk and eggs together. Then stir in cheese. Cut margarine/butter into chunks and put on top of cheese mixture. After draining noodles, […]

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Gluten Free Sweet Rice Flour Bread

I'm looking for a gluten-free bread made from sweet white rice flour… no t regular rice but glutinous rice. Any idea where I can find a recipe for this? Disclosure: Some of the links below are affilate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and […]

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Sea Foam Fudge

This is an old recipe that I first heard of from my mother's ex-boyfriend. He loved the candy. My mother and I had never heard of it, so we asked his mother. It turns out she got it from her great grandmother, and it's even turned up in the White House Cookbook. It doesn't sound […]

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Almond Sherry Cake Recipe

Either Family Circle or Woman’s Day magazine had a great recipe for Almond Sherry cake (back in early 1970’s – I think it was in a holiday pull-out section of recipes.) My copy has disappeared and I can’t remember things as well as I used to, so I need something to follow! If you have […]

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Potato and Black-Eyed Pea Soup

2 quarts chicken, turkey, or vegetable stock  (I used the stuff I made by boiling down our Thanksgiving turkey carcass.) 1 1/2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes in 3/4-inch cubes  (5 small – 3 large. I scrub but don’t peel them) 1 1/2 cups dry black-eyed peas (3-4 cups soaked, or 2 cans) 1/2 pound of […]

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Oatmeal Cookies With Raisins

Our family used to enjoy Auntie Ethel’s Oatmeal Cookies, but Auntie Ethel is gone now and we’ve lost the recipe. I remember that we soaked the raisins in boiling water, and then used the raisin water as the liquid in the recipe. They were very crispy and buttery. Any ideas? Disclosure: Some of the links […]

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