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Potato Broccoli Soup Recipe
Is there anything better than a nice bowl of soup on a cold day? Actually there is…. if you can just pull it from the freezer and heat it up. I often make a double batch of this and freeze half of it for a quick lunch and dinner later on in the month. We love […]
Continue readingEasy Homemade Macaroni and Cheese
Do you still make the boxed kind of Mac & Cheese? We did for the longest time. It was just so quick and easy to pick it up at the store and fix it as a quick side dish or a something for the kids to eat. But then I started to think about all […]
Continue readingAdvent Calendar Day 16 – Homemade Mixes
One of my favorite gifts to give to friends, teachers and the likes is homemade mixes in a jar. They are easy to customize for each person and always well received. A few years ago when I was working an office job, I made instant potato soup mix in jars and gave them to my […]
Continue readingHomemade Christmas Gifts – HBHW Advent Calendar Day 2
From the comments and emails I’ve gotten yesterday, y’all seem to be just as excited as I am about the HBHW advent calendar idea. I sat down last night and planned it all out through Christmas Eve … and I have a special surprise planned for the last one. Today I thought we’d continue to […]
Continue readingHomemade Zucchini Bread Recipe
One of the kid-friendliest ways to use up a bunch of zucchini is to “hide” it in a yummy breakfast bread like the one below. If you don’t tell them, they’ll never know it’s got a nice serving of vegetables right inside the warm loaf of yummy breakfast bread. My husband even went so far […]
Continue readingHomemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is my favorite cookie recipe. How could you not love something that’s full of butter, brown sugar, vanilla and of course plenty of chocolate chips. I hope you bake up a batch of these homemade chocolate chip cookies for your own family this week. Before you know it they’ll be baking in the oven […]
Continue readingHomemade Egg Noodles
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs ½ cup milk 1 tbsp butter pinch of salt Place flour and salt into a large bowl. Beat eggs and milk together in a small bowl and pour into the large flour bowl. Add butter last and mix Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface. Knead […]
Continue readingPasta Sauce From Garden Tomatoes
I am looking for a good pasta sauce to put up using my garden tomatoes. I want something different than what I’ve used for years. From the Hillbilly Housewife We’ve been blessed with a lot of tomatoes the past two years and I had a chance to play with a few different recipes. Here’s my […]
Continue readingHomemade Ranch Dressing
Both my husband and my daughter LOVE ranch dressing. They eat it on anything from salads to sandwiches and chicken. One of my daughter’s favorite snacks is to dip raw veggies in it. I usually stock up on the bottled kind when they go on sale, but every once in a while I make up […]
Continue readingBasic Yellow Mustard
Have you tried making your own mustard? It’s a fun little project and you end up with something that tastes more like a gourmet mustard than the bright yellow stuff in the bottle. All it takes is some mustard seeds, vinegar, water, salt and pepper. If you’re growing mustard greens in the garden, let a […]
Continue readingHomemade Pizza Snacks
I love these low-calorie homemade pizza snacks. My kids appear out of the woodwork when they smell these baking. They are pretty frugal too. Of course you can easily switch out ingredients to customize this for your kids and your family. Homemade Pizza Snacks 12-16 Saltine Crackers 1/4 C.finely chopped Portabella Mushrooms 1/2 C. Pizza […]
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