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There is a product in the freezer section that comes in a blue bag with a little dough man on the front. They are ready to bake biscuits. I have tried them and they are mighty convenient for a quick breakfast or dinner. A bag of te (read full article)
Our local grocery stores often run specials on pork loins, those huge logs of lean, boneless meat. At $1.67, sometimes less, per pound, it is about the cheapest way for me to buy good quality cuts of pork. I cut them into chops, I cut th (read full article)
Because I am an oldest child, over achiever, type A personality, I had to find ways to make my Super Easy Pot Roast completely from scratch. To keep the roast easy, of course, you would have made these mixes up ahead of time. 1/8-1/4 cup (read full article)
Before I set about writing this post, I did a Google search of "homemade caramels." I found a few other bloggers who posted their adventures with stoves and candy thermometers and caramels that turned into hard toffee like substances. (read full article)
It's a funny thing. Ice cream makers usually make their appearances during the hot summer months, but peppermint ice cream only shows up in grocery stores during December. For the other eleven months of the year, we get no peppermint and (read full article)
There is nothing like a homemade tortilla. We have a tortilla "factory" in our little town (which is to say, there is a tiny store front where a Latin family slaves in the Arizona heat six days a week to make fresh tortillas). Those corn (read full article)
This is the halfway mark! Only 26 more to go and I will have fulfilled my new year's resolution (it may be the only one I succeed in completing - I obviously need to make myself more accountable next year!). Anyway, back to the Make Your (read full article)
It is my belief that all convenience foods are based on something that used to be homemade. Frozen waffles, boxed cookies, fully-cooked entrees; once upon a time, a home cook made them from scratch. Cream soups have been in the grocery st (read full article)
These are one of my family's favorite breakfasts; whether they are homemade or bought on a car trip. The nice things about making them homemade is that you can make up a bunch of them and then freeze them. Frozen eggs aren't the best al (read full article)
Many years ago, one of my sons was given a root beer making kit along with a bubble gum making kit and a lollipop kit. We had great success with the gum and candy, but the root beer, which was made with a yeast base was a complete flop. &nbs (read full article)
I was a little afraid to make corn dogs. I thought it would be hard, that they wouldn't turn out, that they would end up a greasy, gross mess. My fears were totally unfounded. These dogs were easy, they turned out as good or better (read full article)
Bottling or canning your own foods can be an enormously rewarding way to stock your pantry shelves. Jams and jellies are the easiest place to start if you are a beginner. When I lived in WA, I used to pick tons of blackberries and (read full article)
No one who has lived in the Seattle area for any length of time has avoided tasting one of these 730 calorie treats. Now that they have gone national, I imagine there are even more people who know the cinnamon-y amazing-ness (I am butchering t (read full article)
As promised, here is another homemade version of a favorite Girl Scout cookie: the Samoa. This is probably my boys' favorite GS cookie. It is a shortbread cookie with a layer of chocolate on the bottom and a layer of ooey, gooey coconut (read full article)
Before I moved, my local Kroger owned grocery store had Adam's peanut butter on sale for $1.25 per jar. I couldn't pass up the sale, even though I was in the middle of packing. Well, it's all gone now. I really tried to make it last (read full article)
I can never find lady finger cookies when I need them. I don't know if they are only in specialty stores or if they are in a very special, very secret section of chain grocery stores, but when I want them, they are impossible to find. No (read full article)
I apologize for a repeat this week (originally posted November 08). Too much drama with sick kids, unconscious kids, lost kids in the Superstition Mountains (I didn't tell you about that one!) took too much time away from cooking. This is b (read full article)
I waited to post these until after the wave of Girl Scout cookie salesladies had left their tables outside the grocery stores. I would not want to put a dent into their sales. Frankly, though, I can't afford those ever shrinking lovely (read full article)
Preparing for this post was interesting. Do you know how many different recipes there are for an "all-purpose" mix? Each one has a slight twist; a little more of this or a little less of that. Really, I think one would have to try (read full article)
I am combining two "make your owns" this week, because I don't think either is enough on its own to be a post...but both are fun. First of all, let me tell you something I have observed. Tartar sauce seems to be different in different parts of (read full article)
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