We all love make it at home recipes they save us money, they often give us better products, and it is just plain fun to make our recipes instead of buying them at the store. This is a list of my favorite recipes that we use on a daily basis. If you have a favorite recipe then please share it with is us we would love to know! 1) Homemade Powdered Laundry Soap 1...
I used to make calzones for my crew on a regular basis when they were growing up. A perfect grab and go idea for teens there is no limit of ideas to do with these. use one of my ideas or come up with your own! These freeze extremely well and reheat in the microwave or oven making them perfect for once a month cooking sessions. Calzone dough 1 tablespoon yeast 1 tablespoon...
Summer is the perfect time to make and can your own soup stocks and if you have never used a pressure canner before there is just nothing easier to start on. We do a lot of scratch cooking so we use a lot of stock, whether it be vegetable, chicken, turkey or beef. Making stock could not be easier and it is not time intensive. The other great thing about making stock...
Today has been a busy day, so we are using the crockpot again, and I thought I would add some more crockpot recipes here too as well. I hope you enjoy!!! Smothered Steak Strips These are great! Smothered Steak Strips Serves 4 to 6. !! GREAT !! 1 1/2 lb. lean chuck or round steak, cut in strips 1/3 c. flour 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1 lg. onion, sliced 1 (1 lb.)...
If you are like me spring is a busy time of year, between kids sporting events (softball here), working in the garden and just plain trying to enjoy some of the nice weather, dinner planning sometimes take a bit of a back seat. And of course when that happens take out happens, or running to the deli at your local store and pretty soon your food budget is stretched...
Ok so nobody really had to tell me spring was here, I have been digging in the garden, mowing the lawn, and trimming the sidewalk for weeks now. But I just get so excited this time of year, it is beyond a doubt my favorite season. Summer just gets too hot, and when fall comes around I am so tired of the heat and canning that I am ready for the winter. I live for...
This morning is a busy morning for me so I thought I would post a few more of my recipes and try to do a regular post this afternoon. Enjoy!! These recipes are all about hamburger, not exactly the healthiest meals but quick to fix and inexpensive for those nights when things need to be super simple. Hobo Dinners To serve four you will need four 1 pound coffee cans 1 pound ground beef 4 medium potatoes small can green beans small can carrots 2 onions 4 ears of corn (small), or 2 large ones cut in...
Since my last five dollar dinner post was so popular I thought I would do another one. Chinese Dinner for under Five Dollars egg drop soup fried rice stir-fry For the Egg Drop Soup as an appetizer: 2C water 2 chicken bullion cubes 1 egg, beaten cornstarch slurry (optional) yellow food coloring (optional) Bring water to boil, add bullion and stir until dissolved....
Sorry I have not posted a blog post recently but I have been sick and really busy so it has been difficult to get much of anything done! Today’s post was inspired by an old post at a message board I used to belong to. Back then these meals could feed a family of four for around a dollar. These days the cost of these meals will be a bit more. Many of these meals are reasonably healthy meals (as opposed to macaroni and cheese and hotdogs) as super cheap meals go and while I like to stick with healthy foods for the most part there...
This is a guest post by Autumn from oldfashionedfamilies.com Organizing your kitchen is one of the best time savers and believe it or not money savers too! Money saving you ask? Yes, and I will tell you why! Remember when you were searching high and low for those 2 cans of tuna that you just know you had and you simply could not find them? And then out of no where a couple days later you realized that they were back behind the can of chili, container of oatmeal and bag of rice? I bet you know where I am going with this. If your pantry,...