Continuing our series on easy, healthy, frugal convenience food mixes, today we’re going to talk about biscuits. You may or may not have a good use for biscuits. At our home, we enjoy biscuits and gravy for breakfast. That’s how we eat biscuits most frequently. Occasionally, I make a pot pie and put biscuits as [...]
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Easy, Delicious, Inexpensive Soup Mixes
Today I’ll be sharing three soup mixes that are easy, delicious, and inexpensive to make. If you missed my post about the benefits of making a mix, click here to catch up. Before the recipes, here’s how you’ll make the mixes. You’ll put the mix ingredients into a ziplock bag. Then, choose one of these [...]
Corn Bread/ Muffin Mix
Now that you’re convinced of the merits of making your own convenience food mixes at home, let’s talk recipes. Corn bread is a family favorite. It’s the perfect accompaniment for soup or chili, and it’s also great in my Black Bean Tamale Pie. You’ll want to stock up on Ziplock bags – preferably the quart [...]
Top Ten Reasons to Make Your Own Convenience Food Mixes
1. They taste good. Duh. Isn’t that one reason why we pick up mixes at the store? Whether it’s a cake mix, a box of mac and cheese, or a box of elaborate cous cous with olive oil and garlic, you’d have to agree that if it didn’t taste good to someone in your house, [...]
