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 [...]
Unsausage Burgers
Recently, I participated in a financial workshop which had a fun twist: frugal, healthy recipes. I talked about how to make unsausage burgers. We all know how pricy it can be to eat out at fast food places all the time. With these burgers, however, you can make your own “fast food” at home. If [...]
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 [...]
