Tired of spending money on expensive outdoor window cleaners? This simple and budget-friendly homemade outdoor window washer recipe works just as well—without the high price tag! Made with just a few everyday ingredients, it’s perfect for reaching those high-up windows without needing a ladder. Clean your windows with ease and save money in the process!
This is simply The Best Homemade Potato Salad Recipe EVER!! No really… it is. I have people begging for this potato salad! It’s quick and easy to make and makes a nice addition to picnics, potlucks and family get together!
The basic recipe is in volume 1 of our Dining On A Dime Cookbook but I normally add an additional tablespoon or two of bacon grease along with the bacon and people beg me to make more and more of it!
This is the very best homemade potato salad recipe! It is my all-time favorite! I have people begging for this potato salad, so you definitely need to try it! I almost always have all of the ingredients on hand, so it’s easy to make any time.
When I need to take a potato salad to a potluck or get together, this is the potato salad I take. It’s also great for Memorial day, picnics at the lake or barbecues with hamburgers, hot dogs and chicken. It is super popular with everyone who eats it because it is so delicious and there are never any leftovers to take home!
For my secret ingredient, I normally add an additional tablespoon or two of bacon grease along with the bacon and people beg me to make more and more of it! The bacon grease gives it a richer flavor you have to try to believe!
You don’t have to use the bacon… If you don’t have the bacon, or if you don’t eat bacon, this potato salad still tastes great without it (just not as “over the top” great as with the bacon ;-).
If I have baked potatoes or if I’m making mashed potatoes the night before, I cook extra and pull out a few of the potatoes before I mash them. This way I can use the extra potatoes for the potato salad that I know I will be making the next day.
Creamy, delicious and packed with a secret ingredient that keeps everyone coming back for seconds, this is truly the best potato salad recipe for potlucks, barbecues and family dinners! With tender potatoes, crispy bacon and tangy dill pickle, this easy and delicious homemade side dish comes together fast and tastes even better after chilling!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Yield:10 servings
Ingredients
1/4 cup mayonnaise 1 tsp. garlic powder (or more to taste) 1 tsp. onion powder or 1/2 onion, finely chopped (more to taste) 1 small dill pickle, diced into small pieces 3 eggs, hard-boiled and chopped 6 potatoes, peeled, cubed into small pieces and boiled 2 slices bacon, fried and crumbled or 1 Tbsp. bacon grease (optional) 2 carrots, peeled and chopped salt
Instructions
Mix the mayonnaise, garlic powder, onion powder, and pickle in a large bowl.
Add the eggs, warm potatoes, carrots and bacon or bacon grease, if desired.
Mix well.
Add salt, to taste.
Mix well.
Chill 1-2 hours before serving. If the potato salad seems dry, add a couple tablespoons of milk. Serves 10.
Notes
When making potato salad, add the dressing to warm potatoes for the best taste! Warm potatoes will absorb the flavor from the dressing while cool ones will not.
This Best Homemade Potato Salad Recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Here’s a quick and easy homemade fry sauce recipe! This creamy, tangy sauce is a favorite in some parts of the country as a dip for french fries—but it’s just as delicious on burgers, sandwiches, and more!
Fry Sauce – The Secret Sauce You Didn’t Know You Needed!
Ever heard of fry sauce? When we moved to Idaho, we were stumped when fast food places kept asking if we wanted some fry sauce with our French fries. Fry sauce? What’s that? We didn’t have any idea what fry sauce was, but when we tried it, we were hooked!
This easy homemade fry sauce recipe is creamy, tangy, and downright addictive. While it’s famous as a french fry dipping sauce, don’t stop there—it’s also amazing on burgers, chicken, sandwiches, and more. With just a few simple ingredients you probably already have on hand, you can whip up this tasty sauce in minutes. It’s a must-try if you’ve never had it—and if you have, you already know how good it is!
If you’re a fan of Bisquick mix, try this easy and inexpensive homemade baking mix recipe. Use it for any recipe that calls for baking mix. You can also use this homemade baking mix to simplify regular recipes and cut preparation time.
This steak and mushroom gravy recipe is an easy and delicious comfort food recipe you can make fast! It’s an easy and tasty meal your whole family will love and a great way to use leftover steak or roast!
This easy pumpkin smoothie recipe is a cool and refreshing drink with the taste of fall holidays! It’s the perfect drink to get you in the fall mood!
Embrace the cozy flavors of fall with this creamy pumpkin smoothie! Packed with real pumpkin puree, warm spices, and a hint of sweetness, this easy pumpkin smoothie recipe is a delicious and nutritious way to enjoy the taste of the season. Perfect for breakfast or an afternoon treat, it’s quick to make and loaded with vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants. Blend up this fall favorite in minutes for a refreshing and healthy twist on pumpkin spice!
Savor the taste of fall with this easy pumpkin smoothie recipe! Blended with pumpkin puree, spices, and a touch of sweetness, it’s a quick, nutritious treat perfect for breakfast or a cozy snack.
Overwhelmed with zucchini? Try this quick, easy and delicious zucchini slaw recipe, a twist on coleslaw that will help you use those garden leftovers!
Zucchini Slaw Recipe
From: Norma
As I was shredding zucchini to put in the freezer, my 12 year old grandson asked, “I wonder what that would taste like made into slaw”. So he got a carrot and we made zucchini slaw. It was awesome!
This easy zucchini slaw transforms garden-fresh zucchini into a delicious coleslaw. With just four simple ingredients, you can whip it up in no time and make the most of your zucchini harvest!
Ingredients
2 medium zucchini 1 large carrot Miracle Whip (add it until you like it) salt and pepper to taste 1 Tbsp. milk
If you like, you can just make your favorite coleslaw recipe and use zucchini instead of cabbage. (If you have picky eaters, this is a good way to sneak in zucchini.)
I tried this zucchini slaw recipe and it was yummy! I also tried making it with our garlic salad sauce. Yum! This is a great way to use leftover garden zucchini!
-Tawra
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This easy granola bars recipe makes homemade healthy granola bars everyone will love! They’re perfect for breakfasts, snacks or packed lunches and you’ll save a LOT of money making them yourself!
Granola bars are a favorite grab and go breakfast or snack food, ranging from very basic granola bars to super fancy granola bars with lots of extras. Healthy granola bars can be packed with ingredients that make them even more healthy, but every extra ingredient adds more calories. If you’re trying to watch your waist line, you might keep this in mind and not add too many delicious additives!
This easy granola bars makes healthy granola bars perfect for all kinds of occasions. The basic recipe is perfect for kids who are picky eaters for basic school lunch style granola bars. The basic recipe includes healthy cereal grains with plenty of fiber, along with honey, cinnamon and chocolate chips for a tasty flavor!
If you like your granola bars to include richer ingredients like dried fruits, nuts and coconut, you can add them as you like, but be sure to include them in the proportions described in the “variations” part of the recipe so the bars still have enough binding ingredients to hold them all together.
Making your own healthy granola bars gives you all of the control of what ingredients you include so you won’t have to worry about a lot of ingredients whose names you can’t pronounce.
This easy granola bars recipe is super easy to make with only 10 minutes’ work and much cheaper to make than the store bought kind! Once you have mastered the basic recipe, take some time to experiment with adding your favorite add-ins so you can figure out what things you like best!
This easy granola bars recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
This homemade tortilla chips recipe is a great way to make your own homemade tortilla chips that taste better and are fresher than store-bought! This easy tortilla chips recipe is a great way to revive and use corn tortillas that are getting too brittle to roll.
Homemade Fried Tortilla Chips: A Simple Way to Save Money and Reduce Waste!
Have you ever opened a package of corn tortillas only to find that a few days later they’ve become too stiff to roll without cracking? It happens to all of us. Instead of throwing them away or letting them sit unused in the fridge, there’s an easy solution that turns those tortillas into something delicious—homemade tortilla chips!
Making your own tortilla chips at home is surprisingly simple, and once you try them, you may never want to go back to the bagged kind again. They’re fresh, crispy, and incredibly flavorful. Best of all, they’re a great way to stretch your grocery budget by using something you might otherwise waste.
Store-bought tortilla chips can be expensive, especially if you buy them regularly for snacks, nachos, or salsa. But when you make your own, you’re essentially turning inexpensive corn tortillas into a whole batch of chips for just pennies. If you already have tortillas on hand, the only extra ingredient you need is a little oil for frying.
Another great thing about homemade tortilla chips is how fresh they taste. When you fry them yourself, you get that warm, crispy texture that store-bought chips just can’t match. They’re perfect for dipping in salsa, guacamole, queso, or even enjoying plain with a sprinkle of salt.
This recipe is also incredibly flexible. Have a big pack of tortillas and worry you won’t use them all in time? Just turn them into chips! Slightly older tortillas actually work really well because they crisp up beautifully when fried. Instead of struggling to roll them for tacos or enchiladas, simply cut them into wedges and fry them.
Homemade tortilla chips are perfect for family movie nights, quick nachos, taco salads, or serving alongside your favorite Mexican dishes. You can even experiment with different seasonings like garlic salt, chili powder, or lime salt if you want to add a little extra flavor.
Once you see how easy these are to make, you’ll want to make them a lot more often! Crispy, fresh, and budget-friendly—what could be better?
This easy fried potatoes recipe makes perfect fried potatoes, which are a yummy addition to a big breakfast or a nice side dish for any meal!
This easy fried potatoes recipes makes delicious fried potatoes perfect for a big breakfast! Fried potatoes are a super delicious way to prepare potatoes and they are super versatile. Even though they are most commonly served with breakfast, they are great served with hot lunch or dinner meals. Fried potatoes are a great complement for barbecued chicken, beef or pork.
This fried potatoes recipe calls for bacon grease or margarine, but you can also use oil. We don’t recommend using butter because it burns too easily for this type of recipe. We prefer using bacon grease, because it gives the fried potatoes a delicious rich bacon seasoned flavor and baking grease works very well for frying.
You can cook these fried potatoes to be brown and crispy, or a little softer if you prefer. I like to make them a little more crispy as a slightly crispy texture is nice and mixes well with other breakfast food. If you like your potatoes less crispy, cook as long as you like.
If you want to take this fried potatoes recipe a step further, you can make a delicious one dish skillet meal, which works great with the fried potatoes as a base. Check out our easy breakfast skillet recipe here.
If you’re making a holiday buffet, you can serve these easy fried potatoes with any of these tasty breakfast items:
This easy fried potatoes recipe makes delicious fried potatoes perfect for any big breakfast! They’re a great way to serve potatoes that are a little more fancy and a lot more delicious than regular hash browns! Fried potatoes are great with other meals, too, so be sure to try them when you need a great side for chicken, beef or pork.
Author:Tawra Kellam
Yield:4-6 servings
Ingredients
2–3 Tbsp. bacon grease or margarine
6 potatoes, sliced or cubed
salt and pepper
green onions, chopped (to taste, optional)
parsley (optional)
Instructions
Melt bacon grease or margarine in a frying pan.
Add the potatoes to the pan.
Cook over medium heat.
Cook potatoes, toening occasionally until golden brown.
Stir in green onions, if desired.
Remove from pan.
Garnish with parsley, if desired.
Salt and pepper to taste. Serves 4-6.
Here are some other breakfast items you can serve with this easy fried potatoes recipe:
This easy Cheerio marshmallow treats recipe makes a tasty cereal bar similar to Rice Krispies treats, but with Cheerios and peanut butter! It’s a perfect treat for kids’ lunches and after school snacks!
Author:Jill Cooper
Yield:about 24 servings
Ingredients
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine 1 pkg. mini marshmallows (6 cups) 1/2 cup peanut butter, smooth or crunchy 5 cups Cheerios cereal
Instructions
Grease a 9×13 pan well.
Microwave the butter in a large bowl on high for 45 seconds or until melted.
Stir in marshmallows, coating with the butter.
Microwave on high 1 1/2 minutes or until melted, stirring after 45 seconds. Watch carefully in case you need to stir more frequently.
Mix in peanut butter and immediately add cereal.
Lightly mix to coat well with the peanut butter.
With a greased spatula or wax paper, press the mixture into the baking pan.
Notes
Mix 1 cup of M & M’s or raisins and 1/2 cup of peanuts. Add to the mixture at the same time you add the cereal.
Try this quick and easy potato pancake recipe. It’s a delicious way to use all those leftover potatoes! Our kids love them and the older ones often make this recipe themselves for a quick snack!
This easy potato pancake recipe makes a tasty side dish that works well in place of potatoes, rice or bread with chicken, beef or pork. This recipe is an easy option to use any leftover mashed potatoes you had from an earlier meal or a holiday buffet. We often make these potato pancakes with our leftover mashed potatoes after Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Potato pancakes are a great side dish, but you can also serve them for breakfast or as a tasty snack. Serve them with an egg and a side of bacon or sausage for an easy breakfast that’s fancier than cereal! They are so easy to make, our older kids make the potato pancakes for themselves.
These potato pancakes are delicious served with just salt, but you can also serve them with butter, sour cream, cheese green onions and more. You can also cook a little cheese or onion flecks into the potato pancakes if you like. If you’d like to make them look fancier, you can top with more cheese or sour cream and your choice of green onions, parsley or cilantro.
If you like you can top these potato pancake with mayonnaise or dip them in ketchup, ranch dressing, honey mustard dressing, fry sauce or anything else you might eat with French fries, hash browns or other potatoes. Arby’s Horsey sauce would also go well with them!
2cupsleftover mashed potatoes2 Tbsp. flour
1 egg
butter or margarine
Instructions
Mix the first 3 ingredients.
Make into patties.
Fry in butter until golden brown on each side.
Serve warm with butter or margarine.
Notes
You don’t have to use the egg the make this easy potato pancake recipe if you prefer not to. The egg helps the potato pancakes to hold together better, but the recipe will also work if you add flour to the mashed potatoes and fry them.
For a richer flavor, you can use bacon grease instead of butter.
These potato pancakes are delicious served with applesauce.
This easy potato pancake recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
Using this easy homemade flour tortillas recipe from Volume 1 of our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, it’s simple to make yummy homemade tortillas at home using ingredients you already have in your kitchen!
The homemade flour tortillas are so fresh and delicious! We love tearing them into pieces and eating them with homemade salsa from the garden!
There’s something incredibly satisfying about making your own homemade flour tortillas from scratch. Not only are they simple and budget-friendly, but the flavor and texture are far better than anything you can buy at the store. Once you try this easy recipe, you may never go back to packaged tortillas again!
This recipe uses basic ingredients you likely already have on hand—flour, salt, baking powder, shortening, and water. That means no last-minute trips to the store and no expensive specialty ingredients. It’s a perfect recipe when you have a little extra time and want something warm, fresh, and homemade on the table.
The process itself is straightforward and even a little therapeutic. Mixing the dough, kneading it until smooth, and rolling it out thin gives you a hands-on connection to your food that’s hard to beat. Don’t worry if your tortillas aren’t perfectly round—rustic shapes just add to their homemade charm!
Letting the dough rest is an important step you don’t want to skip. This allows the gluten to relax, making the tortillas easier to roll out nice and thin. The thinner you roll them, the softer and more flexible they’ll be once cooked.
Cooking the tortillas is quick and fun. A hot, dry skillet is all you need. Within seconds, you’ll see bubbles forming and light golden spots appearing—this is when you know they’re ready to flip. The smell alone is enough to make everyone wander into the kitchen asking what’s cooking!
These tortillas are incredibly versatile. Use them for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, or even simple wraps with whatever leftovers you have in the fridge. You can also serve them warm with a little butter for a simple, comforting treat.
If you love fresh, homemade recipes that taste better than store bought, this homemade flour tortilla recipe is a must-try. It’s easy, affordable, and brings a little extra warmth and love to your kitchen.
This Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
Here are some easy strawberry recipes that are perfect for when you find a good sale or are just overwhelmed with strawberries! There are lots of tasty ways to use strawberries including strawberry jam, strawberry sauce, strawberry desserts, popsicles and more!
How To Use Strawberries
Ah June! –In the spring we think of a mouth-watering strawberry patch. Now it has turned into a forest with enough strawberries to feed most of the U.S. Undaunted by the mounds of berries in our kitchen, we have visions of row after row of beautiful jars of strawberry jam on our shelves.
Then it happens! The first pot boils over leaving a red mess all over the stove, up on the walls and on the counters and floor. Hours later after the kitchen looks like World War III was fought in it we stand in our kitchen and proudly display our 2 pints of strawberry jam.
Don’t despair. Canning isn’t the only way to use excess strawberries. In addition to the strawberry recipes below, here are some other suggestions to help you use strawberries:
Think small. Don’t plant too many plants in your garden. Plant just enough for what you need.
File all your recipes for fruits and veggies in order by the name of the fruit. Then when you need to find recipes for all the extra produce you can easily find several recipes.
To freeze berries: Throw extras into a bag and freeze. Don’t waste time freezing them on a tray, they do just as well thrown in a bag. These are great to use later for virtually any strawberry recipes!
Use strawberries to top cereal or oatmeal; add milk for a strawberries and cream flavor.
Easy Strawberry Recipes!
If you need strawberry recipes for something a little more complicated than a bowl of strawberries with a sprinkle of sugar, the following strawberry recipes should give you a great variety of tasty options you can use all year!
This easy strawberry jam recipe is one of those strawberry recipes that’s a great way to preserve extra strawberries or take advantage of a big sale on strawberries! This strawberry jam is super tasty!
Author:Jill
Yield:7 cups
Ingredients
Units
3 qts. fresh strawberries
3/4cupsugar1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Instructions
In large microwave-safe bowl, combine strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice.
Cover loosely and microwave on high 15 seconds.
Stir mixture to dissolve the sugar.
Microwave on high, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Stir mixture well.
Check to see if it is done by putting a little on a spoon. Place it in the freezer for 5 minutes uncovered.
After 5 minutes, look at the preserves on the spoon. They should be thick but not hard.
For slightly thicker preserves, microwave on high for another 5 minutes.
For sweeter preserves, stir in a little more sugar. Then cook another minute.
Spoon preserves into jars and refrigerate or cool at room temperature, spoon into plastic bags and freeze. Makes 7 cups.
Notes
This jam easily lasts 3 weeks in the refrigerator and 3 months in the freezer.
This strawberry fruit leather recipe is an easy and cheaper way to make a strawberry snack like homemade fruit roll-ups. This strawberry recipe is a great way to use extra strawberries!
Author:Tawra
Yield:Five 2 inch logs
Ingredients
Units
3cups fresh or frozen strawberries*
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
Instructions
Place strawberries into a blender and process until smooth.
Measure 2 cups of strawberry puree.
Stir in lemon juice and corn syrup.
Line a 15×10 inch jellyroll pan with heavy-duty plastic wrap and tape the plastic wrap to the pan at the corners.
Pour the strawberry mixture into the prepared pan.
Spread thin, leaving 1 inch on all sides. You can adjust this to fit your dehydrator or another pan; be sure it is spread thin on the pan.
Dry in an oven at 150° or in a dehydrator for 7-8 hours or until the surface is no longer sticky.
Remove the strawberry fruit leather from the pan while still warm.
Roll up jellyroll fashion.
Cut into logs.
Wrap in plastic wrap. Make five 2 inch logs.
*Any other fruit may be used in place of the strawberries.
Stir in strawberries and sweetened condensed milk.
Chill for 30 minutes or until partially set.
Fold in whipped topping.
Pour mixture into crust.
Chill 2 hours.
Kiwi Lime Strawberry Dessert
This is one of those easy strawberry recipes that makes a very versatile dessert. It is great for this time of year when we want lighter and easy desserts. The green and red color, along with the ease of preparing it make it great for Christmas too so you might want to file it with your Christmas dessert recipes, too.
This recipe calls for frozen strawberries but if you want to use fresh strawberries just chop the fresh strawberries and sprinkle with a little sugar. Let them set overnight for a few hours and they will produce the juice that you need in the recipe.
The strawberry juice can be used to make strawberry sauce anytime for strawberry recipes like strawberry shortcake. Making it this way is much cheaper than buying the sauce in the packets and it tastes so much better. You can make any kind of berry sauce you want using the strawberry sauce recipe below. It requires no baking and it’s quick. Does it get any better than that?
Use this easy strawberry sauce recipe to make strawberry sauce for any recipe that calls for it. This strawberry sauce makes a great topping for desserts. For an easy dessert, pour over a piece of angel food cake and top with whipped cream.
Author:Jill
Ingredients
2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen strawberries in juice
2 tsp. cornstarch
Instructions
Drain strawberries and place the juice in a saucepan.
Stir in cornstarch, blending well.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and cool.
Stir in strawberries.
Strawberry Recipes For Cool Summer Treats!
If you’re looking for great strawberry recipes for summer treats, this easy strawberries and cream popsicles recipe makes a wonderful treat that the kids are sure to love! They’re much tastier and a lot cheaper than the store bought fruit popsicles. And if you have extra strawberries from your garden or find them on sale, this is a great recipe to use them!
This easy strawberries and cream popsicles recipe makes a tasty homemade treat perfect for warm days!
Author:Tawra
Ingredients
1 cup strawberries 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream or yogurt 1 cup of milk 1 Tbsp. sugar
Instructions
Blend the ingredients together until smooth.
Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.
This strawberry banana popsicles recipe is one of our favorite easy strawberry recipes for a cool summer treat! It makes a tasty snack and works out to be much less expensive than buying fruit popsicles at the store!
In a blender, mix the gelatin mixture, banana and yogurt.
Pour into popsicle molds.
Freeze.
This homemade fruit popsicles recipe is another of our easy strawberry recipes that’s great for summer! It’s very versatile and you can use your favorite fruit! Virtually any fruit will work, so don’t be afraid to experiment!
2 tsp. unflavored gelatin 2 Tbsp. cold water 1/4 cup boiling water 1 1/3 cups instant strawberry drink mix (like Nestle’s strawberry) 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
Mix gelatin into cold water and let stand 5 minutes to soften.
Stir in boiling water and keep stirring until the gelatin is dissolved.
Cool 10 minutes.
Combine drink mix, whipping cream and gelatin mixture, beating until thickened.
Beat in vanilla.
Spoon into individual dishes.
Chill for 1-2 hours. Serves 8.
This Berries on a Cloud Dessert Recipe makes a delicious light and fluffy dessert resembling meringue. It’s soft and sweet with a yummy strawberry flavor!
Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until foamy.
Add sugar, 1-2 Tbsp. at a time, until 1 3/4 cup is added.
Continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
Spread into a greased 9×13 pan.
Bake for 1 hour.
Turn off the oven and do not open the oven door.
Leave in the oven with the door closed for 12 hours so the meringue sets.
After 12 hours, mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
Fold in whipped topping and marshmallows.
Spread over meringue.
Chill for 12 hours.
Mix pie filling, lemon juice and strawberries.
Spoon over each serving.
This strawberry dessert recipe is probably one of my favorite desserts, partly because it is not too rich. It is a very light dessert. It is an especially good one to keep made up in the freezer for when unexpected company comes by.
I like to use it not only for graduation parties, but also for baby showers or any other get-together because I can make it a week ahead of time and that means one less thing to have to deal with the day of the special event!
This easy homemade 3 ingredient barbecue sauce recipe makes a quick and easy barbecue sauce you can make in a pinch when you’re out of barbecue sauce or just if you want to save money. I know the ingredients sound totally crazy but it really is great tasting!
This easy barbecue sauce recipe tastes just as good or better than the barbecue sauces in the store! The ingredients might sound unconventional, but the taste will definitely have you convinced!
It is a super tasty sauce that is amazingly versatile! Serve it with barbecue beef sandwiches, pulled pork, slow cooked roast, ribs, chicken and more! Everyone loves this sauce so don’t be afraid to try it the next time you serve any kind of barbecue! It can even give a western type flavor to hamburgers!
If you discover that you have run out of barbecue sauce, you can easily whip up this recipe in under a minute with ingredients you probably already have at home.
This easy homemade barbecue sauce recipe is also a great way to save money since the ingredients are so cheap and store bought barbecue sauce can be so expensive.
This easy homemade barbecue sauce uses just 3 ingredients that you probably already have on hand. It’s just as tasty as the store-bought barbecue sauces. Make it if you don’t have any barbecue sauce on hand or if you just want to save a little money making your own!
Author:Tawra
Yield:2 cups
Ingredients
Units
1 cup grape jelly
garlic or garlic powder (to taste) 1cup ketchup
Instructions
Mix all of the barbecue sauce ingredients together in a bowl or container.
Serve with barbecue beef sandwiches, slow cooked roast, ribs, chicken wings and more! Makes 2 cups.
Notes
Store this homemade barbecue sauce in the refrigerator in a sealed jar or another container.
If you use fresh garlic, it will last a week in the fridge.
If you use garlic powder, it will last 3 weeks. It might possibly last longer, but I’d stick with 3 weeks to be safe.
Recipes that go well with this homemade barbecue sauce recipe:
In this post, you’ll find great ideas and easy instructions for decorating Easter eggs including the traditional method, natural Easter egg dyes and other creative decorating suggestions.(more…)
Make a sweet treat on a snow day with our homemade snow ice cream recipe! Snow ice cream is a wonderful treat for the kids and mom and this recipe and video make it easy!
With snow in most of the country I thought I would post these recipes and tips for a fun frugal snow day, including our homemade snow ice cream recipe!
There are lots of great ways to enjoy snow days or make them better for the kids. We have a family tradition of making snow ice cream every year with the kids and they look forward to the first snowfall with enough snow to make homemade snow ice cream. We have one child who doesn’t like milk or ice cream, so we make snow cones for him and I am including our easy snow cone recipe here, too!
Sometimes, people get a little weird about using snow on the ground, but never fear! We have been making snow ice cream for years and nobody has died. Of course, you want to use fresh snow that has recently fallen and not dirty snow or, even worse, yellow snow! haha!
After the recipes, I included some pictures of some of our snow adventures, including sledding, snow surfing when you don’t have hills and igloo building, which we did for quite a few years when the kids were younger!
I put some pictures of our place too! Enjoy!
Tawra
Watch our “How To Make Snow Ice Cream” videos below!
This homemade snow ice cream is a super special sweet treat that kids especially love! It’s a wonderful adventure for kids on a snow day to gather fresh snow to make their own ice cream. Our kids have always loved it and yours will, too!
Author:Tawra
Yield:4 servings
Ingredients
1/2 cup milk, sweetened condensed milk or cream 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 tsp. vanilla 2 cereal bowls fresh clean snow
Instructions
Mix milk, sugar and vanilla together.
Stir until vanilla is dissolved.
Add fresh snow and stir gently until it is thoroughly mixed.
Serve immediately. Serves 4.
Our kids love it when it snows because they love making and, more importantly, eating homemade snow ice cream!
Genuine Kansas Weather Gnome
The directions say, “If it’s covered in snow, it’s snowing!”
Crushed ice or snow 1 pkg. flavored drink mix* (flavor of your choice)
Instructions
Mix drink mix with half as much water as the directions indicate to make a thicker syrup.
Chill 1 hour.
Just before serving, crush some ice or pack snow into your cup. Tu crush ice, you can use either a snow cone maker or put some ice cubes in a plastic bag and pound with a hammer.
Pack the snow or ice chips into cups.
Pour chilled drink mix over the ice and serve.
Notes
*You can also use fruit juice boiled down to half with food coloring added:
Apple juice: green or red food coloring
Grape juice: purple food coloring
First, a stay dry tip: Slip plastic sacks over the kids feet to keep them dry. Put them on over the socks and the put on their shoes. Tie the handles around their legs.
If you don’t have a 4-wheeler get out the lawn mower!
Baby Jack’s First Sledding!
Snow Surfing In Kansas. This is how you have fun in the snow with no hills!
From our snow storm 2 weeks ago
Jack’s first time in the snow (with mom not feeling so great :-)
Elly and BJ collecting snow to make igloo bricks. They used a plastic tub to make the snow bricks.
This easy homemade pancakes recipe takes about 15 minutes to make and everyone loves them! These pancakes are a staple at our house and your family will love them too!
This easy homemade pancakes recipe takes about 15 minutes to make and everyone loves them! These pancakes are a staple at our house and your family will love them too!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Yield:15-18 medium pancakes
Ingredients
2 Tbsp. sugar 2 cups flour, all-purpose or wheat 5 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups milk
Instructions
In a bowl, mix all of the ingredients just enough to moisten the dry ingredients. The mixture will be thick and lumpy.
Heat a griddle or frying pan over medium heat and lightly grease.
Pour or spoon the batter onto the griddle to form pancakes.
Cook the pancakes on a hot greased griddle.
Flip when bubbles break on the surface and the edges begin to dry.
Notes
If you like, you can add chocolate chips or candies to the batter for a special treat.
If you would like to make special patterns for the kids, you can add chocolate chips or candy while the pancakes are cooking. I like to make smiley faces and other patterns in the pancakes for special occasions. For Valentine’s day, I have made heart shapes in pink sprinkles, for Christmas, I have made Christmas designs, etc.
This easy homemade pancakes recipe is in Volume 1 of our cookbook!
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This cheesy mashed potatoes recipe is a quick and easy recipe that makes mashed potatoes extra special! I have made this tasty recipe since I was a newlywed and my family absolutely loves it. This cheesy mashed potatoes recipe is easy to make in just 5-10 minutes. It includes cream cheese and garlic to give it a more restaurant-quality taste! Families love it and it’s also great to bring to potlucks!
This cheesy mashed potatoes recipe is a quick and easy recipe that makes mashed potatoes extra special and includes cream cheese and garlic! It takes just a few minutes to throw together and then 3-4 minutes under the broiler!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Ingredients
Units
3–4 cups mashed potatoes 4oz. cream cheese, softened in microwave 1 clove of garlic or 1 tsp. garlic powder, to taste 1cupMexican cheese blend, shredded
Instructions
Mix potatoes, cream cheese and garlic.
Place in a 1-quart greased baking dish.
Sprinkle with cheese.
Place under a broiler for 3-4 minutes until cheese is melted.
Be very careful removing this from the broiler as it will be very hot!
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