Posts Tagged: “homemade”

May 15, 2016
Basic Cheese Sauce for Broccoli (with NO Velveeta!) {Freezer Meal}

Wow. Just wow. This real cheese sauce is made from all known ingredients (see ya processed cheese block), is absolutely delicious, and is even freezable! My kids beg for this stuff. So far I’ve served it with broccoli (of course), but also drizzled over wild rice and pasta and even as …
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November 16, 2015
How to Make Vanilla Extract at Home

When you go to the store to buy vanilla you are faced with a dilemma: do you buy the smaller, more expensive bottle of REAL vanilla or the larger, cheaper bottle of imitation vanilla? It’s a battle of values, right? Save money or eat real foods (and pay a bit …
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April 9, 2015
Zucchini Pizza Crust

I was skeptical. I know you are too. “Zucchini pizza crust? Seriously, Polly? You’ve gone too far.” My sister sent me this recipe a while back and since I still have frozen zucchini stocked up in the deep freeze, I figured this might be a good way to use it …
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August 1, 2014
Homemade Whole Wheat Egg Noodles

My 5-year-old daughter and I threw these together one afternoon in about 15 minutes. I know it looks fancy or difficult, but I ASSURE you that you can do this. These homemade whole wheat egg noodles are cheap, healthy and melt-in-your-mouth delicious. All my favorites in one recipe! My kids …
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October 7, 2013
Easy Homemade Playdough Recipe (+ FREE Printable Recipe Card)

A printable recipe for playdough is available at the bottom of this post! I have such fond memories of making playdough with my mom and siblings. We’d watch in anticipation as my mom stirred up the mixture with our chosen colors. After it was done we would take turns tossing …
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September 5, 2013
Taco Seasoning Mix

This house LOVES mexican food. Even my two year old will scarf down a whole bowl of spicy mexican soup without any protest. When I sit down to menu plan for the week, it seems like there is almost always something with a mexican flare on it. Most of the recipes …
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August 13, 2013
How to Make Homemade Freezer Jam {Freezer Meal}

By Jessica Ellingsworth, Contributing Writer Summer is arguably the best time for savoring seasonal foods, especially perfectly ripened fresh berries. As a child, the berries our family didn’t eat right away either got frozen for the long winter or made into freezer jam. If you’ve made freezer jam, you probably …
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July 1, 2013
Pizza Sauce Recipe {Freezer Meal}

Just like marinara sauce, pizza sauce is faily easy to make at home. I have used this pizza sauce recipe every time that we have made our homemade pizza. (You could also use it for Pizza Stromboli or Pizza Pockets.) We have tons leftover to freeze and use for later too. …
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August 7, 2012
Homemade All-Natural Carpet Cleaner

Important Update as of 4/11/14: It has been over a year since using this on my carpet. The stains are still mostly gone, but my carpet is now lighter in those areas. I have old carpet so I much prefer this to the dark stains, but I want to give …
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July 25, 2012
Asian Slaw Recipe: No MSG Included!

You know that delicious slaw salad made from Oriental Ramen Noodles? You know…the one full of processed ingredients and MSG? Well, my friend Carla took a stab at making a homemade (read: real food) version of that dressing and I tweaked the whole recipe just a bit recently. Now the …
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May 15, 2012
How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent

Guest post by Jess from Twenty-Something and Not Counting I’ve been making homemade laundry detergent for about 4 years now. Though I was a little nervous it might not work well or might take too long, I decided to give it a whirl. I made it once and never looked …
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October 18, 2011
Healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins {Freezer-Friendly}

It’s the time of year when everyone wants a little pumpkin in their life. These healthy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are moist, sweet, and delicious…and easily freezable. We make them every other week and pull them out of the freezer for snacks or breakfast. Enjoy!
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September 29, 2011
Homemade Whole Grain Pancake Mix {Freezer Meal}

Our family loves pancakes, like Seriously Sweet Potato Pancakes and Whole Wheat Pumpkin Pancakes. But, sometimes I don’t have time to make those and I just want a quick dry mix on hand. Unfortunately, the pancake mixes at the grocery store have a ton of unrecognizable and highly processed ingredients. …
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August 20, 2011
Homemade Disinfectant Recipe

In an attempt to reduce toxins in our homes and save money, we’ve become official wannabe hippie pioneer women. Well, at least I like to think I am. Polly, have you been converted yet? Below is my homemade disinfectant recipe, which I found here. I use this on my kitchen …
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March 6, 2011
Pizza Pockets {Freezer Meal}

Pizza Pockets, Pizza Stromboli, A Better Mac and Cheese, and more recipes like these are frequenting my blog. Can you tell what my kids like? Yep, pizza and pasta. What red-blooded American kid (or adult) doesn’t like some form of them? Pizza Pockets turned out to be a fun recipe …
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