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Homemade Onion Soup Mix

By Angela on June 27, 2015

Onion soup mix is rarely used for onion soup around here. It makes a great dip mix, roast potato topping, roast beef seasoning….There are a ton of recipes calling for this stuff. To save money, buy your dried onions in bulk. Read more…

Homemade Alfredo Sauce Mix

By Angela on June 26, 2015

Alfredo sauce is mostly cream and butter with a touch of garlic and maybe some white wine. This recipe is a lot lighter than that, but still gives the creamy texture and mouthful of flavor that you’re hoping for. The original mix I created has pasta already in it for a fast skillet in 1 dish, but you can leave it out to just make the sauce for pizza or something like that. If you want it to be REALLY rich and creamy, when preparing the final dish replace a cup of milk with a can of evaporated milk.

8 oz Fettucini, broken into pieces (whole grain pasta works fine)

2 T flour (or 1 Tbs Cornstarch for gluten free)

2 T powdered instant skim milk

1/2 t basil

1 t lemon pepper

1/2 t garlic powder

1 t salt

1/2 C parmesean cheese

Mix all in a quart bag. To prepare. Pour mix into a skillet with 2 cups of water and 2 cups of milk. Stir well until all the powders are blended and noodles are well moistened. Bring just to a boil and reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for 15-20 minutes or until noodles are tender. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 3-5 minutes. Sauce will thicken as it cools. If you like, stir in sauteed vegtables, cooked chicken cubes, turkey sausage, or shrimp.

You can also make the mix without the pasta and just make sauce. To prepare stir the mix with 1 cup of milk and cook and stir until thickened. It makes a nice sauce for Alfredo pizza :).

Taco Seasoning Mix

By Angela on June 3, 2015

Of all the mixes I use this one the MOST. I go through a quart jar full every couple of months.

The sweetener gives a bit of twang to balance out the spice. It’s the secret to a mix that tastes like the commercial ones, but can be left out if you’re against it. If you want yours super spicy add some cayenne, about a teaspoon to the whole jar.

If you buy your spices at Aldi, one bottle of spice is about 1 cup.

Quart Jar Taco Mix:

1 cup chili powder

1 cup dried onion flakes

¾ cup ground cumin

¾ cup garlic salt

1/3 cup sugar (or equivalent stevia blend substitute)

3 Tbs Paprika

Use 2 Tbs of mix for each pound of meat. You can also use this mix to make big batch taco meat for the freezer with the slow cooker bulk cooking method.

It’s Homemade Mix Month!

By Angela on June 1, 2015

homemade mixes

Guys! I’m so excited! This month I’m going to post the recipes of the most helpful homemade dry powder mixes I know about. Along the way, you might know an even better version of the mix that you’ve been using for years. I hope you’ll post your recipe in the comments so we can all benefit.

Here’s a master list of what’s coming. As the posts go live, I’ll update with the links so we’ll end up with a useful resource.