When making your own mixes, start with a scratch recipe that you love, and make several mixes the same time you are making this dish for your family. Place each dry ingredient from the recipe in single batch containers as you are adding that ingredient to the one you are cooking right then. This saves time because you already have your ingredients out and the proper measuring spoon in your hand. (I had a bad headache when we were filming this–and had trouble with my train of thought. Hopefully you’ll still get something you can use from it.)
Recipes that work great this way are: bread recipes like pizza crust, pancakes, muffins, biscuits, cornbread, etc. Or sauce recipes such as spaghetti sauce or Alfredo. You can also premix marinades (even the liquids for these) and herb rubs, or seasoning blends–such as for fajitas or tacos.
You can substitute ingredients to make the recipe more mix friendly. For example, substitute powdered milk for fresh milk and then only add water when using the mix. You can also substitute sugar (even turbinado) for honey and cut in solid fat such as butter or coconut oil to replace oil.
Mixes with perishable ingredients such as whole grain flour, yeast, or parmesean cheese should be stored in the refrigerator. Be sure to label your mix well with the title and preparation instructions. You can save the labeled mix containers to refill when they are all empty.
Thank you, Angela! What a great idea! You look lovely since having baby Grant, by the way 🙂 He must be such a delight!
I am definitely going to try this technique. Are these recipes in your e-book?
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Most of the recipes are in the ebook and a few on the blog too.
Angela, my daughter and I enjoyed this post so much, she is the weekly pizza maker in our home, such a great idea, but the one thing my daughter mentioned was how beautiful your skin is, which I already happened to notice, I know you have already posted some beauty tips, but we thought it would be fun if you gave your readers your beauty regimine and what you use on your sakin daily, nightly and maybe if you do some monthly treatments as well. Enjoy your family, and your blessed new addition. Thanks for taking the time Angela, I am sure you are so busy. Sincerely, Kim
You may have a little more weight than we remember (like you said – understandably so) – but you are looking more beautiful too.
– And I love your boy walking in all nonchalant – adorable.
I just realized . . .this is your new kitchen!! The one you lived without, for so long. I’m very happy for you, and I wonder if you remember from time to time the ‘good old days’. Ha.
Glenda, It is my new kitchen!!! Aaron just put the crown molding in this week and it looks so lovely. You really can’t see all the loveliness in the video. The sad part is we hope to be putting our house up for sale soon. I’ll enjoy it for as long as I can. None of the houses we’ve looked at come even close in the kitchen department!
I have a cookie recipe I believe that I call Working Girl’s Cookie Recipe. It’s a basic recipe that you can add almost anything to. If you like, I’ll see if I can find it and get it to you.
Cheryll, I’d love that!
You look beautiful! You are such an encouragement because you make things easy and FAST.