Combining two freeze-dried ingredients lets you have a delicious spread in minutes. It can be mixed up and stored in a glass mason jar for long-term storage. Honey crystals are worth picking up. They melt quickly into recipes and are handy for tea and such. Now, do know that honey crystals are not normally just… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Freeze Dried Honey Butter In A Jar
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Sugar-Free Lemon Blueberry Scones (Pantry Staple Recipe)
Think how nice it would be to have a mason jar of scone mix ready to use—all you do is add cool water, knead, cut, and bake. You don't need to have fresh butter or milk on hand; it's all from your pantry and can be kept long-term in the pantry as well. The scones… Continue reading Sugar-Free Lemon Blueberry Scones (Pantry Staple Recipe)
Pantry Staples: Making Sour Cream From Powder
Sour cream powder is a great ingredient to have on hand. It’s great added to recipes as a dry ingredient (instant mashed potatoes, for example; it makes them creamy and tart), but making it into a fresh bowl of sour cream is just fun to do. It gives you an option if you realize you… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Making Sour Cream From Powder
Pantry Staples: Making Butter Out Of Butter Powder
One of the best things you can develop is a pantry, of base dry ingredients, so you can pull meals together without worrying about being out of perishable items, or worse they are so pricey you can't justify buying it (locally butter is now $6 a pound and up). Butter powder is a great ingredient… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Making Butter Out Of Butter Powder
Pantry Staples: Nearly Instant Cream of Soup Dry Mix
Canned cream of "X" soups are handy, for sure, but they are a questionable blend of ingredients, and they are going up in price monthly. Where we live, a can is $2 now for what used to go on sale for .50 cents a can just a year back. Now, if you had a dry… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Nearly Instant Cream of Soup Dry Mix