Quick easy recipes for busy moms: easy dinner ideas, mixes from scratch, cookies, desserts, easy canning recipes, and more.
Easy recipe for canning tomato soup, just like Campbell's condensed cream of tomato soup!
Canning tomato soup is easy when you have a good recipe. I’ve tried some different recipes, and this one is definitely the best. If you love Campbell’s condensed cream of tomato soup, then this would definitely be its copycat recipe. This tomato soup is thick like condensed cream of tomato soup. After you remove it…
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Easy recipe for chive blossom vinegar. This homemade infused vinegar has a wonderful chive flavor and is a pretty pink purple in color. Great for homemade salad dressings and marinades.
A couple of months ago I saw this photo of chive blossom vinegar and I couldn’t wait for my chives to start blossoming so I could try making this flavored vinegar for myself. This is an infused vinegar, where you just let herbs set in vinegar for several weeks to let the flavor of the…
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Easy recipe for canning lilac simple syrup for cocktails, flavored iced tea, flavoring kombucha, and more. Easy canning recipe for beginners.
I love canning homemade simple syrup, and this lilac simple syrup is no exception. It’s so easy! It’s a perfect way to start canning if you haven’t already. Last year I tried canning ginger simple syrup for the first time, and it turned out wonderful. Perfect for flavoring my iced tea and home brewed kombucha.…
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Expert advice for cooling your canning jars and testing your jar lids to make sure they have sealed.
Canning is a great way to preserve fruit and vegetables from your garden. It takes some time and effort, but you will reap the rewards of your canning efforts all winter, as well as save money on your grocery bill. There are a lot of things to keep in mind when you do your own…
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This DIY produce rinse is a natural vinegar based homemade vegetable and fruit wash that is great for removing insecticides, pesticides, and fertilizers from produce.
I have to admit, I have never given a lot of thought to what is on my fruit and vegetables when I buy them from the store. I do rinse them off with water, but to make sure all pesticides and fertilizers have been removed from them, it is best to rinse them off with…
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If you like the ease and convenience of store-bought cookie mixes, then you will love these homemade cookie mixes. They taste just like the ones from Betty Crocker, and they are much more inexpensive and don’t contain any additives or preservatives. Chocolate Chip Cookie Mix 2 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar…
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No time for baking bread? Try these one hour dinner rolls and have homemade bread on the table in no time.
If you want to give baking a try and think it takes too long to make homemade bread, then give these one hour dinner rolls a try. They are every bit as good as any dinner roll recipe you will find, and they only take an hour to make! Ingredients: 3/4 c. milk 4 tbsp.…
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Canning pickled asparagus. Step-by-step beginning instructions for canning perfect pickled asparagus. No pressure canner needed!
Yay! It’s asparagus season again. We have asparagus fields not even 10 miles from where we live and I have never gone to a farm to buy fresh cut asparagus. Well, this year I did, and I am so glad that I did. From April to June, during asparagus season, you can often find good…
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Easy recipe for canning rootbeer jelly. Learn how to make jelly like a pro!
I’ve tried making lots of different types of jellies, and this rootbeer jelly is a fun one. If you are new to jelly making, then you’ll find there are different types of jellies to make at different types of the year. I make dandelion jelly in the spring, grape jelly in the fall, and this…
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Easy basic homemade muffin mix that you can make muffins in a hurry any time.
I love making homemade mixes. I have a whole shelf full of them now, and I use them all the time. My brownie mix is one of our favorites. One mix I had never gotten around to making is muffin mix. I thought it would be great to have an easy muffin mix for when…
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