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Hello, readers! Today seemed like a good day to gather together some miscellaneous bits and pieces.
Ready?
Hot chocolate mix
Sonia and Zoe made a big batch of hot chocolate mix recently and it’s been their dessert of choice ever since.
(Recognize my Kuchenprofi funnel? I wrote an adoring post about it a while back. Still in love with it!)
Click here for the hot chocolate mix recipe.
I am trying not to buy tea.
Is there a thing that you almost always are tempted to buy at the grocery store?
Tea is that thing for me.
There are just so many fun flavors available and I want to try them all!
The problem is that sometimes my tea cabinet gets to be overflowing. So, I am trying hard to walk right by the tea aisle without getting distracted by all the shiny new flavors.
As a result, my tea cabinet is totally not out of control for the first time in a long while.
Once we finish up another box or two, I might let myself buy some more. 😉
My 3 fave from-scratch foods
Ok, well, maybe they’re not exactly my favorites because how could I not put homemade bread on the list?
(Oatmeal molasses bread. Recipe coming tomorrow!)
I was doing an interview with Country Living the other day, and the writer asked me what my three favorite staple from-scratch foods are.
The three that popped into my head were:
- granola (because it’s stupid expensive at the grocery store. Oats are totally not expensive, so I never can understand this. And the recipe I use requires no stirring while baking. So marvelous.)
- chicken broth (because it’s so good for you and you can make it out of what’s basically trash)
- yogurt (because it’s not hard and it’s a tiny fraction of the cost of store-bought)
But of course I would also love to include homemade bread, which is cheaper even than bottom-of-the-barrel basic bread.
And it tastes eleventy-thousand times better.
What would your top 3 be?
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Linda
Wednesday 8th of February 2017
1. Homemade macaroni and cheese is a favorite at my house. 2. Lasagna 3. Potato soup These are the top three homemade items I make frequently.
lisa
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
My 3 faves are: 1) Apple pie. So good with Jonagold apples. And sugarfree. 2) Beef stew. I could make this every week! I will use any cut of beef. I've used sirloin to prime rib. The flavors and barley in it make it so tasty. Tender meat, flavorful gravy and plump barley. Doesn't get any better. 3) Chocolate chip cookies. Kinda like a cross between a cake and a cookie. Soft and tender with a buttery feel and chocolate sweetness that melts in my mouth. A half batch lasts 2-3days with DH eating most of them.
Brenda
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
My overflowing-cabinet thing is candles. I've pretty much stopped buying them, but I'm still making my way through the ones I have. My son bought me the thing that melts scented wax, so I've been using that instead. (Tea is a vice for me as well, but I'm an iced-tea drinker, so fewer options.) -- I don't think we've crossed paths before. Love your tag line...cheerfully living on less. :) Nice to meet you.
Alice
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
I thought my husband and I were the only ones that used hot cocoa as dessert. You go girls! I use Alton Brown's recipe which is just dry milk, cocoa, and sugar. I know the sugar isn't the best for us, but neither is the Quik or coffee creamer. Everything is about choices.
Suzanne
Tuesday 7th of February 2017
1. granola (your recipe, thank you very much) 2. brownies and most baked goods 3. hot fudge sauce