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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 09 2021 : 11:14:22 AM
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Sara! Thank you SO much for that chili powder mix recipe! I'm printing it up right now!!!
Hugs and love -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 09 2021 : 11:17:22 AM
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Jean! Those cookies are ADORABLE!
Yeah - Sara, I have made my own celery salt, too, but I have a tough time getting it to the right consistency. It's always too powdered. It tastes great, but it's hard to use it the way I do when using store bought. I get that totally.
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2021 : 03:10:45 AM
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Nini, no worries on the french fries. I don't think my husband let them cook long enough in the toaster oven is all. lol I have not given up on them yet! I think canning is a great way to preserve them and am so glad you suggested that. Those cookie trays are amazing, wow. What a great gift to the lucky people.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2021 : 03:21:57 AM
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I've been working on the Kitchen Renegade Badge and yesterday I made a oven stew using the freezer ground beef mix with Trelingua seasoning mix. Trelingua mix is in MJF Idea Book. Must say it was "standing at the stove eating out of the pot good". You know what I'm talking about. You take a bite to see if the seasoning is right and you keep on taking bite after bite because it's that good.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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nubidane
True Blue Farmgirl
    
2937 Posts
Lisa
Georgetown
OH
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Posted - Feb 10 2021 : 08:18:22 AM
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Sara, I've been known to eat my whole dinner that way, and when I serve my husband he will say, "Where's yours?" Ha! |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 10 2021 : 08:32:21 AM
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Lisa, we are kindred spirits for sure.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2021 : 03:01:12 AM
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The saying goes something like........made with love, means I licked the spoon and kept using it. lol
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2021 : 05:43:32 AM
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Thanks Michelle you started my day off with a giggle.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 14 2021 : 07:11:11 AM
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Brutal cold here today - 18 low 6 - lite snow. I know it's not so bad compare to up-north temps but for us it's the coldest in decades. But, my kitchen is warm, so I made cornbread mix. Yield 5 pints of 1 1/4 cups each - cornbread making will be easier now - no measuring - it's all done ahead of time in the jar.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Feb 14 2021 : 09:18:46 AM
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Sara, What recipe do you use for your cornbread mix? Still cold here but warm enough today to melt some of our ice and snow.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7219 Posts

Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 14 2021 : 10:16:03 AM
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2 c all purpose flour 2 c cornmeal 1 c instant milk powder or dry buttermilk powder (I used buttermilk powder) 1/3 c sugar (I omitted it) 2 Tbsp baking powder 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
Mix all ingredients and put in either 5 cup container or put 1 1/4 cup of mix in 5 pint jars. Use within 10-12 weeks.
The cornbread recipe I used called for 1 1/4 c of the mix. Turned out good.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2021 : 03:26:31 AM
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Sara you are cold too my goodness. -22 at almost 5:30 am. I am a bit late in getting up, but that is ok. Heading out to milk shortly. I love having mixes made up. I usually have a pancake mix made up in the freezer. Sadly i have not taken the time to make it this year, since I ran out. One of these days I will. I have a mixes cook book, that I can't remember the name right now. So very handy.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2021 : 05:59:32 AM
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Thank you Sara. I have some oxygen absorbers that I will toss in the jars once I make this up. Do recipes usually call for cornbread mix? Is it something like adding eggs and milk like the jiffy mix does? This is a wonderful thread. So many great ideas.
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2021 : 06:46:21 AM
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Denise there's a cornbread recipe in the same book as the mix that uses the mix. Here's the cornbread recipe.
1 egg slightly beaten 1/2 water 2 Tbsp butter, margarine or bacon fat, melted. I used EVOO
Preheat oven 425. Butter a 5" X 3" loaf pan (I used 9" iron skillet w/EVOO). In a small bowl combine egg, water, and butter. Beat with wire whisk to blend. Stir in cornbread mix with a fork to just moistened. Batter will be lumpy. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 20-25 min.
I heated the skillet with EVOO on top of stove and poured batter into the hot skillet. Put in oven. I like a crispy crust.
I cooked heirloom red beans in the crock pot. Had with avocado and cornbread. Good eating. I grew up eating red beans (not kidney beans). Kin to pinto beans.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Granny of 10
True Blue Farmgirl
  
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Linda
Salina
KS
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2021 : 09:00:12 AM
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Sara,I will be trying your recipe for the cornbread mix...yum.Also myson and his wife live in Gary TX,just a few short miles from City of Cartage.Is Paris near there? He said it is really cold and snowing.Thankfully they have a generator if the power fails.They didnt for the last storm and had to get a motel.I hope you and everyone there will be ok.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 15 2021 : 09:25:36 AM
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Paris is in northeast TX, 30 miles south of the Red River which borders Texas and OK. The whole state is snowed in and extreme cold. Never seen anything like this storm in all my 78 soon to be 79 years. It snowed in Dallas on March 1, 1942 the day I was born but never since. This year who knows - it just might happen.
Good your son has a generator - they come in handy. Might ought to put that on my wish list for next year.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
4395 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 03:19:15 AM
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Well speaking of cornbread, after reading about your recipe Sara, I made up some cornbread for supper. Yum I put together taco stew before work in the crock pot. both were good on a cold night. I like to cook mine in a cast iron fry pan. Stay warm, stay safe, I know you have plenty to eat on your pantry shelves Sara.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 04:14:34 AM
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Michelle, right you are our pantry shelves keep us all fed. Your taco stew sounds good - please share the recipe.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
    
9510 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 11:47:36 AM
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Thanks so much for the recipes Sara!
~Denise Sister #43~1/18/2007
"I am a bookaholic and I have no desire to be cured." 
"Home is where we find comfort, security, memories, friendship, hospitality, and above all, family. It is the place that deserves our commitment and loyalty." William J. Bennett
"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105
http://www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com/
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 12:00:43 PM
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Hey girls!
This is what I made for my hubby on a cold winter's day: Hot chocolate on a stick using creamy warm whole milk! And boy was he happy! Getting a smile out of him or any kind of reaction is a rarity! LOL! He was just like a little kid!
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Oh, Happy Day!
Hugs -
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 12:03:53 PM
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Nini, Great picture of your DH and his treat. I know his smile means so much to you.
FarmGirl Hugs, Sara FarmGirl Sister #6034 Aug 2014 FarmGirl of the Month Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
7577 Posts |
Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 12:04:38 PM
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It means EVERYTHING, Sara! Thank you!!! Hugs - Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 16 2021 : 12:28:03 PM
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Also learned how to make homemade bagels - oh my word, SO good! You don't even need the schmear! Never going back to store bought! EVER!! (Notice DH swiped one before they were even cool enough to enjoy! LOL! He LOVES them!) I cheat a little, using the bread machine to do all the kneading, but I do the rolling, shaping, boiling, topping, baking - AND eating! LOL! Super easy! Super delish! Definitely recommend it!

And homemade flatbread is so simple you don't even need yeast! Just baking soda! I don't make the best shaped flatbread, but oh my, it's so easy I've been making it more often than regular bread! We love it! We use it for sandwiches, pizzas, all sorts of thing. And it literally takes about 10 mins to mix and rest, then a couple of minutes more to cook! So, so good!!!


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Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
    
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2021 : 03:10:18 AM
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Busy in the kitchen. Nini your baked goods and hot chocolate look good. Once you have homemade anything you won't want to go back to boughten.
Farming in WI
Michele FGOTM June2019
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Ninibini
True Blue Farmgirl
    
7577 Posts
Nini
Pennsylvania
USA
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Posted - Feb 17 2021 : 07:15:36 AM
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Oh, Michele! Lol! If only you knew... When we were young, the big joke was that the neighborhood always knew when I was cooking because the windows would fly open and there'd be huge billows of smoke signaling dinner was ready. Lol. But yes, you are right. Once you get in the groove, almost anything homemade is better! For example, I tried my hand at shawarma the other day. (Face down, shaking my head with closed eyes.) Oh my. Not sure what I did, but windows did fly open.. Not due to smoke but due to the smell! Lol. Definitely need a little practice with that one. In all honesty, tho, i think something was wrong with the meat. <<When he was younger, my hubby would've looked you square in the eye at this claim of mine, grinned ear-to-ear, gotten a twinkle in his eye, winked at you, nodded his head up into the air and said, "Yeah, THAT'S it! It was the MEAT!" LOL. SO thankful for his great sense of humor, and that he was never a picky eater! Lol. We sure ate a lot of pizza back then... ;) >> Oh well, you've got to start somewhere, right??? ;)
Hugs,
Nini
Farmgirl Sister #1974
God gave us two hands... one to help ourselves, and one to help others!
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