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Halloween Costumes For Kids – Create Simple Frugal Costumes
I love Halloween, but I don’t love the expensive “designer” costumes that I see in all the stores. Even the discount stores have racks filled with expensive character costumes that kids know and want. I’m appalled at the prices of these much sought after costumes and can’t bring myself to fork-over my hard earned money […]
Continue readingHomemade Bath Powder
I love a good cologne but buying matching bath powder is too pricey. I just put corn starch in a nice container and spritz with my cologne or sprinkle a few drops of cologne or perfume into the container and stir, cover and let set overnight.Presto…beautifully scented bath powder to match your cologne! Disclosure: Some […]
Continue readingSpecial Mac n Cheese From A Box
my 25 yr old daughter loves the mac ‘n cheese from aldi. for 35 cents and a bit of milk and butter, she has a meal in a few minutes. she’ll often add diced spam, hotdogs, crumbles from her last burger, etc. i prefer to add different cheese. what i’ve found turns out fantastic is […]
Continue readingCeci e Pasta – Chick Peas With Pasta
Here in southern Italy, many of our dishes are simple cooking, no bells or frills. It’s the poormans diet. So we tend to cook in a simple and tasty manner, and without measuring cups or spoons. 🙂 The following is easy, just keep it covered with water and stir occasionally so no sticking happens. Below […]
Continue readingCheaters Scalloped Taters
4-6 medium potatoes.. peeled and cut small but not diced. 1 can cream of mushroom soup 1/2 cup milk or water ( I use powdered milk a lot of time to cook with) 1 cup shredded cheese .. ( cheddar Colby jack, etc.. ) place cut potatoes in deep casserole dish.. mix remaining ingredients together […]
Continue readingBeans And Taters For Breakfast
This recipe sounds very weird and I am still trying to convince some of the more stubborn members of my family to try it but it is tasty, filling, nutritionally balanced, and best of all uses up little bits of leftovers! I start by boiling one or two potatoes with their skins on or if […]
Continue readingRecipes Using Canned Potatoes
I just finished canning 14 quarts of white potatoes. I have done this for several years now, but mostly use them for soup. Just wondered if anyone had other recipes or ideas for using them? I peeled them and cut into medium size cubes.Any other ideas for potatoes would be helpful.I bought 2 bushels from […]
Continue readingToaster Oven Recipes
Do you have any recipes for toaster ovens. With the kids gone, I hate to turn on the big oven for just my husband and myself. Leftovers go in the freezer only to be discovered months later. Any recipes would be appreciated. Thanks! Disclosure: Some of the links below are affilate links, meaning, at no […]
Continue readingHomemade Brownies
6 tbsp Hershey’s cocoa ¼ cup butter 1 cup sugar ½ tsp vanilla ¼ tsp salt 1/3 cup flour 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (opt) 2 eggs Grease and flour a 9×13 pan and sit aside. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place sugar, cocoa, flour, salt, eggs and vanilla into a mixing bowl. Melt […]
Continue readingPizza di Patate – Crustless Potato Pizza
This is a VERY SIMPLE recipe for a crustless potato pizza served here as one of our regional southern Italy (Apuglia)dishes. Served warm or cool. Add extras as you wish, ie: drained mushrooms and the flavors change. 5-6 medium potatoes (mashed) 1-2 handful grated Parmesan cheese 4-5 thin-sliced ham (shredded) salt, pepper, garlic powder to […]
Continue readingDining On A Dime and Homemade Mac & Cheese – HBHW Newsletter
October 6th, 2010 Editorial Hello again and welcome to another edition of the Hillbilly Housewife Newsletter. We’ve got another exciting offer from our good friends at LivingOnADime.com. This week Tawra and Jill are offering their popular Dining On A Dime ebook for more than half off. I hope you’ll take time to check this out […]
Continue readingPreserving Squash
I recently came into a lot of assorted winter squash and we love it. I have it sitting on my kitchen table and I was wondering if I can freeze it and how I would do it. If you can it, how can you use it in recipes as a side because it tends to […]
Continue readingFright Krispies Treats
Preparation Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 40 minutes Servings: 12 Ingredients 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 package (10 oz, about 40) regular marshmallows – OR – 4 cups miniature marshmallows 6 cups Kellogg’s® Rice Krispies® cereal Flaked coconut Canned frosting or decorating gel 36 M&Ms® Brand Chocolate Candies Directions 1. In large saucepan melt […]
Continue readingPressed Powder Compacts
When your pressed powder compact is wearing thin, just crumble it up with a cotton swab or something. Then pour about 1/4 tsp. or less of rubbing alcohol in it and stir it up till it all comes together and close it up. The next morning it will be good as new, enough for about […]
Continue readingSaltine Crackers Recipe
i need a recipe for saltine crackers. ladies home journal (think) published a number of cracker recipes for various crackers and i used them, but i lost them in a house fire. any help is appreciated Disclosure: Some of the links below are affilate links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn […]
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