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Old Fashioned Blueberry Buckle
I’m looking for a blueberry buckle recipe from twenty five years ago. I remember that it had a topping on it like a crumb mixture as for a pie. – Thalia From The Hillbilly Housewife Buckles are a favorite around here. They are the cousins of coffee cakes and the blueberry kind is my very […]
Continue readingCrockpot Orange Chicken Recipe
This is such a simple recipe. There are only 4 ingredients (chicken, orange jam, barbecue sauce and soy sauce), and it cooks to perfection in the slow cooker. Serve over some cooked rice and dinner is done. If you’re feeling fancy, steam up some broccoli or slice up some garden fresh cucumbers to go along […]
Continue readingMy Best Tips For Using Garden Fresh Tomatoes
I thought I’d share a few simple tips with you for storing, cutting, peeling and deseeding tomatoes. These will come in handy when you are blessed with an abundance of garden fresh tomatoes (like we are right now). These tips will come in handy if you grow your own, or get a big basket of tomatoes from […]
Continue readingGet More Juice Out of Limes and Lemons
Here’s a tip from fellow Hillbilly Housewife reader about getting more juice out of lemons and limes. (Edited for Spelling). Place the fruit in the microwave oven for approximately 35-50 seconds. Let them cool and set aside till you can pick them up without burning your hands. This works great especially if you’re weak or […]
Continue readingCooked Dressing for Potato Salad
I’m looking for a recipe for boiled dressing. My grandmother wrote it down for me and I lost it! She used it on potato salad. Lynda Smith From The Hillbilly Housewife Here’s my recipe for a simple boiled dressing. It calls for 1/2 cup of sugar which gives me a nice balance. If you […]
Continue readingHow To Make A Mustard Plaster
I live with my sister in law and my brother They live on the dairy, and work on the dairy. My sister in law has really really bad congestion in her chest, she also is a smoker. She had made a comment on how she , wished, she knew the home remedy for a mustard […]
Continue readingYum Yum Cookies
I am looking for a bar cookie recipe called yum-yums. The main ingredients included brown sugar, egg, vanilla, flour and walnuts. After it cooks, a mixture of cream and powdered sugar is spread over the cooked recipe and then is covered in coconut. Lost this time honored recipe. Can anyone help? Gail Do you […]
Continue readingKnow What Goes On The Dinner Table – Frugal Tip
I love getting emails from Hillbilly Housewife readers. It always makes my day to hear how what I’m sharing here on the blog and in my eBooks is helping others. It’s what keeps me going 🙂 Yesterday I got one such email from Anne. She writes: I use a lot of your homemade convenience foods… […]
Continue readingStrawberry Romaine Salad With Poppy Seed Dressing
We eat a lot of salads around here, especially in the warm summer months. They go great with grilled food and often make a main dish for lunch or dinner. I’m always on the lookout for a fresh take on eating our greens. Last summer I feel in love with the combination of strawberries and […]
Continue readingRice Cake Recipe
I would love to find a copy of the Rice Cake (or Rice Pancake) recipe from The Detroit Times Cookbook (circa 1933-1936). Cheryl From The Hillbilly Housewife While I’m not familiar with that particular recipe, but I have a delicious rice pancake one. Let me know if that’s similar to the one you’re looking for […]
Continue readingMarinate Before You Grill – Frugal Tip
With summer on the way it’s time to clean of the grill. Sure it’s nice to grill up a nice steak, some chicken breast or put a chunk of salmon on a cedar plank. Expensive cuts of meat and fish make it easy to end up with a tender and flavorful grilled meal. But it […]
Continue readingSpeed Up Your Grilling – 5 Tips For A Faster Meal
Grilling can sometimes be a bit of a process. From marinating your food, to waiting for the grill to heat up, and standing there watching and turning, turning and watching, it can be sort of tedious. But, only if you let it be. If there was a way to speed up the process, wouldn’t you […]
Continue readingChinese Fried Chicken Wing Recipe
I’m looking for a recipe for chinese fried chicken wings. I know they must do something to them before they fry them. I’ve tried just frying plain wings and the flavor is just not there. Not looking for a coated fried wing like one local place has. Maybe I’m using the wrong oil, but my […]
Continue readingOld Fashioned Chocolate Gravy
The recipe I am looking for was a chocolate gravy my grandmother used to make in a skillet on top of the stove. I know it had cocoa and sugar in it and it tasted like warm chocolate pudding. It was made kind of like a milk gravy. Thank you, Mary From The Hillbilly Housewife I […]
Continue readingPineapple Cookie Recipe
I am looking for a recipe for pineapple cookies my mom use to make. They were soft and had bits of pineapple in them, so delicious. Since her and my grandma are now in a better place, I can’t find anyone that knows how to make them. Please help if you can. Thanks, Rene Do […]
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