breakfast · cooking

Pantry Staples: Instant Oatmeal Packets

Instant Oatmeal Packets Ingredients: ¼ cup quick cooking oats 1 Tbsp powdered old-fashioned oats* 1 Tbsp dry milk, soy, rice, or coconut milk powder 1/8 tsp fine sea salt Directions: *Put ½ cup old-fashioned oats at a time in a blender or mini food processor, and blend on high until broken apart and somewhat powdery. Set aside… Continue reading Pantry Staples: Instant Oatmeal Packets

cooking · Dinner · Spice/Herb Mixes

Pantry Staples: DIY Rice A Roni Mix

I always find it fascinating that mixes like Rice A Roni sell so well. When you think about it, it’s a tiny amount of rice, pasta, maybe a few dried vegetables, and heavily salted “flavor mix”. That’s it. Well….maybe not just “it”. From a box of Chicken Flavor: “Ingredients RICE, WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA,… Continue reading Pantry Staples: DIY Rice A Roni Mix

cooking · Preserving

Canning Handcrafted Maraschino Cherries

I came across the basis of this recipe for making these boozy cherries in Modern Pioneering. I adapted the recipe by making my own grenadine syrup, so I could avoid artificial coloring and corn syrup. The original recipe called for almond extract, I used vanilla to get around the food allergy issue in our home… Continue reading Canning Handcrafted Maraschino Cherries