Recipes
Beef & Three-Bean Chili Mix: Chili Night From One Quart Jar
Kidney, navy and black beans with a chili spice blend on top. Add ground beef, water and tomato juice for eight bowls of chili. Keeps a year.
Pantry cooking, from scratch
Make the mix once.
Cook from the jar all month.
I write cookbooks and recipes for a pantry that works as hard as you do: homemade seasonings, soup starters, baking mixes and more, with honest labels on every jar.
Seasonings & rubs
Taco, ranch, poultry, jerk: the packets you buy every week, made in minutes with no fillers.
Soups & meals in a jar
Layered bean soups and skillet dinners you can pull off the shelf on a busy night.
Baking & breakfast mixes
Biscuits, pancakes and breads from a master mix you stir together on a Sunday.
Free for pantry cooks
Jar labels, a 90-day planner and five more printables
Seven US Letter PDFs that keep a dry mix pantry organized: what's in each jar, when it was filled, what to cook this week and what to buy next.
New cookbook
The Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook
225 Budget-Friendly Homemade Mixes for Seasonings, Soups, Baking, Sweets, Drinks & Sauces.
225
homemade mixes
7
chapters
69
vegan recipes
104
gluten-free recipes
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From the blog
Recipes & pantry tips
Gifts in a Jar
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Mix in a Jar: The Holiday Gift Everyone Knows
Oats, raisins, two sugars and warm spice in layers, with a tag that says what to add. Butter, an egg and vanilla turn one jar into 18 cookies.
Pantry Basics
Cream of Chicken Soup Substitute: A Homemade Condensed Soup Mix
Dry milk, cornstarch and bouillon replace the can in any casserole. ⅓ cup of mix and 1 cup of water equals one 10.5 oz can, and a quart jar makes nine.
Hi, I'm Maggie
I believe the best convenience food is the one you made yourself on a quiet afternoon.
My books turn store-bought packets and boxes into jars you fill at home, for less money, less salt and no guesswork.
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