Posts Tagged ‘convenience foods’
Make Your Own Hamburger Helper Beef Stroganoff Clone
I have said it before and I will say it once again – I just can’t understand why people will pay for Hamburger Helper and similar boxed meals when they can do the same thing with a handful of ingredients and it will taste better, be better for you and if [Read More]
Michael Takes a Pledge
A few weeks back I finally got around to watching the much talked about film Food, Inc. and though it didn’t really give me much information that I wasn’t already acutely aware of (I have been a food activist for most of my life), it was presented in a very [Read More]
Make Your Own Homemade Granola
Does anyone else get sick of paying top dollar for over-processed foods at the supermarket when you can easily make your own version at home? Today in Freedom from Convenience Foods Month we are going to tackle one of my favorite high energy snack foods – [Read More]
Make Your Own Krystal or White Castle Mini Cheeseburger Clone
This recipe was adapted from a Pampered Chef recipe I sampled at a party last year. It tastes just like the mini burgers from Krystal or White Castle! INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 lbs lean ground beef 1 medium onion, chopped 1/4 cup parsley, chopped 1 teaspoon salt 2 cloves [Read More]
Make Your Own Homemade Heinz 57 Sauce Clone
If you are a fan of Heinz 57 Sauce then you’re truly not alone. While it isn’t the first thing I go to in the pantry I can understand its appeal so when I was asked to mimic the famous recipe I took the challenge seriously. I hope you will give it a try [Read More]
Make Your Own Homemade Mayonnaise
I am not a fan of mayonnaise on sandwiches like a lot of folks are, though when it is made from scratch like this stuff, the yummy factor increases exponentially. Once you have made it for yourself you will be forever spoiled. Fair warning! Michael’s [Read More]
Make Your Own Olive Garden Salad Dressing Clone
When people first learn that I like to do clone recipes of well known foods from various restaurants and stores one of the most common requests I get is for help making a homemade Olive Garden Salad Dressing clone. If I am to be entirely honest, the salad dressing is [Read More]
Make Your Own Homemade Baking Mix
People have been enjoying my homemade pancake recipe so much that I wanted to take it a step further during our Freedom from Convenience Foods Month and share with you a recipe for making your own baking mix that works every bit as well as Bisquick or Pioneer Baking Mix [Read More]
Make Your Own Old Bay Seasoning Clone
Old Bay is a versatile, delicious seasoning blend but if you are like me and have an overly stocked spice cabinet, why not make it yourself? In my case I have an ulterior motive; I am allergic to ginger and when I make my homemade Old Bay Seasoning recipe from [Read More]
Make Your Own McDonald’s Special Sauce Clone
The McDonald’s Big Mac is an addiction for a lot of my friends so a few years ago I went digging around to find a way to make the special sauce since that was really the only variable ingredient in the now-famous recipe of "two all-beef patties, special sauce, [Read More]
