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Turn Your Canned Tomatoes Into A Quick Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Here’s an idea for using your pantry staples to make a last minute spaghetti sauce to serve over pasta. If you don’t have a jar of Ragu or Prego around,…
The 4 Best Reasons for Making Your Own Stuff
Sometimes my family thinks I’m crazy. They’ll see me busy making something and ask “What’s that?” I usually respond with an answer like “I’m trying to make my own chocolate…
Make Your Own Frozen Garlic Texas Toast
If you find it handy to have one of those boxes of frozen garlic texas toast in the freezer, here’s an idea for making your own homemade version that can…
Are Women Really Making Their Own Sanitary Napkins and Tampons?
Apparently everything old is new again. It seems that women are taking another look at re-usable sanitary products for “that time of the month” rather than just reaching for the…
Make Your Own Gift Bags from Envelopes
If you need a small size gift bag in a hurry, here’s a fun and interesting way to solve the problem – Use an envelope! I love finding resourceful ways…
Spinach Dip
Update April, 2016: This post was originally part of a series in 2010 for recipes using cream cheese after I found a great sale with a coupon and was able…
Cheesy Chicken Enchiladas
Well, here I am at the end of the week and I’ve almost used up my five bricks of 25 cent cream cheese. Today we used cream cheese to make…
Topsy Turvy Cupcakes
This recipe for cupcakes is a favorite of mine that combines two great flavors – chocolate and cream cheese. They provide a sweet treat without any frosting (which means they…