Category: Kitchen Pantry Basics

Sugar Free Hot Chocolate Mix

Sugar Free Hot Chocolate Mix | Life With Garnish

Last week I posted a Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix that was definitely NOT sugar free. Well, I have a reader who wants to make her own hot chocolate mix but can’t have sugar so she asked me if I would mind trying to create her a sugar free version. I gave it my best shot…


Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix|Life With Garnish

My kids love a cup of nice warm cocoa topped with mini marshmallows when they are chilled. Of course, they would probably like it all the time anytime but I like to keep this drink as a treat and not as an “all the time because it’s chocolate” drink. So it’s reserved for those times…


Homemade Chili Seasoning

Homemade Chili Seasoning|Life With Garnish

Anybody else out there as tickled as I am that the seasons are FINALLY changing? I’m so ready for some cooler weather. Some people find it strange that I live in a state that is warm 8-9 months out of the year but LOVE the cold weather. Maybe it’s BECAUSE I live in a warm…


Homemade Baking Mix

homemade baking mix

A.K.A. Homemade “Bisquick”. I’m pretty sure most everyone I know has their own homemade baking mix recipe. This is one of those recipes that I decided to start making after I became a stay at home mom and needed to save money on our food budget. It’s really a quick, cheap and easy way to…


Homemade Cappuccino Mix

homemade cappuccino mix

I LOVE my coffee. I don’t care if it’s in the middle of summer and 110° outside, I will still drink my coffee. If I could attach an I. V. coffee drip to my arm I would probably do it. And I don’t mean iced coffee either. Never really got on the iced coffee band…


Homemade Breadcrumbs

homemade breadcrumbs

This recipe is going to be a short and sweet one. Remember the other day when I posted the Homemade Croutons recipe? Well today I’m posting another simple recipe that uses leftover bread…Homemade Breadcrumbs! Adrian I love creating simple and delicious recipes. I hate cleaning and all that goes with it! I’m an organizer in…

breadcrumbs

Homemade Taco Seasoning

homemade taco seasoning

  Homemade Taco Seasoning is definitely in my top five kitchen pantry items. We go through bunches of this stuff. It’s so easy to make and cost just a fraction of the cost of store bought taco seasoning. My family is a humongous taco fan! Not only do I make tacos but I make a Hamburger…

taco seasoning

Homemade Croutons

homemade croutons

Are you the type of person who throws away the last few pieces of bread in a loaf? If you are then you need to stop that right now and start freezing it until you have enough to make yourself a batch of these crunchy and so amazingly tasty homemade croutons. Adrian I love creating…


Homemade Ranch Dressing

Homemade Ranch Dressing

The first homemade salad dressing I ever made was ranch. I have loved ranch dressing since forever. Until making it myself I never thought it could get any better than what I bought at the store. But let me tell you guys, IT IS better than store bought!! Adrian I love creating simple and delicious…

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