Freeze Dried Foods

Denny’s Fabulous French Toast (with powdered eggs and milk)

I have a secret love for restaurant copy cat recipes. I even made an entire PF Chang dinner for our traditional Chinese food New Year’s Even dinner the year that we were on a tight budget and couldn’t afford to go out for it. I also love the IHOP country griddle cakes and the Denny’s […]

Powdered Milk Mysteries Revealed

Powdered milk is a common item that people store for long term emergency situations for many reasons. It has enough nutrients to allow you to sustain life even if it was the ONLY thing you were eating/drinking, you cannot store fresh milk in a powerless emergency, and milk is a very common ingredient in many […]

Ways to Use Freeze-Dried Fruits

SNACKING: We love to just eat the fruit straight. Our kids eat them instead of fruit snacks, and they are a much healthier snack. BAKING: Adding freeze dried fruits to baking is so easy. You can add them to muffins, pies and more. Check out how Jodi made a Blackberry pie for her husband using freeze dried blackberries. Jodi also used some freeze dried fruits in her famous 4th […]

Holiday Recipe: Mushroom Sage Stuffing

So when I saw this recipe’s first ingredient was bacon I thought, hmmm what could be wrong with it? Then I saw that there were mushrooms in it. I’m so not a mushroom fan, but my ENTIRE family loves them. So what do you think? Should I try it for them? To be nice? If […]

Holiday Recipe: Green Bean Casserole

I remember the very first time I had green bean casserole. The crunchy onions, the creamy mixture. I think I was somewhere around 25 years old before I had it. I’m not sure how I missed out on it my whole life prior to that. Last year I was assigned to bring green bean casserole […]

Buffalo Chicken Pizza With Bacon

I love the flavors of buffalo chicken, ranch, and bacon. There’s something about that mixture that just speaks to me. I like that mixture on sandwiches, in wraps, salads, and anything else I can think of. The other day I was thinking it would make a great pizza. However, I didn’t feel like thawing, cutting, […]