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A few years ago my granddaughters asked me to put together a cookbook of about 20 family favorite recipes and when I did the 20 pages looked rather skimpy so I added more, and more, and more till their binders held 60. Heavily embellished I gave them to the girls at Christmastime. Every Christmas since then I've added 60 more pages to their collections and have reached the 300 mark...and they're looking forward to getting even more. These are not random recipes, they're all tried and true. Anyway, when word got around it seems everybody and their second cousin wanted a cookbook so I began selling them to cover the cost of materials and now I'm passing them on to others as digital freebies, who like me, enjoy family, friends, cooking, and sharing. Print the pages to a standard letter size and save them in any old binder that blends with your kitchen. Please do print them for yourself and gift-giving to family and friends but please do not claim as your own as it wouldn't be fair to the designers I buy from or the wonderful talent that is freely given by bloggers. I'd love to hear from you and if you leave a comment on a post I will reply on the same. Please don't leave anything on the 4shared page, I seldom think to check those.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Texas Two-Step Soup Mix (in a jar)

Oh my, can't believe it's been almost a month of go-go activities.  Late August  I had company coming and going that went on till a few days ago, jam and jelly season was on me before I knew it, had to get Carly ready for school, a round of doctor appointments for all of us, and so it goes for a while yet.  I have four birthdays in Sept, my daughter on the 23rd, my granddaughter on the 25th, my son on the 26th, and my husband on the 30th.  Fall and winter around the corner which means fun, food, and friends until early next year-can you believe 2012???

I tried some new condiments this year and one is already a family favorite...tomato-basil jam, oh yum!  My blackberry jam turned out a bit thin, don't know why.  I also put up green pepper jelly, my go-to for something on a ritz cracker (along with a little cream cheese), dirty martini tomatoes, peach preserves, and a small batch of peaches in light syrup from my daughter's fruit trees.

Now I'm on a kick of putting things by "in a jar".  I've done four each for my pantry of potato soup mix, chicken noodle soup mix, Texas two-step soup mix, chili tomato mac, parsley pesto spaghetti, tuna casserole, cheesy ham & potato casserole, Santa Fe skillet casserole, and skillet lasagna, and will be doing more as I prepare gift baskets for the coming season.  Love the Mason Jar vacuum accessory to my Food Saver, it extends the shelf life of everything in a jar.

Thought that for this week (hopefully) I could share some of these recipes with you. One or two, here and there, in case some of you do make up goody baskets around the holidays.

Thanks for stopping by, catch 'ya later!

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1 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for this post. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 1 post on Sep. 14, 2011. Thanks again.

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