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How to Make Homemade Vanilla Flavored Coffee Creamer

Do you just love the convenience of flavored coffee creamers? But maybe you don’t want to ingest all those unpronounceable ingredients…or you’d like to save a little money…or you just prefer making things from scratch? Bethany recently posted a how-to on our blog The Homesteader Kitchen. Not only does she show us how to make the creamer, but she has some out of the box (and out of the coffee cup) ideas for using it. Read Bethany’s post here…then enjoy your next cup of coffee!   … Read entire article »

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How to Make Homemade Garlic Powder

How to Make Homemade Garlic Powder

Something we often take for granted is those little jars of garlic powder that we buy at the grocery store. Many people don’t realize just how easy it is to make granulated garlic powder at home, though. You can make garlic powder from garlic you grew in your own garden or even the store-bought kind. It’s generally preferable to use home-grown, if possible. There are thousands of different varieties of garlic, and by growing your own you can … Read entire article »

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Homemade Convenience Food – Precooked Chicken

Homemade Convenience Food – Precooked Chicken

As a continuance to Marie’s post last week about How To Use The Whole Chicken, I wanted to go into a little further detail about what we do here in our little family. Precooked chicken is one of my favorite homemade convenience foods, which will become more and more important during the busy spring planting season.  Even now, when I am out until early evening pruning and doing yard cleanup, I am very glad that I … Read entire article »

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