This homemade condensed soup mix is a simple pantry staple that replaces canned condensed soup in casseroles, slow-cooker meals, and comfort-food favorites. Made with basic dry ingredients, this mix saves money, reduces processed ingredients, and lets you control flavor and sodium while keeping recipes easy.
Seasonings & Sauces
When you’re searching for homemade seasonings and sauces, these sure will hit the spot.
Easy Homemade Pumpkin Pie Spice Blend (Better Than Store-Bought)
Pumpkin pie spice is that warm, cozy flavor everyone loves—but store-bought blends can be overpriced, stale, or oddly unbalanced. This homemade pumpkin pie spice blend is quick to make, uses simple pantry spices, and tastes fresher than anything you’ll find on the shelf.
Whether you’re baking pies, flavoring coffee, or adding a cozy twist to everyday recipes, this DIY spice mix lets you control the flavor—and save money while you’re at it.
Homemade Alfredo Sauce
Rich and creamy homemade alfredo sauce is incredibly quick and easy to prepare. With just a few simple ingredients and about 10 minutes, you can create this flavorful and versatile sauce at home.
5-Minute Chick-fil-A Polynesian Sauce Copycat (No Honey Neede
Make Chick-fil-A Polynesian Sauce Copycat at home in 5 minutes. Tangy-sweet, no honey needed, and perfect for nuggets, burgers, and fries—easy and fast each time.
Ranch Seasoning Mix
This Ranch Seasoning Mix is easy & economical! Use it to make homemade dips, salad dressings, mayonnaise-based aioli sandwich spreads, or to coat roasted ranch-flavored vegetables.
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce [Pasta Sauce]
This quick Homemade Spaghetti Sauce [Pasta] is rich, deliciously seasoned, and yet still easy enough to make any night of the week. This delicious sauce is low carb, gluten-free, MSG-free, and perfect with your favorite pasta, “zoodles”, and even homemade pizza.
Carrabba’s Marinara Sauce Recipe (Copycat Restaurant Flavor in 30 Minutes)
Copycat Carrabba’s Marinara Sauce Recipe tastes restaurant-rich in just 30 minutes. Simple pantry ingredients, big flavor, perfect for pasta, pizza, or dipping.
Taste the Caribbean: Jamaican Barbecue Sauce
This Jamaican Barbecue Sauce is spicy with a hint of sweetness & flavor notes of allspice, cinnamon, and cloves which mimic the flavor in Jerk Spice Rub.
Recipe Rescue: Common Herb Substitutes
You’re getting ready to make a recipe and discover you are either out of an herb or the recipe calls for an herb you simply do not like. As a food blogger, I field questions regarding substitutions quite often. The questions range from savory herb substitutions to common ingredient substitutions, too.
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
I know I say this all the time, but you really will not believe how incredibly easy it is to make Homemade Enchilada Sauce. I know I was really surprised at exactly how easy it is to make and quick too. I like that I can control the ingredients and have no unwanted additives or preservatives.