Thursday, May 17, 2012

Biscuits and Sausage Gravy




Biscuits and Sausage Gravy  

 Biscuit Mix

Combine:
 8 ½ cups Flour
¼ cup Baking Powder
1 Tbsp. Salt
2 tsp. Cream of Tartar
1 tsp. Baking Soda


Combine:
3 cups Biscuit Mix (above)
1 cup Water Stir vigorously until blended and drop by teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Makes 12-18 biscuits.

White Sauce Mix For Sausage Gravy
Combine:
4 cups Flour
2 tsp. Salt

Basic White Sauce Combine in a sauce pan:
 ½ cup White Sauce Mix (above) 
1 cup Hot Tap Water 
Salt and Pepper as desired Bring to boil in sauce pan.
Stir constantly over medium heat with wire whisk until thick to prevent scorching.

Rehydrate sausage crumbles and add to the white sauce mix

What I have done is make the mixes and made and made up the servings and vacuumed sealed them...They should be good for 6 months to a year. I put the 1/4 cup of sausage crumbles in a baggie and then added 1/2 cup of white sauce mix and sealed. and put the directions on it. Same goes with the Biscuit mix.

Rice Mixes


Today I would like to share 4 rice mixes with you

Ingredients


    ONION RICE MIX

    2 cups uncooked white rice
    1 envelope onion soup mix
    1 teaspoon dried parsley
    1/2 teaspoon salt

    LEMON-DILL RICE MIX

    2 cups white rice
    3 teaspoons bottled dried lemon peel
    2 teaspoons dried dill
    1 teaspoon dried chives
    1 teaspoon salt
    4 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder

    VEGETABLE RICE MIX

2 cups white rice
4 teaspoons vegetarian bouillon powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons dried celery flakes
2 teaspoons onion flakes
2 teaspoons green pepper flakes
2 teaspoons red bell pepper flakes


    SPANISH RICE MIX

2 cups white rice
1/4 green bell pepper flakes
2 teaspoons parsley flakes
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon dried basil

Directions

  1. FOR EACH TYPE OF RICE MIX:.
  2. Mix together all ingredients.
  3. Divide in half and store in tightly closed plastic bags or jars with tight-fitting lids.
  4. Each package or jar should contain approximately 1 cup plus 3 Tbs of rice mixture.

    To Cook
    Combine the rice Mixture, 2 cups of cold water and 1 Tablespoon of butter in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat.  Cover and cook over low heat 15 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
    Makes 4-6 Servings