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Make Your Own Ingredients

Learn how to make your own ingredients, and cut your grocery list down to size.

Make Your Own Ingredients

Want to enjoy fresher foods and a smaller grocery bill? Then, try making your own ingredients.

Make Your Own Baking Supplies

Recipes for powdered sugar, baking powder, brown sugar and other baking essentials.

Ingredient Substitutions

Out of an ingredient? Find a substitute in your pantry, and save.

Make Vanilla Extract

A simple recipe for a never-ending supply of vanilla.

Homemade Baking Powder Recipe

Discover how easy it is to make your own baking powder.

How to Make Brown Sugar

Need brown sugar for a recipe? Make your own, and save a trip to the store.

Buttermilk Substitute

No need to buy buttermilk. This simple substitute works just as well, and it only takes five minutes to make.

Heavy Cream Substitute

Need heavy cream for a recipe? Here's a great stand-in that won't send you running to the store.

Castor Sugar Substitute

Have a recipes that calls for castor sugar? Here's how to make it yourself.

How to Make Pumpkin Puree

Save money by making your own pumpkin puree in the fall when pumpkin prices are at their lowest.

How to Make Beef Broth

Learn how to make your own beef broth, and you'll never need to buy canned again.

How to Make Vegetable Broth

Learn how to make your own vegetable broth, and you'll never have to buy it again.

How to Make Chicken Broth

Learn how to make your own chicken broth from just a handful of ingredients.

Vinegar as Egg Substitute

Baking and find yourself an egg short? Grab this substitute from your pantry.

Vinegar Substitute

Out of vinegar and working on a recipe that calls for it? There's another ingredient that you can use in its place.

Lemon Juice Substitute

Need a splash of lemon juice for a recipe? Save yourself some cash, and give this substitute a try.

Tomato Sauce Substitute

Out of tomato sauce? Grab a can of tomato paste from your pantry, and whip up a quick substitute. No trip to the store required.

Tomato Juice Substitute

A simple stand-in for tomato juice.

Broth Substitute

A simple, money-saving substitute for chicken and beef broth.

Dark Corn Syrup Substitute

Out of dark corn syrup? Use this cheap substitute to get your through till your next shopping trip:

Molasses Substitute

Looking for a molasses substitute? Here are five.

Cornstarch Substitute

Out of cornstarch? Use this in it's place:

How to Make Tomato Paste

Make your own tomato paste from fresh or canned tomato sauce.

Cake Flour Substitute

An effective stand-in for cake flour made from two pantry staples.

Nut Substitution

Nuts lend a nice texture to baked goods, but they also add to the cost of baking. Replace them with one of these cheap substitutes.

Half and Half Substitute

A two-ingredient substitution for half and half.

Make Powdered Sugar (Confectioner's Sugar)

No need to pay a premium for powdered sugar, you can make it yourself.

Evaporated Milk Substitute

No need to pay a premium for those little cans of evaporated milk. You can make your own in two minutes or less.

Tomato Juice Recipe

Turn some of your homegrown tomatoes into tomato juice, and you'll be set for soup season.

How to Make Peanut Butter

A video tutorial on making peanut butter.

Yeast Substitute

Out of yeast or turned off by the price? Here's a simple yeast substitute to try.

Make Colored Sugar

Create your own colored sugars for decorating cookies, cakes and other baked goods, and eliminate another item from your grocery list.

Homemade Egg Substitute Recipe

Make your own egg substitute, and save.

Sweetened Condensed Milk Substitute

Have a recipe that calls for sweetened condensed milk? Here's a perfect stand-in.

How to Make Self-Rising Flour

A quick and easy recipe for homemade self-rising flour.

How to Make Homemade Mozzarella

Make your own mozzarella cheese in 30 minutes.

Make Fromage Blanc

A video tutorial on how to to make delicious fromage blanc.

Make Your Own Ricotta Cheese

Homemade ricotta cheese from three simple ingredients.

How to Make Yogurt Cheese

Turn a tub of yogurt into tasty yogurt cheese.

Mascarpone Cheese Recipe

Make your own mascarpone cheese with just two ingredients.

How to Make Creme Fraiche

Like creme fraiche, but hate paying for it? You can make your own for a fraction of the store-bought price.

Homemade Sour Cream Recipe

Make your own sour cream with just two ingredients.

Make Your Own Flavored Pancake Syrups

Recipes for strawberry syrup, blueberry syrup, butter pecan syrup and more.
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