Homemade Biscuit mix

Whenever we had biscuits in our family they were usually made out of a box. You know the kind. We even had chicken and dumplings with these biscuits on top. Then when I came down here to Florida I learned to make southern buttermilk biscuits. I thought my goodness these are the best. I even learned to made my own buttermilk. Now money has gotten tight and I have become very frugal. I make my own boxed biscuit recipe and it easily gets stored in the frig. I not only can make biscuits when I want but also by just adding some milk I can also make pancakes. Also my other half has had terrible digestive problems so much so he had to go the a doctor and I really don't think they know what's wrong. After many different medications I decided to try a different diet. Making as many processed foods from scratch including these biscuits and even my own rice mixes. I have stopped buying margarine and regular veggie oil and went back to old school with shortenings and butter. So far so good. We have found foods like hotdogs and certain processed meats are a no-no. Poor thing is sick for days not able to keep anything down. The heartburn is mostly gone and he isnt running to the bathroom all the time. Over eating also makes him sick like during the holidays he had a little bit of everything and was sick for the next 3 days after that. So now back to the biscuits. Sorry got a little sidetracked there but here is the recipe I go by. And I store it in a huge empty family size jar of mayo.

 Biscuit Mix
 6 Cups of all purpose flour
3 Tablespoons of baking powder
 1 Tablespoon of salt
1 Cup of shortening ( I don't use the creamed or pre-creamed )

 Add the first 3 ingredients to a mixing bowl. Then whisk together till combined. Then with a pastry cutter add your shortening and put it in till the mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Put in an air tight container and store in your frig up to 4 months. Use this whenever you need to use "Bisquick" mix. If I have time before the holidays I will post some recipes you can use.

Mail Call!

Well as some of you know I am a fan of freebies. So with that in mind I am going to start a mail call section here on my blog of things I get free in the mail. I mostly check out the great freebie finds on the website Hunt4freebies which you can find the link in my blog roll. I will also be posting very unusual mailboxes too. ( as you can see from the microwave mailbox above lol )
I recently have received in the mail hairband, Lowes coupons, Chevy Magazine, Playboy, Maxxim, Kashi cereal, and 2 samples of Valspar paint. That was last weeks haul...cant wait to see what come in the mail today!!!

Cheeseburger Pizza

I am trying my hand at making homemade pizza. Especially after ordering two specialty pizzas from Dominos and spending about $40 for them and a 2 liter of Pepsi. We are NOT doing that again. So I bought some pizza dough from Foodlion and made my own.
  I cooked some ground meat which is seasoned with italian seasonings and added just a splash of cooking wine..I only used enough beef to put on 2 medium pizzas...then i cut up some bacon and cooked those till almost cripsy. I did about 1/3 of a pound. When that was done I rooled out the dough and placed it on my pan which was sprinkled with cornmeal flour. This helps the pizza not to stick and not burn before the rest of the pizza cooks. I then poked some holes in the dough with a fork and then just spooned some crushed tomatoes over the dough for the sauce.I sprinkled the sauce with italian seasonings and black pepper. next i added the ground meat and then the bacon. To the meat I had soem deli ham i shredded up add added that too. For cheese I topped it with cheddar, provolone and parmesan. Baked it at 400 till the crust was golden and the cheese was bubbly. This was really good. I may try other combinations and maybe bread sticks next time.