Where Do ThriftyFun Recipes Come From?I noticed that about 99.9% of the recipes posted on ThriftyFun are submitted by Robin from Washington, IA and Connie from Cotter, AR. I'm wondering if they actually try out ALL the recipes they submit or do they just submit any recipe they think looks good, etc?
Kitchen Aid Mixer Recipes?I just got a Kitchen Aid Stand mixer. Does anyone have recipes for this machine?
Help Making Chicken Fried Steak?I have tried to make fried chicken with no luck. Then today I tried to make chicken fried steak. I was given a top shoulder piece of meat. I found in my cookbook chicken fried steak and you use this cut of meat. What am I doing wrong?
Stove Top Cornbread?Looking for a recipe to make cornbread on stove top. Thank You
Mayetta's Chili?Many years ago I had a recipe for "Mayetta's Chili"; so different and so good. Does anyone else out there have it, too?
Homemade American Food for Japanese Mother in Law?My future mother in law is coming to America for the first time. I want to cook her something nice for dinner but this is the problem.. She hates garlic, nothing spicy or with spices and she hates bland food. What do I make? I want to impress her but i can't come up with anything. She's from Japan, but wants home-made American food.
Chicken Tenders with Avocado Recipe?I'm looking for an easy Chicken Tenders with Avocado recipe. I do not like it hot (no Tabasco or red chili peppers)!
Substituting Peanut Oil for Vegetable Oil?I'm baking banana bread without shortening. It calls for applesauce and oil. I don't have enough vegetable oil. Can I use peanut oil? Or is it best to use more applesauce? I have natural unsweetened applesauce.
Making vs. Buying Worcestershire Sauce?Can I make good Worcestershire sauce at home or is it better if I just buy it?
Recipes Using Yellow Mustard?I need the help of this creative community. Does anyone have suggestions for using mustard? Plain old fashion yellow mustard? I have an over abundance. I'm looking for baking recipes. Nothing that involves relishes or sauces. It needs to be something consumable as in meal wise. Any takers?
Recipes for Convection Ovens?Does anyone have a good step-by-step recipe for a counter top convection oven? I acquired mine without a booklet and the first time I tried to make a cake, it came out with a "Bob's Big Boy" curlicue on top, and it was icky dry. Cookies were crispy outside, but wet on the bottom (too high a temp. probably). So far, I've used it to make jerky and beer can chicken, but I'd love to branch out. Help.
Looking For a Recipe to Make Mirin?I am looking for a recipe to make mirin.
Recipe For Garlic Olive Oil?How to make plain olive oil into garlic flavor oil, any recipes?
Too Much Mayonnaise in Macaroni Salad?If you use too much mayonnaise in a macaroni salad, how do you take out the overkill of the mayonnaise with out adding more macaroni?
Recipe for Sticky Buns Using Rich's Roll Dough?I used to have a recipe years ago for making Sticky Buns using Rich's Roll Dough.
Uses for Splenda for Baking?Splenda for Baking is made from sugar and sucralose (those are the only 2 ingredients on the package). Would it be okay to use it to make homemade lemonade (or any non-baking use for that matter)? Thanks.
Sending Someone Fresh Salsa?I am wanting to send some fresh salsa to my nephew in college. How do I send it fresh without having to can it which would mean having to cook the salsa (therefore not being fresh).
Uses for Chicken Broth?I boiled a family pack of chicken wings for my mother and I have a pot full of tasty chicken broth on hand. What can I do with the broth? Can it be frozen and used later?
Recipes Using Fennel?I went to the supermarket and saw fennel for the first time so I bought it, but I don't know how to cook it or use it in food. Can you send me a couple recipes so that I can try something.
Recipes For Rice Cookers Other Than Rice?I am looking for recipes for my new rice cooker. Does anyone have any recipes besides rices?
Recipes Using Black Raspberries?Does anybody have any good dessert recipes using black raspberries? I have a bumper crop of them this year.
Recipes for Someone with Prader-Willi Syndrome?Does anyone have any recipe ideas for people with Prader-Willi Syndrome?
Recipes Using Plantains?Does anyone have any favorite plantain (aka pl'tano macho) recipe they'd like to share? Plantain looks like a large banana. It's stages of ripeness can range from green to yellow to black and, like a potato, it needs to be cooked.
Recipes Without Corn?I just found out I have a corn allergy. Do you have an allergy site or corn-free recipes? I couldn't find on the site.
Recipes Using Blueberries?I have several quarts of fresh blueberries. While we love to eat them as they are, we'll never eat that many before they go bad. I would really appreciate recipes and ideas.
Recipes for Someone With Colitis Disease?Colitis Disease? A friend came to visit me over the long weekend and informed me that she had Colitis. She could not eat anything with Fibre. We live on fibre. I asked her how she copes?
Easy Luncheon Menu Ideas?I am looking for easy luncheon menu ideas.
Curing and Preserving Olives?Today I was given a large bucket of olives freshly picked. Although I googled "curing olives" there were so many listings and so many different instructions it was overwhelming. I wonder if anyone would have some information on this.
Food Ideas?I am looking for food ideas to take to a family whose father just died. I need need to do something.
Unusual Food Ideas for a Benefit?We are having a benefit for my father at the end of June and serving turkey and ham sandwiches, potato salad, pasta salad, mac salad, and baked beans. One restaurant owner that is close to my dad wants to make something that is typically not made for benefits to serve with this.
Recipes Using Beer?I knocked a bottle of beer out of the refridgerator this morning. It partially opened. Anybody know a non meat recipe using beer?
Meal Ideas for a Flight Attendant?I am currently a international flight attendant. I bring my own food on the plane since I don't like the airplane food we offer. I fly international, so I always have at least a 24 hour layover in some foreign countries.
Coffee Mix Recipes?I am looking for coffee mix recipes made with pudding mix. Can anyone help?
Recipes Using Raspberry Divine Dessert Sauce?I went to the food bank today. I got some things that I really don't know what to do with but they sounded good on the shelf. The first is tastefully simple raspberry divine dessert sauce. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
Recipes Using Cranberry Relish?I am also looking for recipes using Cranberry Relish by Sunny Dell Foods. Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
Recipes Using Wheat Germ?What is wheat germ good for? And how can I use it? I bought some when I was baking at Christmas time for some dog treats I made, and have quite a bit left. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Mushroom Soup Patties?When I was in my teens, my best friend's mother made mushroom soup patties, they were delicious! I have looked in a million and a half recipe books with no luck. I believe these were made with tinned mushroom soup, crushed crackers and eggs? Does anyone know what I am talking about?
Recipes Using Canned Corn?I go to a local food bank for my canned goods etc. I don't normally eat canned corn. Does anyone have a frugal recipe using canned corn, all types?
Recipes Using Dried Cherries?I am looking for recipes using dried cherries.
Posting Recipes in a Small Kitchen?Tips for posting recipes in a small kitchen from the ThriftyFun community. Post yours below.
Recipes Using Cream Cheese Filling?I made stuffed mushrooms and have leftover cream cheese filling. Any ideas on how I can use up the rest of the filling?
Recipes for Lent?Seeing that Lent is near and I don't eat meat on Friday's would you have any good ideas for fish, or non-meat meals.
Recipes Using Stove Top Stuffing?I am looking for recipes using stove top stuffing.
Recipes Using Shrimp Bisque?Recipes Using Shrimp Bisque. I have a few cans of shrimp bisque. Other than using them as the directions suggest would anyone out there have any other recipe suggestions?
Recipes Using Flat Bread?Recipes Using Flat Bread. We have used flat bread (not pita bread) to make pizzas. Any other vegetarian (no meat, fish, chicken or their by-products) ideas for using flat bread?
Recipes Using Cilantro?Recipes Using Cilantro. I just recently found my love for cilantro. I put it in almost everything. What are some of your easy recipes with cilantro?
Bisquick Recipe Book?I used to have a notebook from Bisquick with lots of recipes but I can't find it.
Homemade TV Dinners?Does anyone know any good recipes for homemade TV Dinners?
Recipes Using Raisin Pie Filling?I was given one can of raisin pie filling but no recipe. Does anyone have a recipe using raisin pie filling - not necessarily for pie but for any type of dessert.
Inexpensive Luncheon Menu Ideas?I am giving a volunteer luncheon at my church for the nursery workers. What is an inexpensive menu to serve the guests and their families?
Recipes Using Cocoa Mix?I received some large packets of gourmet hot cocoa mix as a gift, and not being much for drinking it, wonder if anyone has a recipe or two that I can use them in to share?
Recipes Using Honey?I am trying to feed our family without using refined sugar. Does anyone have any good recipes using honey or an alternative to sugar?
Recipes Using Limes?I have about a dozen fresh limes. What can I use them for other than to add to beverages? I am going on vacation in one week and will not be returning for 3 weeks. I don't think the limes will hold up until then.
Old Fashioned Christmas Recipes?I like to research for the origin of things, especially cooking. It is often thrilling to see how our grandmothers did things. This time, I am searching for old fashioned recipes for Christmas, such as spekulatius recipe, stolen cakes, etc.
Recipes Using Sago?Does anyone have any easy recipes for using sago? My boyfriend bought some he made it with milk on the stove and it turned out hard after 30 minutes. It turned us off for a bit but I would like to try it if I had a recipe to go by.
Recipes Using French Fries?I have recently been given a large amount of french fries. Other than the obvious frying them to make french fries or chili cheese fries any ideas of what I can make with them?
Holiday Recipes?I am looking for recipes for the holidays. What are your favorites?
Cooking Hyacinth Beans?I have the most magnificent Hyacinth Bean vine, complete with beans now. I know the leaves, flowers and beans are edible but when I sampled a flower, it had a pungently raw bean flavor. Is there a way to tame that strong flavor?
Susan St. James Recipes?Many years ago when Phil Donohue was still on tv, he had Susan St. James on his show. She made some recipes that I used to make and my family loved, but I cannot for the life of me remember all the ingredients or how to put them all together.
Recipes Using Gaspar's Linguica Sausage?Does anyone have a recipe that has the Portuguese sausage Linguica in it? Have you ever used it in rice?
Weekly Menu for the Elderly?I am looking for a cost effective weekly menu for elderly people.
Recipes Using Powdered Milk?I have several bags of powdered milk. My family does not really care to drink it so I am looking for ideas on how to use it. Thanks a bunch to all who can offer some suggestions!
Gnocchi Recipe that Doesn't Use Potatoes?Does anyone have a recipe for gnocchi that does not use potatoes?
Recipes Using Cornbread?I seem to always have leftover cornbread. I hate for it to go in the trash once it gets too dry to eat. Besides putting it in milk and eating it or using it for stuffing, does anyone have a recipe that uses baked cornbread?
Recipes Using Potato Flakes?How can potato flakes be made to taste like homemade mashed potatoes? They do not taste well to me when made up according to the directions. Are there other ways to use the potato flakes?
Chilli Wine Recipe?I have a very old recipe for chilli wine, any idea what it was used for?
Recipes Using Soy Nuts?I have about 3 cups of soy nuts that I don't know what to do with. I believe they are all salted. i have tried eating them and really don't like them. I can give them away but as I am very tight on food, I would like to try to use them.
Cooking a Cake in a Saucepan?I am trying to find a recipe on how to make a cake solely in a saucepan on a hob or gas ring. My grandmother used to make her cakes this way but she never passed the recipe on before she died. She never had an oven so she never oven baked.
Recipe Ideas for Relief Workers?I really need some recipes for 25 to 30 people for breakfast, lunch (bag) and dinner. A group from our church is going down to Mississippi for a week to help out Katrina victims. We need ideas for preparing meals for the workers.
Recipes Using Mint?Does anyone know a use for mint leaves other than making mint jelly? Could you make your own mouthwash and what would you add to the leaves?
No Bake Treats for a Bake Sale?Our church will be having a rummage sale and bake sale next weekend. It's too hot to turn on the oven. I'm needing ideas on No Bake treats or desserts I can fix, that won't require refrigeration (like pudding), afterwards. Nothing with chocolate, as it'll melt in the temperatures we're having now.
Recipes Using Pork and Beans?I have cans of pork and beans and need recipes for these. I am tired of the same old "open can and heat and eat". I would like to know how i can use these up.
Recipes Using Canned "Cream Of" Soups?I am looking for recipes using canned creamed soups (cream of celery, mushroom, chicken). I have too many on hand right now, and want to use some up. It could be for any type of main dish, sauce or gravy.
Light Summer Meals?Light Summer Meals. I am looking for some quick and easy, low cost, light summer meals. My husband works nights and needs something easy to eat. I hate cooking and since I am home in the summers, it falls to me to put dinners together.
Recipes Using Bulk Chocolate Cake Mix?I traded a piece of unwanted polyester to a friend to make her friend a seat cover for her porch swing for about 30 lb. of chocolate cake mix. Besides making cake-in-a-mug and a little in the topping mix for cherry crisp I am at a loss as to what to do with so very much of it.
Recipes Using Orange Marmalade?Any ideas for using orange marmalade? I bought a pint jar of orange marmalade for a specific recipe which we decided we didn't like. I don't really care for marmalade on toast, biscuits, etc. so I wondered if there's other ways I can use it?
Watermelon Pickles?I need recipe for Watermelon Pickles.
George Foreman Contact Roaster Instructions and Recipes?George Foreman Contact Roaster Instructions and Recipes. I have a George Foreman Contact Roaster that was given to me by a dear friend as a gift. When I opened it, it has no instructions or cookbook to go with it and it was the only one they had at the store.
Sweet Cheese Ball Recipes?I am looking for sweet cheese ball recipes, for example key lime or white chocolate. The mixes can be purchased online or in specialty stores. I would like to make my own.
Mush Recipe?Recipe for making Mush. My mom used to make "mush" for us when we were kids, and I need to get the recipe. I have found recipes on the internet, but they use cornmeal, and it is yellow, what she made us was white. Would anyone happen to know how to make this?
Recipes Using Cream of Wheat?I have Cream of Wheat cereal that is not getting eaten, I am looking for recipes that I can use it up in?
Recipes Using Avocados?I love fresh avocados and can sometimes get really good deals on them. Does anyone know of a recipe or if you can freeze them in any way?
Recipes for a George Foreman GV5 Contact Cooker?I bought a George Foreman GV5 Contact Cooker that had no instructions or a recipe book in it. It was the only one they had and I need help from anyone who can tell me how to work it and recipes for it.
Recipes Using Breakfast Cereal?I have been searching for ideas for using WIC cereal. I receive 48 ounces every month but we only go through about half of it. I can choose between Kix, Cheerios, Honey Bunches of Oats, and corn flakes. Does anyone have any great recipes or new uses for one of these cereals?
One Pot Recipes?When we had a family of 7 with regular visits from friends I thought nothing of using 5 saucepans to prepare a meal but now it is just my husband and myself I resent washing up all those pots. Has anyone got any good one pot recipes suitable for two oldies?
Recipe Ideas for Ulcerative Colitis?My husband suffers from Ulcerative Colitis which is a constant inflamation of the bowel. His diet is so limited most of the time. No fried food, no seeds. So many things can add up to a flare up that I am half afraid to feed him.
Cooking for One Without Waste?I live alone and have been trying to save money by cooking my meals at home. I know buying a whole chicken is cheaper but I'm afraid that the leftovers will go to waste, any ideas? The same goes for a roast.
Recipes Using Sardines?I have bought a couple of cans of sardines and would like to know what I can make with them. I usually use salmon and tuna but the calcium in sardines is high as well. I have high cholesterol and am looking at ways of lowering it. I only buy water pack fish.
Making Cookies for People With Allergies?I am looking at making frozen cookie dough for allergies. I want to do this for people who can't bake for their kids and would buy this. Can you use rice flour for a base (to replace wheat)? I saw that some substituted soy flour for eggs. Are there any other non-egg substitutes you can use?
Recipes Using Dry Milk?I have a few packages of Dry Milk that my Mom gave me, and I have no clue what to do with them. Any ideas for usage? I'd hate to just pitch them. And if a recipe calls for milk, can I use this (already made) instead of regular milk?
Sausage and Gravy Recipe?I am looking for a sausage and gravy recipe.
Wilton Yearbook 2006 Cupcakes?I want to make the cupcakes feaured on the cover of the 2006 wilton yearbook. Has anyone made these? How do I decorate the faces? With candy melts? How do I get black candy melts. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Recipes that Use Syrup?I was given a bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's Syrup. I don't buy this type of syrup and am at a loss of what to do with it. I like thick syrup so I won't use it for pancakes. Does anyone have any recipes I could use it in?
Fondue Instructions?I recently purchased a little 11-piece Fondue Set from Walgreen's today that I got for half price per the Manager because there were no instructions included. Where can I find missing instructions online? I've tried searching the web for the distributor but no luck with instructions.
Food Vendor Ideas for a County Fair?Our Ladies Auxiliary is thinking about having a food stand at our county fair. Does anyone have any suggestions on something new we could offer that other vendors might not offer? Thank you for your suggestions.
Pickled Garlic Recipe?Does anyone have a favorite recipe for pickled garlic, you'd like to share?
Recipe Ideas for Canned Ravioli?I just "inherited" a box of canned Ravioli. If I just keep serving them, as is, straight out of the can, peoples eyes will become crossed! Does anyone have ideas of preparing and serving these goodies without leaving people groaning?
Angel Food Ministries Recipe Ideas?I am looking to start a topic for those of us that get food each month from the Angel Food Ministries. I would like to know what you have made from your Angel Food groceries.
Recipes Using Butterfinger Bars?Does anyone have suggestions for what I can do with 2 dozen stale, rock hard Butterfinger bars? I'm thinking maybe cakes or cookies. Hopefully the baking will soften them up a bit.
Recipes for a Beginner's Cookbook?I have inherited a daughter-in-law recently who has no idea how to cook. Does any one have any beginner recipes I can put in a cookbook i'm making for her?
Ranch Aspic Recipe?A very dear friend of mine would like to have her mother's Ranch Aspic for dinner in a couple of weeks. Her mother has Alzheimer's and can't remember how she made it and I've searched the web with no results whatsoever.
Burritos - Tips and Recipes?What is the secret recipe or tip to making good burritos?
Mexican Recipe with Hot Peppers and Carrots?Last year my husband went to into Mexico for the day, and had a dish of hot peppers and carrots that he thought were in vinegar (?). I am told that it is a traditional Mexican dish. Does anyone have a recipe for this. He just loved it.
Recipes Using Oatmeal?I know I have read a recipe for baked oatmeal in the newsletter, but now I can't find it. I have been given 2 very large boxes of original oatmeal. The type that takes a while to cook.
Cheap Lunch and Snack Ideas for 4 Kids?I've been trying to come up with some ideas to help me stretch my pennies while feeding all these kids. (Breakfast, Lunch, & snacks). I prefer quick and simple foods, but most the time, that's not the cheapest route. Even though I buy everything store brand or even use coupons, it's still way over my budget.
Recipe Ideas that Are Easy To Transport?This is a request from Arlene from PA. (not Hurricane Arlene) lol.
I would like to have recipes for a full meal for a family of four that can be prepared and delivered to their home when someone is in the hospital and they need help with food.
Uses for Sweet Ground Chocolate Powder?I recently purchased a 30 pound box of Ghirardelli sweet ground chocolate powder with cocoa for $80.00 ($2.66/pound). This tastes wonderful in my coffee mochas! But I have several questions:
What to Serve with Chile?My husband and I both love cooking chile - and have lots of variations on this theme. However we nearly always serve it with plain rice and I wondered if anyone had any ideas of more interesting accompaniments?...I have a pot on the stove at the moment and would love to make something a bit different tonight!
