Ready Quick Mix (like Bisquick)

We use a lot of Bisquick in our house. I have a canister that is just for Bisquick along with my flour and sugar canisters. I found a great copy-cat recipe that I've been using recently and we enjoy it. With this recipe our pancakes don't need milk as an ingredient. It is published by the Utah State University Cooperative Extension and a book can be found here: http://extension.usu.edu/files/publications/publication/fnp_102.pdf

I mixed up the larger batch. Here is a picture of the ingredients.

First you mix all your dry ingredients   Next you add your Crisco into your flour mixture. I used my favorite big spoon with the holes. Eventually you just need to get your hands in there and mix it up until it is tiny little pieces of Crisco.

After it is all mixed up I added it to my Bisquick container. I guess I need to change the label. Oh well.  There was a little more than would fit in my container so we made a batch of drop biscuits with the extra and had tuna gravy the night I made the batch.  I'll post a recipe for tuna gravy in a few days. It is a family favorite.

This stuff turns out to be cheaper than Bisquick from Wal-Mart but I can't give you exact prices because there were no prices on the shelves at the store the day I went to snap this picture.  I haven't bought Bisquick for a while now.  

I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we do.

Pot Roast

The other night we had something I've had many times before but we did it a little different and it was yummy. Mom always said when cooking a roast in the crockpot to add plenty of water. Well I cooked one the other night based on an online recipe with only a stick of butter. I think it had more flavor than one cooked in lots of water.

I took a thawed chuck roast that was about three pounds. I put it in the crockpot with a packet of brown gravy and a packet of Ranch dip on top. Then I put the stick  of butter right on top of that. I cooked my roast for 4 and a half hours on high. It turned out great.

If you would like a chuck or an arm roast we have three pound roasts available just like the one I used for $15 plus $.48 tax. Just let me know if you want one and we can deliver in Johnson County or any county that touches Johnson for free.  Text or call 660-864-7130.