Happy 2008!

Happy New Year!


With the near year among us a lot of us begin to think about health and nutrition. I know that when I'm prepared and I have a freezer full of meals my family eats healthy. When I'm not prepared it's just too easy for us to run down the street to our local Jack in the Box or to my hubby's favorite Mexican restaurant.

With Homemade Gourmet, you can have nutritious meals and tasty dinners for your family all year long! I encourage and challenge you to keep your Freezer Full in 2008 and reap the rewards. Rewards such as saving time, money, and STRESS! Take 30 minutes one evening and prepare 4 meal in 4 minutes type meals for the month. Take a little more time to make casseroles, meatball, hamburgers, etc. for even more options and meals!

You will want to get your copy of the January Kitchen Connection ASAP! This issue will contain a Fill Your Freezer section on how to step-by-step get 8 delicious meals in your freezer! Homemade Gourmet has made filling your freezer simple! Make sure to order the bundle of the month.

There are so many Homemade Gourmet resources you can use to acomplish this goal! You have the quarterly Kitchen Connection Magaine, the "In The Mix" monthly e-newletter, two 4Meals in 4 Minutes Collections, and loads of recipes that come with each Pantry Staple Seasonings. If you still find yourself in need of more help or maybe just some motivation.....then attend one of my Freezer Days or schedule your own Freezer Day! I'm also in the process of setting a system together which would include me going to your kitchen to help you make a menu, set a meal calendar and prepare meals with you. *details coming soon.

Post from Homemade Gourmet's blog

Living Out of My Freezer
By: Cindy Pirtle

What do people who don’t have 4 meals in 4 minutes meals in the freezer do at this time of year???

I have been running around like a chicken with it’s head . . . . you know what I mean. Between work and the kid’s Christmas programs and end of the semester parties, holiday parties at the church and my husband’s office, Christmas concerts, gift purchasing and wrapping and OH YEA, did I mention I have family coming in from out of town this week? EEEKKKK!
4 meals in 4 minutes . . . .TAKE ME AWAY! (I wouldn’t mind that long relaxing bath from the old commercial, but frankly at my house that just isn’t going to happen any time soon.)
In the last two weeks, we have had Burgundy Beef Tips with Egg Noodles, Southwest Chicken (and then 2 nights later, BLT roll ups), Dream Spaghetti, Quick Chicken and Chips, Roast (and the next night Minestrone with the remaining meat) and Asian Pork Tenderloin (wraps for later on).

I hope that you have had an ample amount of great tasting Homemade Gourmet meals during this busy and hectic season! Remember the true reason for the season and spend some quality time with your family.

From my family (and everyone at Homemade Gourmet) to yours, Merry Christmas and may your stocking be filled with lots of sparkles!

Cindy
http://blog.homemadegourmet.com/

Mini Brownie Pies

60-4 packages of mini phyllo tart shells (ready to bake)
1 Brownie Pie mix-or Chocolate chip cookie mix
1 stick butter/margarine
2 eggs


1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Remove phyllo shells from package and plae on ungreased baking sheet.

2. Combine mix with butter and eggs; spoon about 1 teaspoon of batter in each shell.


3. Bake for 15-20 minutes or untill toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Yields 60
Caleries:60*Total Fat 3 grams*Carbohydrates 7 grams*Protein 1 gram

These are great for any holiday parties you are hosting or attending. Very easy to make and go a long way!

Skillet Lasagna Mix

Sunday evening I was looking for a quick meal. I had 5 lbs of ground beef-that I got on sale-so, I decided to cook it all up. I went to my personal storage of my HG mixes and pulled out the Skillet Lasagna Mix. Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef or chicken, diced tomatoes, water, ricotta cheese, mozz cheese-shredded.

I put 1 lb of the meat in a skillet and the rest of the 5 lbs in a larger pan. While that was going on I made the cheese topping and garlic spread for my loaf of French bread. This mix gives you enough seasoning for the cheese topping and for the garlic bread, just mix with butter.

I had to add extra water and allow more time for the pasta to tender. Make sure you use a pan that has a lid that fits tight.

I also made a Caesar Salad to go along with our meal. Well, my husband just loved it and said it was better then lasagna and my 5 yr-old kept telling me, "this is good Mom." It made so much that we went ahead and had it as left-overs for dinner tonight.

In the amount of time it took for me to have this dinner ready I also have 4 bags of pre cooked meat. 3 in the freezer and I have one out for some quick tacos later this week. I'll just sprinkle some Taco Seasoning and maybe a little of the Tortilla seasoning to the beef for a yummy taco taste!

Spiced Dip Mix

Spiced Dip Mix Recipes


Apple Crisp Pizza
1 HG Super Sugar Cookie Mix
1 ½ sticks butter, softened
1 21 oz. Can Apple pie filling or other canned pie filling
1 HG Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
1 stick butter softened
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix

Preheat oven to 350. Combine the sugar cookie mix and the 1 ½ sticks softened butter into a crumbly dough. Press into a jelly roll pan and top with pie filling. Then sprinkle dry spiced dip mix over pie filling. Prepare the Old Fashioned Apple crisp according to the directions on the package then sprinkle over pie filling. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden and serve drizzled with caramel topping. Serves 10-12


Breakfast Coffee Cake
1 HG Basic Bread Mix
1 3/4 cup milk
1 egg
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix
1 stick butter
1 cup chopped pecans


Preheat oven to 350 and grease a 9X9 metal pan. Stir together Basic Bread mix, egg, and milk until a thick batter is formed. Layer half the bread batter in the pan, and then top with half the spice mix and half the pecans. Pour on remaining batter. Melt butter and add to it the remaining half of the Spiced dip. Top batter in pan with butter mixture and then sprinkle with pecans. Bake for 40 minutes and serve warm. Serves 8 - 10.
**Optional additions: try adding some raisins with the pecans.
** This freezes well, so double the recipe and bake 2 at one time. You can freeze the extra and reheat it or serve cold for another occasion.


Candied Pecan Pumpkin Pancakes
1 HG Country Style Pancakes
½ cup solid pack pumpkin
2 eggs
½ cup milk
½ tsp Pumpkin Pie Spice Butter or cooking spray

CANDIED PECANS
2 TBS. Butter, melted
1 HG Spiced Dip
1-2 cups pecans (or walnuts)

Mix all ingredients until just combined. (Do not over mix!) Melt 1 TBS. Butter (or spray with cooking spray) in a large skillet over medium-low heat until it bubbles. Ladle batter in pan in 1/4 cup portions. Cook for 2-3 minutes, until bubbles appear on top. Flip and cook for another minute until browned. Wipe pan with paper towel, add more butter and repeat steps until batter is used.
CANDIED PECANS: Preheat oven to 300. Combine ingredients and spread on baking sheet. Bake for 30 minutes.


Glazed Ham Slices
4-6 thick slices of ham
1 pkg HG Spiced Dip Mix
about 1 cup apple juice or cranapple juice

Place the ham slices in a baking pan (the slices can overlap) and pour enough apple juice over the ham to barely cover the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle the ham generously with the spiced dip mix. Cover with foil and bake at 350 for about 10-20 minutes, just enough to melt the sugar and heat the ham through. Serve hot.


Spiced Salmon
4 thick salmon fillets
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix

Rub fillets in mix and marinate for one hour or more. Broil on a lightly greased baking sheet for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until the outside is dark golden and the fish flakes when pierced by a fork. Yields 4 servings. Pantry to presentation: 1 hour and 5 minutes.
This makes sweet, golden fillets.


Carrot Raisin Salad
½ cup raisins
1 small bag shredded carrots
½ cup miracle whip
1 TBS. HG Spiced Dip
Mix all ingredients together. Chill at least 2 hours. Serve cold.


Spiced Fruit Trifle
1 HG Basic Sweet Bread
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix
2 eggs
½ cup oil
1 cup applesauce
1 - 8 oz. Whipped topping
2 cups fresh (or frozen) sliced strawberries
½ cup fresh or frozen blueberries
reserving whole strawberries for garnish
2 TBS. Sugar

Preheat oven to 325. Combine Sweet Bread Mix, eggs, oil, and applesauce. Bake for 70-80 minutes in a greased loaf pan. Cool and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix sliced strawberries, blueberries, and sugar. Refrigerate for approximately 1 hour. In another bowl, mix spiced dip and whipped topping. Slice bread loaf into 2-inch chunks, layering ½ the bread on the bottom of a trifle bowl or large dish. Spread half of the berry mixture on top. Spread half of the spiced dip mixture, repeating layering process with remaining ingredients. Garnish with whole strawberries and sprinkle with blueberries.


Sweet Potato Crunch Bread
1 pkg HG Basic Sweet Bread
2 eggs
1- 15 oz. Can of sweet potatoes
½ cup milk
1 TBS. HG Spiced Dip
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup melted butter 1 cup pecan chips (reserve 2 TBS. For topping)
1 pkg HG Old Fashioned Apple Crisp (reserve 1/4 cup for topping)

Topping: 1/4 cup HG Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
2 TBS. Pecan chips
1 TBS. Melted butter

Preheat oven to 350. Mix one package of Old Fashioned Apple Crisp in a large bowl to evenly distribute all ingredients. Remove 1/4 cup for topping and set aside. Add Basic Sweet bread mix, spiced dip mix mix, and cinnamon and stir until well blended. In a separate bowl, mash the sweet potatoes, including liquid. Add eggs, milk, and butter. Mix thoroughly. Slowly add liquid ingredients to the dry mixture, stir until blended. Fold in pecan chips. Fill greased mini loaf pan with batter ½ to 3/4 full.

For topping, combine 1/4 cup Old Fashioned Apple Crisp with pecan chips and butter in a small bowl. Stir until blended. Sprinkle topping over batter. Bake loaves for 30 minutes. (Toothpick will come out clean with a few crumbs attached). Cool in pan for 5 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Store loaves in an airtight container. Recipe make 4-6 mini loaves. Note: This recipe is best made as mini loaves or mini muffins–a larger size produces a heavy bread. For mini muffins: Spoon batter into greased mini-muffin pan, add topping, and bake at 350 for 12 minutes.


Spiced Dip French Toast
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix
1 loaf King Hawaiian Bread
4 eggs
½ cup milk
S
lice bread into 1" thick slices. Combine remaining ingredients. Dip bread into egg mixture and cook in greased skillet until golden.


Hot Mulled Wine
2 HG Spiced Dip Mixes
3 cups water
3 cups burgundy wine

Combine all of the above, heat and serve.
Individual portions: Combine 4 oz. Water with 2 to 3 tsp spiced dip mix. Top off with burgundy wine, heat and serve.


Warm Fruit Compote
1 HG Spiced Dip Mix
1 cup chopped apples
Juice of 1 lemon
1/4 cup chopped pecans
2 cups sliced bananas
1 cup sliced strawberries

In a medium saucepan, cook apples, lemon juice, pecans and Spiced Dip mix over medium-high heat. Add remaining fruit and cook until apples can be pierced with a fork and the other fruit is warm. Serve by itself or as an accompaniment to either breakfast foods (such as pancakes) or desserts (such as ice cream). *COST: Prepare enough extra to serve dessert one night, then use leftovers to top pancakes in the morning.


Cran-Apple Ham Slices
2 TBS. HG Spiced Dip Mix
½ cup cranberry juice
1 small apple, peeled and chopped
½ cup whole-berry cranberry sauce
1 fully cooked, center-cut ham slices (approx 1 lb)

Combine all but ham in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 5 minutes or until apples are soft. Set aside. Microwave ham on 70% power for 5 minutes or until hot. Spoon fruit mixture over ham and serve hot.


Rice Krispie Marshmallow Treats
For a new treat, add one package of HG Spiced Dip Mix to the regular recipe for Marshmallow treats. Instead of putting in a pan, cool the mixture for a few minutes, let your kids spray non-stick spray on their hands and roll the treats in balls.


Backyard Barbeque Easy Grilling
Cook your vegetables and meat together in a foil packet!
Choose from the following:
Strips of chicken breast, corn on the cob, and cubed potatoes, all sprinkled with HG Garden Herb Seasoning Mix.
Strips of steak, mushrooms, cubed onions, and bell pepper al sprinkled with HG Garlic Basil Seasoning Mix.
Fresh vegetables such as green beans, asparagus, and squash all sprinkled with Dill Seasoning Mix.

Seal the foil package by folding the edges. Place on the grill and cook from 20 to 40 minutes, depending on the contents of your packet. If you have a large enough grill, you can make all three!

While your guests are eating, place sliced apples or peaches in foil along with a dollop of butter and a sprinkling of Spiced Dip Mix. Seal and cook as above. Serve with vanilla ice cream for a delicious back yard treat.


Tips for Christmas Morning
Make Pumpkin Bread (using Basic Sweet Bread mix) or Strawberry bread and Mocha Cappuccino Muffins weeks before the holiday rush and put them in the freezer. Pull them out Christmas eve and make a batch of HG Spiced Dip with cream cheese and a Tiramisu Cheesecake ball to put in the fridge. Christmas morning set them all out, and you will be as happy as your family! Put on a batch of Spiced Cider when you first wake up. When gifts are all opened, your home will smell delicious and a warm beverage will be ready to serve.


Raspberry Apple Crisp
Give your Old Fashioned Apple Crisp a twist for the holidays with red raspberries. Follow the directions as usual using the apple pie filling, just add 1 cup frozen raspberries to the recipe. Bake as usual and serve with HG Spiced Dip Mix in cool whip. A few mint leaves turn your dessert into a holiday delight.


Pumpkin Torte
1 HG Basic Sweet Bread 1 HG Spiced Dip Mix
1 HG Pumpkin Cheesecake Mix 2 eggs
½ cup oil 7½ oz. pumpkin
8 oz. cool whip 1 stick butter, softened
8 oz. cream cheese, softened

Preheat oven to 325. Prepare Basic Sweet bread batter with pumpkin; pour into 2 round cake pans and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick, inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely. Rounds may be sliced in half for more layers if desired. Prepare Spiced dip according to package directions and set aside. Make pumpkin cheesecake according to package directions using butter and cream cheese, but do not chill or form into a ball. On a large plate or in a glass, layer slices of sweet bread spread with pumpkin cheesecake and spice dip. Refrigerate 2 hours before serving.


Sweet Potato Crisp
1 HG Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
3 large sweet potatoes
¾ cup packed brown sugar
1 ½ sticks butter, divided
8 oz. cool whip (optional)
HG Spiced Dip (optional)

Preheat oven to 350. Cook sweet potatoes in a saucepan of boiling water for 20-30 minutes or until tender; drain. Mash cooked sweet potatoes with the brown sugar and ½ stick of butter. Spoon the potato mixture into a 9 X 9 baking dish. Melt remaining stick of butter; combine with Apple Crisp. Crumble Apple crisp mixture over sweet potatoes and bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and crisp. Serve with prepared Spiced dip, if desired.


Lite Apple Crisp
1 HG Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
6TBS Margarine, softened
2 ½ cups apples, peeled and sliced Put apples in bottom of pie pan or round cake pan.

In a bowl, cut the margarine into the mix using a fork or pastry cutter. The mixture will become crumbly. Sprinkle mixture on top of the apples and bake for 30 minutes, until brown and bubbly. Let cool slightly before serving. Spiced dip makes a wonderful topping.


HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS
1 batch prepared Wheat Biscuit dough (try using canned buscuits or other "canned" breads)
2-4 tablespoons butter
1 Spiced Dip mix
1 Basic Cheesecake mix 4 teaspoons orange juice

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 2. Spread butter on rolled-out dough and sprinkle with stirred spice dip. Roll the dough up lengthwise and cut into 12 to 14 pieces. 3. Place cinnamon rolls 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. 4. Top with prepared cheesecake glaze. (Follow label instructions. ) Yields 12-14 cinnamon rolls.

Order your Spiced Dip Pantry staple-available through February. It includes 15 recipes in addition to the above, a stackable container, and a tablespoon scoop.

SPICED DIP $20.00
Equivalent to 12 mixes
Save $22.00 with a Kit Save $30.00 with a Refill
# of tbs./Pantry Staple = 45
Spiced Dip
Honey Spice Pretzels
French toast
Hot Carmel Apple Cider
Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts
Breakfast Coffee Cake
Cinnamon apples
Fresh Peach Crumb
Cranberry Pork Roast
Snicker doodles
Sweet Spiced Salmon
Texas Style Beef Brisket
Spiced Pork Chops
Spiced Asparagus
Baked Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Spiced Pork Chops
1 TBS. honey
1 TBS. molasses
3 TBS. spiced dip mix
1 cup of water
3 lbs pork chops
1- Combine first 4

1- Combine first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan,bring to a boil; stirringwell. Set aside to cool.
2- Place pork chops in ziptop bag, cover with mixture. Marinade for at least 30 minutes.
3- Grill 10 minutes on each side or until no longer pink in center.

20 Meals in 20 minutes

The following meals are based on Homemade Gourmet's 4 meals in 4 minutes meal planning system.....the directions are the same for each meal. These 20 meals in 20 minutes are to be made at once and then lay flat in your freezer. You will always have dinner ready to go, even on the busiest nights! The baking directions are below. If you can't make all in one day...just try to make as many as you can. It's such a relief to know you have a freezer full of prepared meals!!

Southwest Grilled Chicken
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Southwest Seasoning
1/4 cup oil
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Thaw and grill. Great with HG Spanish Rice and Texas Cornbread.


Southwest Steaks
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Southwest Seasoning
1/4 cup oil
3 – 5 lbs. round steak.

Great served with HG Texas Cornbread and Spanish Rice.

Southwest Pork Chops
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Southwest Seasoning
1 can Rotel tomatoes
6 Pork Chops (3-4 lbs).

Great served with HG Texas Cornbread and Spanish Rice.

Southwest Slowcooker Chicken & Tomatoes
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Southwest Seasoning
1 can Diced Tomatoes (or Rotel)
2 T. Oil¾ cup water
3lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Serve over rice or with HG Spanish Rice and Texas Cobbler for dessert.

Garlic Basil Chicken
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Garlic Basil Seasoning
1 can of Diced Tomatoes
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Great shredded and served with pasta and a salad with HG Zesty Catalina Dressing.


Garlic Basil Pork Chops
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Garlic Basil Seasoning
1 can of Diced Tomatoes
3 lbs. boneless, skinless porkchops (about 6-8 )

Great served with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes and a green veggie.

Garlic Basil Roast
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Garlic Basil Seasoning
1 can Diced Tomatoes
3 – 5 lb. roast.

When ready to cook, defrost enough to empty contents into Crock Pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Serve with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes and Apple Crisp for dessert.

Grandma’s Sunday Chicken
Ingredients:
4 tablespoons of Sunday Roast Seasoning
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 can of warm water
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Great served with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes, a veggie and World Vision Basic Bread.

Grandma’s Sunday Pork Chops
Ingredients:
2 Scoops of Sunday Roast Seasoning
1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup-low sodium
1 can of warm water
Add 3 lbs. boneless, skinless pork chops

Great served with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes, a veggie and World Vision Basic Bread.

Grandma’s Sunday Roast
Ingredients:
8 tablespoons of Sunday Roast Seasoning
2 cups water
3-5 lb. roast.

When ready to cook, defrost enough to empty contents into Crock Pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours. Add carrots and potatoes the last hour. Great served with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes, a veggie and World Vision Basic Bread.


Taco Chicken
Ingredients:
5 Scoops of Taco Seasoning
1 can Rotel Tomatoes
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts). Great served with HG Black Bean Salsa and chips.


Enchilada Chicken
Ingredients:
4 Scoops of Chicken Enchilada Seasoning
1 cup Picante Sauce
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Great shredded and used in tortillas. served with HG Mexican Black Beans and Spanish Rice.

Enchilada Pork Chops
Ingredients:
4 Scoops of Chicken Enchilada Seasoning
1 cup Picante Sauce
6 Pork Chops (3-4 lbs).

Serve with HG Spanish Rice and Texas Cornbread.

Italian Sausage w/Peppers & Onions
Ingredients:
5 Tbsp. Homemade Gourmet Homestyle Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning
1 can Diced Tomatoes
3 lbs. Italian Sausage
1 bag frozen pepper/onions.

Serve with pasta or in rolls and an HG Cheesecake for dessert.

Italian Chicken
Ingredients:
5 Tbsp. Homestyle Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning
1 can Diced Tomatoes
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Great served with pasta and HG Cheesecake for dessert.

Lemon Dill Tilapia (or other white fish)
Ingredients:
2 T. Dill Seasoning
½ cup oil
2 T. Lemon Juice
4-6 fish fillets of your choice .

When ready to cook, thaw and bake at 350 degrees until fish is flakey (10-15 minutes) or thaw and grill about 6-8 minutes per side, until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with HG Coleslaw, a baked potato and Texas Cobbler for dessert.

Garlic Lemon Fish/Shrimp
Ingredients:
2 T. Garlic Lemon Seasoning
½ cup oil Add 4-6 fish fillets of your choice or 1-2 lbs. shrimp.

When ready to cook, thaw and bake at 350 degrees until fish is flakey (about 10-15 minutes)~(can stir-fry shrimp) or thaw and grill about 6-8 minutes on each side, until fish flakes easily with a fork or shrimp is cooked through.

Nice served with HG Easy Fried Rice.

Garlic Lemon Grilled Chicken
Ingredients:
2 T. Garlic Lemon Seasoning
¼ cup water
½ cup oil
¼ cup vinegar
Add 3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

When ready to cook, thaw, add 2 T. melted butter/margarine, smoosh, and grill. Serve with a side of HG Coleslaw and a baked potato with HG Texas Cobbler for dessert.

Asian Pork Tenderloin
Ingredients:
1 T. Garlic Lemon Seasoning
6 T. Honey
2 ½ T. Soy Sauce
1 ½ T. Chicken Broth
2-3 lb. Pork Tenderloin.

When ready to cook, defrost enough to empty contents into Crock Pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until tenderloin is no longer pink in the center. Slice into ½ inch thick slices; drizzle with juices and serve. Serve with HG Mom’s Smashed Potatoes and BLT Glazed Carrots. *use leftovers with HG Easy Fried Rice for an easy pork fried rice*

Margarita Chicken
Ingredients:
2 T. Garlic Lemon Seasoning
2 cups Margarita Mix
3 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6-8 chicken breasts).

Serve with a side of HG Coleslawand a baked potato with HG Texas Cobbler for dessert.


*all meals have the same cooking instructions unless noted otherwise. You can also put these meals from a frozen state into the crockpot-just make sure to add about 1 hot cup of water and plan for it to cook the full6-8hours on low. All crockpot are not made equal so make sure to learn how yours cooks!

* When ready to cook, defrost enough to empty contents into Crock Pot and cook on low for 4-6 hours or thaw and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. You can also grill.

Ready to Fill Your Freezer? Get your meat ready and divided into gallon sized freezer bags (I like the douple zipper rows) and take out the needed Homemade Gourmet seasonings and canned goods. Then follow the below driections. This shouldn't take longer then 30 minutes (you will get faster the more times you do this).

*Directions:Label the bag "Southwest Grilled Chicken" and today's date. Place all ingredients in freezer bag, seal and SMOOSH

Help me Make it Great in 2008!

As the new year approaches I have set new and higher goals.....I want to take my business and my passion to help other busy families further. I want to share the mission with everyone because I believe in it's importance.

The main way for me to help more busy Moms is by presenting the HG 4 Meals in 4 Minutes Meal Making System. The concept is easy. Gather a few friends/family over to taste delicious meals and earn free meals for your family. You and your guest leave knowing that you can easily and affordably fill your freezer with ready to go meals for a lot less then you think. Help me spread the world of easy meal solutions, and together we can help bring families back to the dinner table!

I have challenged myself to present the easy Meal Making System to at least 40 families in the month of January. Please contact me now if you too believe in the importance of bringing families back to the dinner table, want to save money on your grocery bill, want to eat healthy, tired of staring in the freezer at frozen meat, and need to save time in the kitchen! If one or all of these reasons applied to you, then contact me to schedule your special time/date for a Homemade Gourmet 4 meals in 4 minutes class! Without your help I can not achieve my goal.

Have a delicious day!

Make it Homemade with a Holiday Meal from Homemade Gourmet

Happy Holidays from Homemade Gourmet®! We hope you will
enjoy making all or part of the recipes in our Holiday Meal Kit
for your family and friends during this holiday season. We have
included tips to help make your holiday cooking easy and
stress-free as well as a comprehensive grocery list to make your
holiday meal shopping a breeze!



Crown Roast
8 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Garlic Lemon Seasoning Mix, divided
1 cup oil, divided
1 15 - 20 pound crown pork roast
1/2 cup water

1. In a smallbowl, whisktogether the seasoning and oil. Brush marinade
onto meat and using a meat injector, inject the marinade into the meat at
approximately 2 - 3" intervals. Cover and refrigerate the roast overnight.

2. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Place the roast on an aluminum sheet on
a rackinside the roasting pan. Cover the rib endswith small pieces of
aluminum foil. Add 1/2 cup water to the pan.While roasting, periodically
spoon the marinade over the roast. Bake untilmeat reaches 170 degrees
or at least 20 minutes per pound. Total cooking time will be approximately
5 hours for a 15pound roast. Be sure to reserve the drippings to make a
gravy, if you desire.

3. After baking, allow the roast to “rest” on the serving platter for 20 - 30
minutes prior to serving/slicing, wrap the roast in foil to retain the warmth.
Thiswill allow time to remove the aluminum foil and top the rib endswith
cored cherry tomatoes and bake the FabulousSquash Casserole and
Hearty Green Bean Casserole, and prepare the PorkGravy (see #4).
Remove the foil “wrap” prior to serving. If your butcher provides you with
paper “crowns” you may use them instead of the tomatoes.




Fabulous Baked Squash Casserole
This recipe can be doubled for larger families. It would not be necessary to double
the cheese or French fried onions unless desired.
1 sticks butter, melted
11/2 pounds squash, thinly sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
1 red bell peppers, chopped
2 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Garlic Lemon Seasoning Mix
1 10.75-ounce can cream of chicken soup
11/2 cups milk
1 Homemade Gourmet® Texas Cornbread Mix, prepare according to label
instructions, crumble 1/2of the prepared cornbread. Store the other 1/2in
the refrigerator and serve with any leftovers!
1 stickbutter, for cornbread
1 cup milk, for cornbread
2 eggs, for cornbread
1 12-ounce can French fried onions
8 ounces shredded cheese of your choice
3 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled or use pre-cooked real bacon
crumbles found in the salad dressing section of the grocery store!

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. If you did not prepare ahead
(recommended), prepare cornbread; bake for 20 - 30 minutes; set aside to
cool then crumble 1/2 of the prepared cornbread. While the cornbread is
baking: in a large skillet, melt butter and sauté squash, onions, and bell
peppers until tender. While vegetables are cooking, sprinkle them with
Garlic Lemon Seasoning Mix.

2. Add cream of chicken soup, milk, and crumbled cornbread to the vegetable
mixture, blend well. Place in a greased 13x9x2 baking dish, cover with
grated cheese and bacon. Bake for 20 minutes.

3. Remove from oven, sprinkle the top with French fried onions, place back
into oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes or until onions are
golden brown.



Nanny Winn’s Dressing
Contributed by: Denise W., Independent Distributor
1 Homemade Gourmet® Tomato Basil Bread Mix, prepared
1 Homemade Gourmet® Texas Cornbread Mix, prepared
2 medium onions, chopped
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 stickbutter/margarine
3 14.5-ounce cans chicken or turkey broth
2 tablespoons sage
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 eggs, lightly beaten

1. A day before preparing the dressing, prepare Tomato BasilBread and
Cornbread. Once cool, crumble and combine bread pieces and place in an
11x17x1 inch baking pan. Allow the bread to dry; the drier the better.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Sauté onions and celery in butter until
translucent. In large bowl, combine crumbled bread pieceswith cooked
onion/celery, sage, salt, and pepper. Add broth untilmixture is moist; do
not soakit. Add eggs and stir untilwellblended.

3. Pour mixture into two greased 13x9x2 baking dishes. Bake uncovered for
45 minutes, or until it reaches desired texture.




Sweet Potato Crisp
3 large sweet potatoes, washed
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
11/2 sticks butter, divided
1 Homemade Gourmet® Old Fashioned Apple Crisp Mix
1 Homemade Gourmet® Spiced Dip Mix (optional)
8 ounces whipped topping (optional)


1. Boil whole sweet potatoes until fork tender. Thismay take 1 to 1 1/2hours
for large potatoes. Peel potatoes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Mash cooked sweet potatoeswith the brown sugar and 1/2 stickofbutter;
spoon mixture into a 9x9 baking dish.

3. Melt remaining stickofbutter, combine with Apple Crisp Mix. Crumble
mixture over sweet potatoes. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes or until
topping is golden brown and crisp. Serve with prepared Spiced Dip
(according to label directions) if desired.

TIP: This casserole can be prepared one dayahead and refrigerated. Remove from
the refrigerator and bring to room temperature, reheat in microwave for 4 minutes
on High, or untilheated through, prior to serving. Top with Spiced Dip if desired.



Hearty Green Bean Casserole
3 cups cooked instant or long grain rice
6 - 12 slices of bacon, cooked and crumbled
3 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Grandmother’sSunday Roast
Seasoning Mix
2 14.5-ounce cans cut green beans, drained. Mayuse French style; ifdesired.
3/4 cup milk
1 10.75-ounce can cream ofmushroom soup
1 2.8-ounce can French fried onions


1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, except for the French fried onions,
mixwell. Spoon into a lightly greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Bake, covered
for 35 minutes.

3. Remove casserole from oven, remove cover and sprinkle the top with the
French fried onions.Return to oven and bake, uncovered for 5 minutes or
until the topping is golden brown.



GROCERY LIST
Homemade Gourmet® Grocery List
10 tablespoonsHomemade Gourmet® Garlic Lemon
Seasoning Mix
3 tablespoonsHomemade Gourmet® Grandmother’s
Sunday RoastMix
1 Homemade Gourmet® Old Fashioned Apple Crisp Mix
1 Homemade Gourmet® Spiced Dip Mix
2 Homemade Gourmet® Texas Cornbread Mix
1 Homemade Gourmet® Tomato Basil Bread Mix

Grocery List
􀂄 15 - 20 pound Crown PorkRoast
􀂄 vegetable oil
􀂄 1 10.75-ounce can cream ofmushroom soup
􀂄 1 10.75-ounce can cream of chicken soup
􀂄 1 gallon milk
􀂄 3 stalks celery
􀂄 5 sticks butter
􀂄 1 large GrannySmith apple
􀂄 salt
􀂄 pepper
􀂄 3 14.5-ounce cans chicken broth
􀂄 3 large sweet potatoes
􀂄 brown sugar
􀂄 8 ounces whipped topping
􀂄 15 bacon slices or equivalent pre-cooked real
bacon pieces
􀂄 12 ounces white rice (long grain or instant)
􀂄 2 14.5-ounce cans green beans
􀂄 1 2.8-ounce can French fried onions
􀂄 2 6-ounce cans French fried onions
􀂄 11/2 poundsyellow squash
􀂄 6 eggs
􀂄 8 ounces shredded cheese of your choice
􀂄 2 tablespoons sage

Don’t let the tools
intimidate you!
A meat injector is a very handy,
easy to use cooking tool that is
inexpensive and readily available in
the cooking utensil section of most
superstores and grocery stores. You
will love using it on all meals that
require a marinade!
A meat thermometer is also a very
handy, inexpensive, and easy to use
tool to assure that meats have
reached the correct and safe
internal temperature for serving.It
can be found in the cooking utensil
section of most grocery stores.

Spiced Cranberries

1 12-oz bag whole cranberries*
1/2 cup honey
1 Homemade Gourmet® Spiced Dip Mix
3/4 cup water



1. In a saucepan combine all ingredients. Cover mixture and simmer for 5-10 minutes
or until cranberries burst and mixture is thick.
2. Transfer mixture to a bowl and cool.
3. Spiced cranberries will stay fresh up to 2 days in the refrigerator.


*If fresh cranberries are unavailable combine 1 16-oz can whole berry cranberry sauce with 1 pkg. Spiced Dip Mix and omit the honey and water. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

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Book your January Class now!

Host a qualified Meal Solutions Class in January and you could receive One of 30 red Kitchen Aid® Toasters~ AND ~a phone call to their Homeshow from one of the three below!! You must book your show now thru December to qualify.

Ken Johnsen~Company Chairman
John Himelfarb~President
Tami VanHoy~Founder

First of all, I would like to thank all of you for being loyal customers with my Homemade Gourmet business. I have made many good friends and met many many lovely ladies these last 4 years with Homemade Gourmet. I truly appreciate everyone that has been a part of this, either by placing an order, hosting a meal solution class, becoming a HG distributor, having a catalog show, referring me to your friends, by taking the time to read my newsletters and blog, and to those extra special HG Preferred customers!! You have mad a major impact in my career and life!!

THANK YOU!!

Want a Delicious Career?

Need some extra fun money, want to pay a bill, or have a little extra for a vacation fund? Consider starting your own home-based business. I would love to have you on my team.
If I can do this, so can you!

-Unlimited income potential
- Work your own hours!
-Easy web and email support and training.
-Meal planning benefits you and your family.
-Everyone needs dinner!
- Help bring families back to the meal table.
-Up to 40% discount on products.
-Great as a business or hobby!
-I don’t feel pressured to sell anything... but inspired to share great meal ideas and offer menu planning help!
-Fun rewards, recognition, and incentives.
-A family focused company committed to making a difference through bringing families together at the meal table.
-Your family will love trying out all the easy to make recipes.
-My husband said this is the best thing I’ve ever gotten in to (I guess the way to a man’s heart really is through his stomach!)
-Did I mention you can earn cool rewards (like Coach handbags!)
-Minimum to stay active is about $130 a month and you can use the products to feed your family or give as gifts. Or make an income of your choice.
-Contact me for a 20 minute appointment to chat and see if this might be a great opportunity for you.

If you are just thinking about doing what I do, then consider becoming an HG Preferred Customer to get a 20% discount on products and get mailed to your door a “Bundle” every month (or less often if you prefer). The Bundle comes with shopping lists, menus and everything you need for quick and easy meals. A great way to see how you like the products before you sign on.

The Holiday Breakfast & New Year's Lunch Bundle

Introducing...The Holiday Breakfast & New Year's Lunch Bundle
Available November 26 - December 16, 2007
A $37.00 value for ONLY $33.00 -
HG Preferred Customer price ONLY $29.60 includes 20% discount

This special collection of mixes was included in one of the very first Homemade Gourmet gift baskets created by Founder, Tami VanHoy and given as gifts from her family during the holidays. Now, in honor of our 10th Anniversary, it is available to YOU....pre-packaged in a Homemade Gourmet gift box!

Serve as a special Holiday Breakfast:Country Style Pancake Mix, Basic Sweet Bread Mix and Spiced Cider Mix

Serve as a warm New Year's Day Lunch:Lucky Bean Soup Mix, Texas Cornbread Mix and Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix

Includes a BONUS - the holiday issue of the Kitchen Connection magazine featuring many more holiday recipes and entertaining tips! Enjoy the delicious and cozy meals from this bundle with your family and friends for the upcoming holidays, OR... share the warmth of two very special home-cooked meals by giving the bundle as a gift!

This special offer is available until December 16, 2007!! Contact me at 832-444-9605 or online at www.homemadegourmet.com/marylou and order TODAY!

Easy meal on a lazy Sunday evening

The last day of the holiday approached very quickly!! It was already Sunday! It was also time to clean. We had our traditional Sunday breakfast at McDonald's then headed straight home for some house cleaning....kids at home for a few days=messy house!

Dinner was on my mind as I'm cleaning the kitchen and I smiled as I thought of my Burgundy Beef Tips meal kit that was in my freezer. I pulled the bag out, grabbed my crock pot, dumped the mixture in the crock pot with about 1 cup of warm water. I set it on high and continued to clean. It's amazing how many clothes you have to put up for 2 small children! So, as I'm hanging clothes I'm wondering what else to cook with our beef tips. We decided on mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, and I had been craving Homemade Gourmet World Vision Basic Bread. I must admit that I love Homemade Gourmet Texas Cornbread so much that that's usually the bread of choice, but I hadn't made the basic bread in a long long time~even though it's so yummy! I actually forgot how to make it. As embarrassing as it is, I was so shocked that I all I had to do was to add milk to the mix and pour melted butter on top of the batter!!! I was like, "This is so easy!" I chose to make it the traditional way....it has several options for different breads such as Cheddar/Beer bread. My kids went crazy over it and I think my husband had about 1/4 of the loaf himself. Basic Bread yields: one loaf or 18 - 20 muffins. Total Time: 45 minutes for loaf, 15 - 17 minutes for muffins.

An added bonus of the Homemade Gourmet World Vision Basic Bread Mix is that a portion of the proceeds from your purchase of this bread is donated to World Vision. See my website for more information about World Vision.

Burgundy Beef Tips
Ingredients:
2 lbs Stew meat, cubed
2 scoops Sunday Roast Seasoning
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 4oz can mushrooms (optional)
½ cup water
Directions:
Label bag as burgundy beef tips with today’s date
Pour in 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup (low sodium) and 4oz mushrooms(optional)
Add 4 tablespoons Sunday Roast Seasoning
Seal bag and SMOOSH

Meal Suggestions:
Mom’s Smashed Potatoes
Green Beans
World Vision Bread

Best if cooked in slow cooker on High for 4-6 hours. Make sure to add ½ cup of water or red cooking wine (Merlot or Burgundy wines work well). This meal can be also be served over 5-minute white rice or egg noodles with a side salad.

A fellow HG distributor's blog post....

Tomato Basil Bread and "Mommy you have to blog about this."

So do you have a quick and easy meal ready to throw together on those nights when you have NO IDEA what to cook? Let me share mine with you:

I was in a hurry and not sure what to make for dinner. So I grabbed the Homemade Gourmet Minestrone Soup Mix from my cupboard. I looked at the ingredients to see if it was Vegetarian friendly and it is. (-; I am starting to pay attention to that since my really good friend Carmen is a Vegetarian. The soup was a breeze to make. The only ingredients to add to the mix was a can of green beans, water, diced tomatoes, and some frozen potato cubes from the freezer (cubed hashbrowns). I also had Homemade Gourmet Tomato Basil Bread muffins in the freezer. I made a double batch of the muffins last time I made them so they would be easy to reheat and serve with a soup. Within 30 minutes dinner was DONE! My hubby was skeptical that a "Vegetarian" dinner would be yummy and he figured leftover muffins would be tolerable at best. Boy was he wrong! Everyone (including the 2 year old) LOVED the soup served with some freshly grated Parmesan Cheese on top. It was like fancy restaurant or Olive Garden good for a lot less $$. The Tomato Basil Bread was toasty and delicious. My husband is now convinced that this bread is even better the second time (make sure it's toasty with a crunch for best results). Josh (who just turned 6) was so excited about the bread that he stood up during kids church this morning and shared about the best "five minute" bread ever. He calls it five minute bread because that's how long I had to toast it in the broiler. His words..."It was SOOOO yummy." Josh asked for the Tomato Basil Bread again tonight but I was out of the mix. I made the Homemade Gourmet World Vision Basic Bread instead. It only needs milk and butter added to it. But of course I was out of butter and almost out of milk! My little boy wanted yummy bread so I made it work somehow. I used the little milk I had left, a bit of water to compensate and a bit of sour cream. It was an experiment! I topped it with olive oil since I had no butter. The mix calls for melted butter on top of the bread prior to baking, but the oil worked fine. I also put a lot of grated Parmesan cheese on top. The verdict to the experimental bread? "MOMMY you really need to blog about your breads, they are really good. I love this!" My little guy is really easy to cook for! Especially with Homemade Gourmet food, it's hard to mess up their recipes even when I experiment! I think it's funny that our dinner conversations now include what is or isn't blog worthy!

The Homemade Gourmet mixes and groceries for this meal probably added up to $16. It fed 4 of us twice (had lots leftover) so the cost per serving was less than $2 each. Cheaper than eating out my friends, which is EXACTLY what we would have done before I learned to cook with Homemade Gourmet.

Thanks for sharing Gina....you can see her blog at: http://mealsandmemories.blogspot.com/

Ideas on what to do with those Turkey leftovers:

Make Cranberry Almond Pasta Salad
What to do with your left over turkey? Dice it up and add it to Homemade Gourmet's easy to make Cranberry Almond Pasta Salad! It makes a yummy lunch for the next day.

Soup! Always a winner. Dice up the leftovers and turn it into a yummy soup. I like the Homemade Gourmet Chicken Noodle Soup Mix. Your family will never settle for canned soup again!

White Chicken Chili- You can use diced turkey instead of diced chicken.

Creamy Italian Casserole Mix- Another great one to COST cook with. Just add a few simple ingredients (and your leftover Turkey) and you got another meal ready to go! I love this mix from Homemade Gourmet. When I make this casserole I get 2 batches out of it. I use 2 8x8 Glad Ready pans that can go from the oven to freezer to microwave. We eat one for dinner and the other batch goes in the freezer for a quick meal that even my husband can handle.

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Recipe

Carmel Apple Cheesecake

1 homemade gourmet basic cheesecake
2- 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
1-8 oz whipped topping divided
2/3 cup carmel sauce, divided
1 prepared graham cracker crust


1. with an electric mixer, beat together cheesecake mix, cream cheese, and apple juice until creamy
2. gently stir in 1/ 2 of whipped topping and 1/2 cup carmel sauce
3. pour mixture into piecrust and chill at least 2 hours
4. when ready to serve, top with remaining whipped topping and drizzle with remaining carmel sauce

serves 6-8 DELICIOUS!

Have you seen Homemade Gourmet's blog? Make sure to check it out at www.homemadegourmet.com/marylou

Below is Tami's...Homemade Gourmet's founder...lastest blog post about getting her freezer full. I thought I would share it you to show you that even the best of us Moms can get busy and distracted. So, never get discourage about "What's for dinner"!


Blog by Tami Van Hoy

What a great feeling…a freezer full of choices! Last time I posted on the blog I was out of choices and suffering the consequences. Since then I have done something about it! Now…if I had waited till I had it all figured out, I’d still be looking at an empty freezer. Instead…I took action without a plan, but with Homemade Gourmet that is not a problem.

First action step was the grocery store. With my busy schedule, I had not been able to sit down and figure out which meals I wanted to put into my freezer…but the freezer was in a state of emergency and I needed to take action immediately. I took a quick inventory of my pantry using my handy Homemade Gourmet grocery list copied from a past cookbook. I noted on the list that I needed to restock a few basic items and canned goods and then I threw that list in my purse so I would be ready for the first time I could squeeze in a grocery trip.


On Saturday that opportunity arose and I seized the moment. After shopping from the list I went to the meat section. Without a clue of what meals I was going to stock my freezer with, I just filled my cart with what was on sale and what I know my family likes…a roast, some stew meat, 10 pounds of ground beef, chicken breasts, a couple of pork tenderloins and some pork chops. I put it all in the fridge that day so it would be ready for a quick 4m4m session on Sunday.

Sunday evening, I pulled out all of the 4m4m planners that I have collected over the last year and started making choices. Going through the planners, I pulled HG mixes and canned goods from my pantry and matched them with the meat of choice…and the result was over a dozen meals bagged in the freezer. What a difference choices make! It truly feels good to be full of them again!

What’s in your freezer?


God Bless,
Tami

Cranberry Almond Pasta Salad

What to do with your left over turkey? Dice it up and add it to Homemade Gourmet's easy to make Cranberry Almond Pasta Salad! It makes a yummy lunch for the next day. Make sure to order it now to get it before Thanksgiving. Need a dessert to compliment your meal or are you in charge of dessert for the family? Our Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake is a nice twist to the traditional pumpkin pie~ plus it takes less then 5 minutes to prepare!

New Number

Please note my new phone number.....832-444-9605. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. I'm happy to hlep!!

Recipe of the Day

Cheddar Waldorf Salad

1 Homemade Gourmet Coleslaw Mix

1/4 cup mayonnaise

2 large red delicious apples, cubed

2 large golden apples, cubed

2 cups chopped pecans

1/4 cup chopped cranberries

1/4 cup shredded cheddar Cheese

.

1. In a large bowl, combine the mix and the mayonnaise. Add apples, pecans, and cranberries.

2 Top mixture with shredded cheeese. Serve immediately or chill untill needed.

Serves 6-8

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A cutomer of mine said this salad was a big hit at her convention. She made this for a group of ladies and they ate it all! They loved it so much that they made her make it again for today's meeting.

Mango Tea & Tropical Dip

Did you know that our Mango Tea Mix is wonderful as a HOT tea as well as iced? Tropical Dip Mix is not just for dip. It is great on chicken, pork and fish! Here is another great recipe using this tasty seasoning!


Herbed Pork Loin

Ingredients:

2 pounds pork loin roast
2 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Tropical Dip Seasoning

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut slits about
1-inch deep and about 1-inch apart across
the top of pork loin, rub seasoning into slits.
2. Place meat in a 13x9x2 ungreased baking
dish with 2-inches of water and insert ovenready
meat thermometer in the center of
roast.
3. Cover and bake for 1½ hours or until meat
thermometer reads 160 degrees.

Serves: 6

Easy Gift Giving....

Holiday Gifting is NOW AVAILABLE
exclusively to HG Preferred Members!!

Skip the crowds at the mall and the lines at the post office this year!
Direct ship your holiday gifts from the comfort of your home. Give your family the gift of Homemade Gourmet this year!

Click here for gift program details.
Click here for a list of Holiday shipping deadlines.

Softball

What does softball have to do with meal solutions? Well, nothing....I just wanted to brag about my daughter's 6U softball tournament team.....Just being a proud mommy! The girl's got 1st place...almost had a scare....the girls had a horrible 1st inning, but they regrouped and stopped the team from scoring!! All the girls stepped up and did their part. It's amazing to see what these 5 and 6 year-old girls can do!! Kathryn is on the bottom right.

Gifts From Your Heart...and Your Kitchen

*Any Homemade Gourmet cookie mix. Prepare the mix and roll into 1" balls. Place the dough balls into the freezer up to 3 months. Just pull them out of the freezer and bake on the day you need them for a delicious home-baked treat!

*Any Homemade Gourmet bread mix is EASY to prepare and freeze ahead. Wrap in colored saran wrap and stick a festive sticker with the type of bread as a label. Then all you need to do is defrost and add a bow to give a gift from your heart and your kitchen! Defrost, slice, and serve for a home-baked treat anytime. (Hint: A loaf of homemade bread or muffins makes a GREAT Hostess gift for all of those holiday parties on your schedule!)

*Also, you can make a different varieties of Fudge with our super easy Homemade Gourmet Five Minute Fudge mix. Like Toffee Fudge, peanut butter, butterscotch, chocolate mint chip, cashew, walnut, pecan, toasted coconut.

Perfect Packages for the above:

Chinese Food Containers
Decorative Tins
Cloth Lined Wicker or Metal Baskets
Beautiful Cookie Jar
Santa Clause Cookie Plate
Christmas Stocking

Halloween Treats

SPIDER WEB CHEESECAKE

INGREDIENTS:

1 Homemade Gourmet Basic Cheesecake Mix
16 oz cream cheese, softened 4 oz Cool Whip
2 TBS semisweet chocolate chips
1 Chocolate Cookie Pie Crust
1 TBS butter or margarine 1 plastic storage bag
1 toothpick or knife

DIRECTIONS:
1. Combine Basic Cheesecake Mix and softened cream cheese and beat well.

2. Fold in the whipped topping and pour into pie shell.

3. Melt semisweet chocolate chips and butter/margarine. Stir until smooth.

4. Place mixture in plastic bag and cut a tiny hole in the corner (a fast and easy cake decorator!)

5. Draw circle of chocolate in the center of the cheesecake and continue making circles about ½ inch apart until you reach the edge.

6. With a toothpick or knife, start at the center circle and pull to the outer edge; wipe and repeat to complete a web pattern.

Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Ball

INGREDIENTS:

1 Homemade Gourmet Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Mix
1 stick butter
1 8 oz cream cheese

DIRECTIONS:

1. Mix together Homemade Gourmet Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Mix, cream cheese and butter. Beat until creamy.

2. Cover & chill in refrigerator for 6 hours or overnight.

3. When mix is semi firm, roll into ball and serve in hollowed out pumpkin lined with plastic.

Serve with graham cracker sticks, ginger snaps or chocolate wafers.

Eating Together as a Family...

Highlights from the September 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association


Eating Together as a Family Creates Better Eating Habits Later in LifeEating together as a family during adolescence is associated with lasting positive effects on dietary quality in young adulthood, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.
More than 1,500 students were surveyed once during high school and again when they were 20 years old to determine the long-term effects of family meals on diet quality, social eating, meal structure and meal frequency. Participants were asked questions such as how often they ate family meals, how much they enjoyed sitting down to a meal with family or friends, if they had a tendency to eat on the run and how often they ate breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The researchers found eating family meals together during adolescence resulted in adults who ate more fruit, dark-green and orange vegetables and key nutrients, and drank less soft drinks. Frequency of family meals predicted females would eat breakfast as adults. For both sexes, frequency of family meals as adolescents predicted eating dinner more frequently as adults, placing a higher priority on structured meals and a higher priority on social eating. For women, eating together as a family more often during adolescence meant significantly higher daily intakes as adults of calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B6 and fiber. Among males, eating as a family more during adolescence predicted higher intakes of calcium, magnesium, potassium and fiber as adults.

“Results of this study suggest that having more family meals during adolescence is associated with improved diet quality during young adulthood,” the researchers say. “Food and nutrition professionals should encourage families to share meals as often as practically possible.”

What a deal!

Wow! Homemade Gourmet's regular $79 Starter Kit is a very affordable way to start a new business - and this month, it's twice the value!

We recently reviewed the Starter Kit values of 24 direct selling companies. All the companies did business through home parties, and they sold everything from food, kitchenware or home décor to personal care, jewelry or scrapbooks. Here's what we found:
Only four of those companies had kits more affordable than Homemade Gourmet's $79 Starter Kit. Only one of those four sells products similar to Homemade Gourmet (and that kit was only $4 less).
Three of the companies offered "free" kits with certain size orders in the first month ($350, $500 or $1,000 retail). Homemade Gourmet's total investment is $79 plus a $200 activating retail order.
The average Starter Kit price for the 24 companies was $138.49.
The Starter Kit for many companies included few or no retail products (Homemade Gourmet's Starter Kit includes the Pantry Basics Collection valued at $84 retail).

Homemade Gourmet's Starter Kit is a great deal any month of the year, but this month, the Souped Up Starter Kit is even better. It has double the value (over $300 worth of products) and all the extra supplies a new Distributor needs to do her cook-off and a couple of Homeshows. It's a great way to get started, especially this month when people are get cozy inside their homes again and entertain.This is a ground floor oppotunity...with less then 1800 distributos there is lots of room to grow!!

Hosting Specials for October

Hosting Meal Kit for October through December – Free with a $400 Home Show

Homemade Gourmet® Grandmother’s Great Gingerbread Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Basic Cheesecake Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Spiced Cider Mix

Brunch Bunch BundleA $31.50 retail value for ONLY $18.50!* That's 40% off!

*The Homeshow must reach $400 or more in retail sales to be eligible for the 40% OFF Bundle

Fall and Holiday dates are booking fast! Call TODAY to ensure YOU have an opportunity to receive these terrific hosting rewards!

Food For Thought

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gve up." ~Thomas Edison

Meat last longer in the freezer if it already cooked. Take 15 minutes after shopping to cook and season your meat before you freeze it.

One pound of raw chicken equals 2 cups cooked chicken (sliced, diced, chopped, or shredded.)

"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes. " ~ Hugh Downs

"Life's most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" ~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

BUNDLE OF THE MONTH-October

Brunch Bunch Bundle

A $31.50 retail value for ONLY $26.50! HG Preferred Price only $25.20!

Whether you prefer breakfast or brunch, you will love these easy Homemade Gourmet® mixes and the delicious recipes you can prepare with them. Perfect for holiday entertaining!
Available October 1 through October 31, 2007.

The Brunch Bunch Bundle includes:

FREE Homemade Gourmet® Taco Soup Mix!
Homemade Gourmet® Cornbread Casserole Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Strawberry Bread Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Spiced Dip Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Basic Cheesecake Mix

Homemade Gourmet® Tomato Basil Bread Mix
Prepare the Brunch Bunch Bundle mixes according to label instructions.ORMake Brunch time with your family and friends extra special when you use them to make these delicious recipes found in the October 2007 issue of the Kitchen Connection Magazine! Get your copy today for just $4.00! Limited quantities available.

Recipes include:

Breakfast Cornbread Casserole
Creamy Mexican Brunch Pie
Tomato and Mozzarella Sausage Biscuits
Easy Cinnamon Rolls

Homemade Gourmet® Preferred Members Only Offer...
3 Delicious Dinners ... FREE!

Every time you place a $100 or more custom order from October 1 through December 31, 2007, you will receive a FREE Supper Sampler. A $19.50 value! The Supper Sampler contains these popular mixes:

Homemade Gourmet® Skillet Lasagna Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Cornbread Casserole Mix
Homemade Gourmet® Creamy Italian Casserole Mix

Simply order your favorite mixes for the holidays or gifts and Reward Yourself with a FREE Supper Sampler.

Join Homemade Gourmet® Preferred TODAY!

Sugar Roll-Out Cookies

We started a Christmas Eve tradition a few years ago. Sugar cookie decorating party. My daughter loves to decorate cookies...what kid doesn't? We invite her cousins for a fun evening baking/decorating. I get all types of icing, sprinkles, candies, and colors and I let the kids go crazy. I even let the kids roll and pick their favorite cookie cutter shapes. I enjoy this time with my kids, nieces, and nephews every year--Can't wait to do it again!! Plus, Santa really loves his cookies!!!!

1 Homemade Gourmet® Super Sugar Cookie Mix
2 sticks butter
1 egg
powdered sugar


1. In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients and
stir until well blended. Place cookie dough in an
airtight container or ziptop bag and freeze for
30 minutes or refrigerate for 1 hour.

2. Prepare counter by sprinkling with 1/8 cup
powdered sugar. Cut dough in half with large
spatula, returning other half of covered dough
to the refrigerator, place first half of dough on
top of prepared surface.

3. Lightly dust rolling pin and top of dough with
powdered sugar and roll dough to 1/4 inch
thickness. Cut with cookie cutters using all or as
much dough as possible. Bake cookies for 8 to
10 minutes (shorter time with dark pans) until
bottoms are lightly browned.

4. Cool completely, *frost and decorate if desired.
If rolling out a second time, knead dough only
long enough for it to hold together, cut and
bake as before. Do not roll dough a third time, it
will get dry and tough.

Yields: 3 dozen

Cookies can be sprinkled with granulated
or decorator’s colored sugar before baking
if you do not want to frost them.


SUPER SUGAR COOKIE MIX $5.50
Total time: 15 minutes. Moist and chewy, this cookie makes a simply delicious sweet snack or
dessert. Add: butter or margarine, oil and egg. Yields: 3 dozen. #08.2000
Decorate with your favorite frosting!

September's Meal Plan

If you are a HGP club memeber and you got the bundle for the month(for September), then you want to start here....follow these tips to save more time in the kitchen! Not a member? You can still order the needed mixes and go to your 'In The Mix' e-newsletter for the full menus, grocery list, and directions. Want to have the e-newsletter sent to you the 1st of every month? Let me know and I'll add you to the list!


TIP: go ahead and prepare all the meat needed on day one. It doesn't take much longer to season all the meat then just 1 lb for only 1 meal. This is for meals: 1, 3, 4, and 6. You will cut down on dinner preparation time for the next meals

*you would need triple the ingredients needed to make meal 1--this includes, meat, ketchup, egg. So, go ahead and buy a pack of 5 1/2 lbs of ground meat.

Start off of by taking 1 lb of meat and brown it on a frying pan-do not add any seasonings to this. While thats cooking....get a large bowl and place the remainder of the meat. Place the other ingredients in the bowl plus triple the amount of the Old Fashioned Meatloaf-if using single packets, you would need 3. If using the pantry staple size, you would add 24 Tablespoons. Mix this all up. Then divide the meat mixture into 3 parts.Use one part for meal one-put in meatloaf pan and place in oven.

While that is baking, use another part and shape meatballs. Put these in the oven for the last 15-20 minutes that the meatloaf has left.

Then use the last part of the meat to shape into patties. You can then line the patties with wax paper and put into a gallon sized freezer bag. Make sure to lable as Old Fashioned hamburgers and today's date.

You now have meatloaf ready for dinner-or you can wrap it in foil paper and put in a freezer bag for later. While eating your dinner, let the meatballs cool. Then you place them in the freezer as well.

You will love having these meals almost done for you when you are short on time for dinner!! They will be your lifesavers! Have fun with this and let me know how it all goes!!

These are the Homemade Gourmet mixes you will need for the above meals:

Old Fashioned Meatloaf Pantry Staple

Mom’s Smashed Potatoes

MixMinestrone Soup MixMom’s

Chicken and Rice Mix

Skillet Burritos Mix

Corn Chowder Mix

This is a product bundle with a retail price of $50.50* ($40.40 * after Preferred Customer discount privileges). THAT’S RIGHT! If you are an HG Preferred Club Member…you will receive 20% off of your selections. And as a Preferred Customer…we will automatically take care of your Homemade Gourmet® shipment on the 25th of this month by sending you this featured product bundle unless you place a customized order before that date. *sales tax will be added according to your ship to address*Shipping for this bundle is $7.50 (Alaska and Hawaii $15.00)
When you choose this bundle of products to be shipped straight to your door, you will have all the Homemade Gourmet® products you need to make the 6 featured meals

Souped Up Starter Kit in October!!

BONUS Souped Up Starter Kit
A $149.50 retail value...FREE!(With a minimum $400 activating order.)

Includes 2 each of the following mixes:
Homemade Gourmet® Garlic Basil Seasoning MixHomemade Gourmet® Grandmothers Sunday Roast MixHomemade Gourmet® Garlic Lemon Seasoning MixHomemade Gourmet® Southwest Seasoning MixHomemade Gourmet® Basic Cheesecake MixHomemade Gourmet® Old Fashioned Apple Crisp Mix Homemade Gourmet® Texas Cobbler MixHomemade Gourmet® World Vision Basic Bread MixHomemade Gourmet® Texas Cornbread MixHomemade Gourmet® BLT Dip Mix Homemade Gourmet® Mock Spinach Dip Mix

1 Hosting Meal Kit - Includes one each of:
Homemade Gourmet® Grandmother’s Great Gingerbread MixHomemade Gourmet® Basic Cheesecake MixHomemade Gourmetv Spiced Cider Cider Mix.

Business Supplies:
(2) Catalogs, packs of 1010 extra Original 4 meals in 4 minutes™ Meal Planners(2) 8x10 Kraft logo bags, packs of 10

All New Distributors receive:
40% off your first order of $200+ retail!
~ OR ~
50% off your first order of $800+ retail!

Taco Soup Mix Bonus Recipes!

Chicken Medley Soup
Contributed by: Kris N., Independent Distributor
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts, chopped
5 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Taco Soup Mix, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 large carrot, chopped, or 1 cup shredded
1 cup chopped celery
½ small onion, minced
1 zucchini, chopped
1 yellow squash, chopped
1 14.5-ounce can low sodium chicken broth
1 14.5-ounce can salt free diced tomatoes
1 4-ounce can chopped green chilies
1 10-ounce bag frozen corn


1. In a saucepan, over medium high heat, sauté chicken with 2 tablespoons seasoning and 1 tablespoon
oil; transfer chicken to a plate and keep warm.
2. In same saucepan, sauté carrot, celery, onion, zucchini and squash in remaining tablespoon oil for
5 minutes, add chicken, broth, tomatoes, green chilies, corn, and remaining seasoning; reduce
heat to medium low.
3. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender and soup is thoroughly heated.
4. Serve hot with bread or crackers.
Serves 12

Nutritional Information ¾ cup serving: calories 120 (calories from fat 30) * total fat 3.5 g * carbohydrates 12 g * fiber 2 g * sugars 4 g*
protein 11 g * sodium 310 mg * cholesterol 20 mg

Fiesta Spread
2 8-ounce packages low fat cream cheese, softened
1 cup reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
3 green onions, minced
2 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Taco Soup Mix
1 2-ounce jar diced pimentos, drained
1 2.25-ounce can sliced black olives, drained
assorted crackers or vegetables of choice

1. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, cheddar cheese, onions, and seasoning. Beat until
creamy; stir in pimentos and olives.
2. Cover and chill 30 minutes, serve with crackers or vegetables.
Yields: 3 cups

Nutritional Information per 1 tablespoon serving: calories 30 (calories from fat 20) * total fat 2.5 g * carbohydrates 1 g * fiber 0 g *
sugars 0 g* protein 2 g * sodium 65 mg * cholesterol 5 mg

Taco Chili Bites
1 8-ounce package low fat cream cheese, softened
1 4-ounce can diced green chilies
3 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Taco Soup Mix
1 8-ounce can reduced fat refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 large egg
1/4 cup 1% milk
1 cup dry breadcrumbs
salsa, optional

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly spray 15x10x1 baking sheet with non-stick cooking
spray. In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, chilies, and seasoning until well blended,
set aside.
2. Separate dough into four 3x6 inch rectangles on cutting board; press diagonal perforations together
to seal. Spread cream cheese mixture evenly on each rectangle. Fold rectangles in half
length-wise, cut each into eight pieces for 32 bites.
3. In a small bowl, whisk egg with milk. Place breadcrumbs in a separate shallow dish. Dip each bite
into milk mixture, and roll in breadcrumbs. Place bites on baking sheet.
4. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with Fiesta Spread or salsa, if desired.
Yields: 32 bites

Nutritional Information per serving: calories 60 (calories from fat 25) * total fat 3 g * carbohydrates 7 g * fiber 0 g * sugars 1 g* protein
2 g * sodium 160 mg * cholesterol 10 mg


Huevo Burritos
Contributed by: Karen D., Independent Distributor
½ pound extra lean ground beef
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons Homemade Gourmet® Taco Soup Mix, divided
2 cups eggbeaters (equal to 8 whole eggs)
½ cup light sour cream
½ cup salsa
½ cup reduced fat shredded cheddar cheese
12 whole wheat tortillas

1. In a skillet, brown ground beef, water, and 1 tablespoon seasoning over medium heat, stirring until
beef crumbles and is no longer pink. Drain and set aside.
2. Lightly spray skillet with non-stick cooking spray and scramble eggs with remaining seasoning
until thoroughly cooked.
3. Add sour cream, salsa, cheese, and seasoned beef. Heat on medium low until cheese is melted
and mixture is warmed through.
4. Warm tortillas slightly if desired. Spoon scrambled egg mixture into tortilla and roll up burrito style;
serve warm with Fiesta Spread or desired toppings.
Serves 12

Nutritional Information per serving: calories 240 (calories from fat 70) * total fat 8 g * carbohydrates 25 g * fiber 2 g * sugars 3 g* protein
13 g * sodium 450 mg * cholesterol 20 mg

HGP Club Member Specials...

HG Preferred Announcements:
NEW HG Preferred Bonus Offer: FREE Supper Sampler!

HG Preferred Members Who:
Place a $100 or more custom order and receive a FREE Supper Sampler, a $19.50 value! The Supper Sampler contains: Skillet Lasagna Mix, Cornbread Casserole Mix, and Creamy Italian Casserole Mix.
Offer good October 1 through December 31, 2007.

HGP Monthly Member Gift:
The first quarterly gift to HG Preferred Monthly Members* will be mailed out around 10/15/07.
The gift will contain Pancake Rings, Country-Style Pancake Mix, Spiced Cider Mix and a Recipe Flyer.
*Must have been a consistent Monthly Member as of August 31, 2007 to receive this Free gift.

Souped Up Starter Kits!!

It's a great time to JOIN!!


New Distributors who Purchase the Homemade Gourmet $79**Starter Kit
($158.75 retail value)

AND

place an activating order of $400* or more.
*Qualifies for 40% discount!

will receive a BONUS SOUPED UP Starter Kit
with additional products and business supplies worth
$149.50!!
That's OVER $300 in products and business supplies!

It's like getting over $900.00 worth of products and supplies for just over $300.00!!

Offer available October 1 through October 31, 2007.
BONUS Souped Up Starter Kit
Includes:
2 each of the following mixes:
Garlic Basil Seasoning Mix
Grandmothers Sunday Roast Mix
Garlic Lemon Seasoning Mix
Southwest Seasoning Mix
Basic Cheesecake Mix
Old Fashioned Apple Crisp Mix
Texas Cobbler Mix
World Vision Basic Bread Mix
Texas Cornbread Mix
BLT Dip Mix
Mock Spinach Dip Mix

1 Hosting Meal Kit- Includes one each of Grandmother's Great Gingerbread Mix, Basic Cheesecake Mix, Spiced Cider Cider Mix.

Business Supplies:
(2) Catalogs, packs of 10
10 extra Original 4 meals in 4 minutes Meal Planners
(2) 8x10 Kraft logo bags, packs of 10

Ever heard of Homemade Gourmet?

Just wondering how many of you have heard of Homemade Gourmet before? Or have ever attended a Homemade Gourmet meal solutions class?


Our Mission Statement is: With God's Help, Homemade Gourmet strives to bring families back to the dinner table by providing quality, affordable, easy-to-prepare meals, education and direct sales business opportunities.


I love doing meal solutions classes! These classes give me the chance to educate other busy moms on how fast and easy meal time can be. I love hearing back from my customers after they have made their meals. They can't believe it didn't take all day, their families just love it, and they can't wait to try more meals! This is what makes it so much fun and fulfilling!


So, why not grab your friends together for a fun afternoon or evening to try 3-4 different mixes and learn how to take back dinner time with easy meal solutions such as our outstanding 4 Meals in 4 Minutes meal preparation technique!


Don't have a local Homemade Gourmet distributor? Why not take advantage of this and be the first one to introduce Homemade Gourmet to your area? This is a ground floor opportunity with an unlimited growth and income potential!


For my local friends, let's set a date so you can earn many free meals for your family!
Want to host a catalog party? No problem, I can send you a few catalogs, you collect orders, then the orders will be shipped to your front door.


With the holidays approaching, you can send a customed ordered gift to anyone on your list. What a surprise when they find meals in a box, with a grocery list and recipes! An even better deal is to get 20% off all your orders by joining the FREE HGP Club.

Turn your love for great food into a delicious career!

"The very night I was introduced to Homemade Gourmet and tasted the delicious products, I knew this was the company for me! What I didn't know was how much of an impact it would make on m life and my family. Homemade Gourmet has allowed me to help many families with meal times, make many wonderful friends and have unlimited personal growth. I have stretched myself to meet goals and dreams I never thought possible." Beth T.

This is exactly how I feel about my business with Homemade Gourmet.

It's a Delicious Opportunity...

*Bring your family back to the dinner table
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*Love your job!
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* Flexible schedule; work your business full time or part time

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*5% bonus on personal retail ordering of $2,000 or more a month.
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*Personal Web-page*Customer newsletter service
*Generous host program
*Strong company support, training and recognition programs
*Personal growth, a flexible schedule and unlimited income potential

GLUTEN FREE MIXES

Buffalo Wing Sauce
Raspberry White Chocolate Cheesecake
Basic Cheesecake Mix
Black Bean Salsa Mix
BLT Dip Mix
Chocolate Pecan Cheesecake Mix
Coleslaw Dressing Mix
Garlic Basil Seasoning Mix
Homestyle Spaghetti Sauce Mix
Hot Spiced Cider
Louisiana Gumbo Mix
Mock Spinach Dip Mix
Mom’s Smashed Potatoes Mix
Peach Iced Tea Mix
Southwest Marinade Mix
Spiced Dip Mix
Taco Soup Mix
Tiramisu Cheesecake Mix
Zesty Catalina Dip Mix

Homemade Gourmet
Gluten Free
4 Meals in 4 Minutes Meals

Southwest Chicken/Pork Chops/Steaks
Southwest Marinade Mix
Canned Tomatoes
Zesty Catalina Chicken/Pork Chops
Zesty Catalina Seasoning Mix
Oil
Vinegar
Black Bean Salsa Chicken/Pork Chops/Steaks
Black Bean Salsa Mix
Canned Tomatoes
Garlic Basil Chicken/Pork Chops/Roast
Garlic Basil Seasoning Mix
Canned Tomatoes
Cajun Chicken/Pork Chops
Louisiana Gumbo Mix
Canned Chicken Broth
Taco Chicken/Pork Chops/Steaks
Taco Soup Mix
Canned Tomatoes
Italian Chicken/Pork Chops/Round Steak
Homestyle Spaghetti Sauce
Canned Tomatoes

Cornbread Casserole

I'm afraid I must admit I dropped the ball today! I completely forgot to take out my Chicken Enchilada Chicken out of the freezer this morning. I was a wreak at about 5:00 today when I realized it. I started to panic, but then I told myself to calm down because I have pre-made seasoned ground beef. Problem was I couldn't remember if I had any pasta noodles.

Once I got home I checked my pantry and pulled a can of diced tomatoes and beans. I then grabbed my bag of Homemade Gourmet Texas Cornbread and pulled out my Taco Seasoned ground beef. I didn't have a can of corn so I got a bag of frozen veggies. I mixed my cornbread as per the directions on the label-have I mention how yummy our cornbread is? I put my veggies in my Pampered Chef microwave bowl. Then I put the bag of meat in the microwave to defrost. I pretty much mad the Taco soup, but without the water. Then I dumped this in a 9x13 pan and then poured the cornbread over it. Placed it in the oven at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. So In 45 minutes dinner was ready! Once again, with a little planning and Homemade Gourmet I was able to get dinner on the table with very little time and effort!

Love our Taco Soup? Next time you make a batch of Taco soup and have leftovers, just drain the soup and mix it with Texas Cornbread for a great leftover casserole!

Homemade Gourmet Texas Cornbread has a light and delicate texture and is less dense than some tradition corn breads~it's the best!!

HG Preferred

If you have been thinking about signing up for the quarterly Preferred Customer program with Homemade Gourmet....
now is the time!

The quarterly program runs October, January, April, and July

Stock up on all your favorites during these four months, send gifts to family and friends for the holidays and have plenty of great dips, desserts and entrees to serve to your family this holiday season. And all for 20% off!

This is an awesome program!

Below is a reminder of the program details

It's FREE!
Enrolling in this program gives you a 20% discount on product purchases! ($50 minimum retail)
Choose your own products or get the monthly meal kit with a grocery list and recipies.

Sign up for Monthly, Bi-monthly or Quarterly
(The quarterly program runs October, January, April and July)

You can go to the HG website and sign yourself up by clicking on HG Preferred. The process is very simple. Or, just let me know you'd like to join and I will take care of everything.
Be sure to include my name and distributor number (12493)

Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Did you Know That...

A family of 4 dining at Chili’s 8 times spends around $250

8 Pizza Deliveries cost about $200

8 trips to McDonald's run about $150

With our Pantry Staples you can make a meal for a family of 4-6 for under $10.00!!