Comments on: Money Choices http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/ Chronicling the Experience of Educating our Children and Managing our Family Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:08:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Champion Cheapskate http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-83 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:46:21 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-83 A penny here, a penny there. . . suddenly it all makes sense or is that cents. Well anyway, keep saving and cooking up those good ideas too. A penny here, a penny there. . . suddenly it all makes sense or is that cents. Well anyway, keep saving and cooking up those good ideas too.

]]> by: Frugal Homemaker http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-80 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 13:52:47 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-80 So true! We get a lot of flack for doing things that save us a dollar here and a dollar there, but when we need something expensive, we'll be able to pay for it in cash. I think of each dollar I save doing something like making a mix as a dollar being direct deposited into my freedom fund! As Vicki Robin says, we buy our freedom with our frugality. So true! We get a lot of flack for doing things that save us a dollar here and a dollar there, but when we need something expensive, we’ll be able to pay for it in cash. I think of each dollar I save doing something like making a mix as a dollar being direct deposited into my freedom fund! As Vicki Robin says, we buy our freedom with our frugality.

]]> by: AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » Focus on Frugal Blogs http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-79 Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:45:57 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-79 [...] 4. Educating the Wheelers - This post says it all. Oh, and her husband bought her a URL and website for a present! [...] […] 4. Educating the Wheelers - This post says it all. Oh, and her husband bought her a URL and website for a present! […]

]]> by: Terri http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-70 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:33:33 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-70 Oh, and thanks for stopping by! I checked out your blog and really like it. It seems like we're really on the same page in many ways. Heh. Oh, and thanks for stopping by! I checked out your blog and really like it. It seems like we’re really on the same page in many ways. Heh.

]]> by: Terri W. http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-69 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:55:12 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-69 Ironically, I actually have never yet made biscuits out of my biscuit mix. I started making it because I kept on running into recipes that called for Bisquick -- the most recent being the <a href="http://www.healthy.hillbillyhousewife.com/redpepperfetabaconimpie.htm" rel="nofollow">Turkey Bacon, Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Pie</a> that we had for dinner a few nights ago. In fact, the entire <a href="http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/" rel="nofollow">Hillbilly Housewife</a> site -- which I love -- has tons of recipes that call for it. It's been chilly here in Austin this week, so I'm probably going to use some this weekend to make some pumpkin maple biscuits that I found online. I'd link to the original recipe, but it has exceptionally annoying in-browser floating pop-up ads. Here it is: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose baking mix 1/3 cup dry Instant Nonfat Dry Milk 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 3/4 cup 100% Pure Pumpkin 1 tablespoon water 1 recipe pumpkin maple sauce, (recipe follows) PREHEAT oven to 425° F. COMBINE baking mix, dry milk, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in medium bowl. Stir in pumpkin and water just until moistened. KNEAD dough 10 times on lightly floured surface. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness; cut into 12 biscuits. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart. BAKE for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Spoon sauce over warm biscuits. FOR PUMPKIN MAPLE SAUCE HEAT 1 cup maple syrup, 1 cup Pure Pumpkin and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon in small saucepan until warm. Ironically, I actually have never yet made biscuits out of my biscuit mix.

I started making it because I kept on running into recipes that called for Bisquick — the most recent being the Turkey Bacon, Roasted Red Pepper and Feta Pie that we had for dinner a few nights ago. In fact, the entire Hillbilly Housewife site — which I love — has tons of recipes that call for it.

It’s been chilly here in Austin this week, so I’m probably going to use some this weekend to make some pumpkin maple biscuits that I found online. I’d link to the original recipe, but it has exceptionally annoying in-browser floating pop-up ads.

Here it is:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose baking mix
1/3 cup dry Instant Nonfat Dry Milk
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 1/4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
3/4 cup 100% Pure Pumpkin
1 tablespoon water
1 recipe pumpkin maple sauce, (recipe follows)

PREHEAT oven to 425° F.

COMBINE baking mix, dry milk, sugar and pumpkin pie spice in medium bowl. Stir in pumpkin and water just until moistened.

KNEAD dough 10 times on lightly floured surface. Roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness; cut into 12 biscuits. Place biscuits on ungreased baking sheet about 2 inches apart.

BAKE for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown. Spoon sauce over warm biscuits.

FOR PUMPKIN MAPLE SAUCE
HEAT 1 cup maple syrup, 1 cup Pure Pumpkin and 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon in small saucepan until warm.

]]> by: Jenn http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-68 Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:32:24 +0000 http://educatingthewheelers.com/2006/03/22/money-choices/#comment-68 I agree with your mom. Those dollars add up-if you have the time and the will to make things yourself then it is really worth it. Now, if you worked outside the home and only had limited time each day to get everything accomplished at home then you'd probably have to reweigh the whole thing in your mind! Do you just use the bisquick for biscuits? I usually just make them from scratch, wondering if having the mix would save me much in the way of time. . . I agree with your mom. Those dollars add up-if you have the time and the will to make things yourself then it is really worth it. Now, if you worked outside the home and only had limited time each day to get everything accomplished at home then you’d probably have to reweigh the whole thing in your mind!

Do you just use the bisquick for biscuits? I usually just make them from scratch, wondering if having the mix would save me much in the way of time. . .

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