Do it yourself

Buying sauces and mixes and seasoning packets can jack your food bill up lots.   Sauces can cost more than the meat they cover.    Spices are really,cheap in bulk at Winco or Costco and small jars are a dollar almost very where ( dollar store, bog lots. Grocery outlet ) .   Save jars from foods and ash thorally in the dishwasher and let dry several days.  

Cream  soup mix is on the Internet.   Google cream soup mix .  It's from taste of Home.   ( I don't know how legal it is for me to repost.  -- probably

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/cream-soup-mix

Taco seasoning

            1/2 cup plus 2T chili powder
             2/3 cup paprika
            1/2 cup plus 1T cumin
             1/3 cup onion powder
           1/3 cup garlic powder
            1-2/3 tsp cayenne powder
           2 tsp red pepper flakes

Mix well and store in air tight container.

Cocoa mix.

2 cups non fat dry milk
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa ( Dutch  if possible )
1 tsp salt
1 cup miniature marshmallows

Store in tightly fitting container.

Pizza crust
1/2 to 3/4 cup warm water ( 105 degrees)
1T dry yeast
1 tsp sugar
1 cups flour
1 T vegetable oil
1/2  salt

• Combine 1/4 cup water with yeast and sugar.    Let stand in warm place until bubbly.  About 5 minutes .  It will look like root beer with a head on it.
• Put the flour, oil and salt in the food processor.  Use the metal blade.   Process to combine,   
• Add the yeast mixture through the feeder tube, a little at a time with machine running.  Add just enough liquid until a dough ball forms and leaves the side of the bowl. 
• Process until the ball makes 5 turns around the bowl.  
• Put the ball on a greased pizza pan and let rest for 10 minutes.   
• After 10 minutes, pat the dough to cover the pizza pan.   
• Fill the crust with your favorite pizza toppings 
• Bake 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the dough is cooked.   

Seasoned bread crumbs.  

1) dry bread ( use the heels etc.  

2) process the bread in the food processor until you have crumbs.    

3) fir seasoning add parmesean cheese, oregano, basil, and garlic and onion powder.  

More tomorrow.