Ready-made mixes: Homemade goodness made simple, one jar at a time. Country gravy. Around our house, we don't eat biscuits and gravy every day, but my family relishes this classic farmhouse dish on special occasions (and so must you, since you're reading this post :-) Country gravy is a traditional comfort food usually served over biscuits, bacon or sausage, and chicken-fried steak, and it's also used in various breakfast casserole recipes, among other fare. It may not be considered a health-food, but homemade gravy mix is certainly more healthy than a lot of store-bought options out there. When was the last time you checked the ingredient list on a commercial package of country gravy mix? I did a quick on-line search to see just what we've been missing since converting to a made-from-scratch life style. My search only reminded me why we made the switch! After reading six ingredient lists on six different brands, they all started to look the same. I want to show you just one example of what I found: "Creamer (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Mono And Diglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin), Modified Corn Starch, Wheat Flour, Textured Vegetable Protein [(Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Sugar, Hydrolized Corn, Soy, And wheat Gluten], Salt, Maltdextrin, Dehydrated Sausage (Made from Pork), Dried Chicken Fat (Nonfat Dry Milk), Spices, Hydrolized Soy Protein, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Autloyzed Yeast Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Dehydrated Onion, Natural Flavors, Malt Extract (Barley), Torula Yeast, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate." (Source) WOW. So much for comfort food. There's nothing comforting about that list! Nothing what-so-ever. In fact, you're probably in need of comfort after reading all that, so let's move on to better things. Homemade things. If you've been following my ready-made mix series, you likely have some little jars of biscuit mix sitting on your pantry shelf by now. So today I'm going to share my recipe for Country Gravy Mix with you. This mix makes terrific tasting gravy! Are you ready? Then leave those store-bought mixes behind and let's get started making our own! How to make Country Gravy Mix Ingredients (The following affiliate links lead to organic, non-GMO products) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon black pepper, freshly ground 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage Instructions In a small bowl, sift all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Store your gravy mix in a pint-size jar, or another air-tight container in your pantry. Use within 1 year. Did you miss the post on making biscuit mix? No worries. You can find it here. How to make gravy with your new mix... Ingredients 3 tablespoons DIY Country Gravy Mix 2 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup chicken broth Instructions Step 1: Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. (Avoid letting the butter boil, steam or brown). Step 2: Add the gravy mix to the melted butter, stirring constantly until the mixture forms a thick paste. This should happen in under a minute. Step 3: Add the chicken broth to the paste and whisk until smooth and creamy. Again, this should take less than a minute. Step 4: Add the milk, whisking constantly as you pour it in. Continue whisking as you bring everything to a boil over medium-high heat. Step 5: Once the gravy boils, reduce heat and simmer for about 1 to 2 minutes, whisking occasionally. The gravy is done when it's smooth, thick and creamy. Variations: You could use a skillet instead of a saucepan to make gravy in. You could add sausage to your gravy, if you like. If you're serving bacon with biscuits and gravy, or you're adding sausage to your gravy, you could use the meat drippings instead of the called for butter (or a combination of both). Just be sure that the amount of drippings and/or butter equal a total of only 2 tablespoons and you'll be good to go. Don't forget your FREE PRINTABLE LABELS! Each mix post in this series comes with a link to a free downloadable page of 8 labels and instructions to attach to your homemade mixes (today, for 8 instruction labels, you'll need to print the page twice, as the instructions were longer and I could only fit 4 per page). These labels are simple and easy to read, and done to look a bit retro (which I love) with their lettering and color scheme. You can print your labels onto white card-stock, cut them out, and use double-sided tape to stick them to your jars of mixes. Or, keep it super simple and print your labels onto this sticker paper by Avery. Just cut them out and stick them right to your jars. Enjoy! (Print instruction labels 2 times for a total of 8 labels) CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Labels. CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Instruction Labels. WANT TO SEE MORE POSTS LIKE THIS? CLICK HERE to see a complete index of the posts in this series! What dry mixes do you like at home? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below! Until next time... Joy--Fearless Farm Girl, "Farm girl: it's a verb, because it's what you do." SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL Like what you're reading? Stay inspired to achieve a more simple, self-reliant way of life. Sign up to receive our newsletter and each new post directly in your inbox! CLICK HERE to subscribe! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click through and make a purchase, we receive a small percentage in commissions from the company you buy from. We value you as a reader and want you to know that the products we link to are only products we use ourselves or that we feel will add value to your life. Thank you for supporting Farm Girl Inspirations! To read our full disclosure statement click here. Recommended products related to this post: Other related posts: Homemade ALMOND MILK: Never run out of milk again. DIY GRANOLA: Includes free-style chart for endless variety. Homemade BEEF JERKY the fast & easy way. DIY No-Knead BREAD MIX: Fresh bread every day made easy. Homemade YELLOW CAKE MIX (plus DIY CAKE FLOUR) Homemade COUNTRY BISCUIT MIX Homemade gluten-free WAFFLE MIX and FLOUR BLEND. Perfect PIE CRUST, APPLE PIE FILLING, and DUTCH APPLE PIE recipe!

NEW AND IMPROVED! Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaat to easiness! Why waste money on packet brown gravies when you can make one up in seconds and it costs just a few cents?! Answer: You didn't know you could! Well, neither did I and, judging by the numerous packets of brown gravy in my cupboards, I could stand to save some money with DIY! Then, once you're done with your brown gravy packet, pour it on top of PIMP: Perfectly Incredible Mashed Potatoes, also known as the best mashed potatoes you will ever eat in your life. Ingredients 1/4 cup flour 1 T beef bouillon granules 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp garlic powder 1/4 tsp black pepper Dash of dried parsley This makes 2 cups of brown gravy mix. Put the dry mix into a plastic baggie for future use. To Prepare: Mix the dry gravy mix with 2 cups of cold water in a saucepan. Whisk until smooth. Heat at medium until the sauce thickens. Then.. nothing! You're done! Serve over potatoes, rice, or whatever floats your boat. (To make a large amount for storage) 2 cups flour 1/2 cup beef bouillon granules 3 T onion powder 3 T cup garlic powder 2 tsp black pepper 1 T dried parsley Mix it all together; when you want to make 2 cups of gravy, portion out about 3/8 up a cup or 6 tablespoons. When you want to make 1 cup of gravy, simply portion out about 3 tablespoons of the dry mix.

Love gravy? Don't buy those nasty packets! Make your own Homemade Gravy Mix in minutes with this simple recipe!

The original GravyMaster® Recipe! Perfect gravy has never been easier PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 15 MINUTES TOTAL TIME: 25 MINUTES SERVINGS: 8 INGREDIENTS: 4 tbsp Pan drippings from cooking meat (or substitute butter or margarine) 4 tbsp Flour 2 cups Water 1 tsp GravyMaster® Salt and Pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS: Start with 4 tablespoons of fat left over in the pan after cooking meat (or substitute butter or margarine). Blend in 4 tablespoons flour over low heat, stirring until smooth. Slowly stir in 2 cups water and pan drippings. Boil gently five minutes. Stir in 1 teaspoon GravyMaster®. Add salt and pepper to taste. Makes 2 cups perfect gravy.

This homemade beef gravy mix is easy to make and easy on the budget.

Ready-made mixes: Homemade goodness made simple, one jar at a time. Country gravy. Around our house, we don't eat biscuits and gravy every day, but my family relishes this classic farmhouse dish on special occasions (and so must you, since you're reading this post :-) Country gravy is a traditional comfort food usually served over biscuits, bacon or sausage, and chicken-fried steak, and it's also used in various breakfast casserole recipes, among other fare. It may not be considered a health-food, but homemade gravy mix is certainly more healthy than a lot of store-bought options out there. When was the last time you checked the ingredient list on a commercial package of country gravy mix? I did a quick on-line search to see just what we've been missing since converting to a made-from-scratch life style. My search only reminded me why we made the switch! After reading six ingredient lists on six different brands, they all started to look the same. I want to show you just one example of what I found: "Creamer (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Mono And Diglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin), Modified Corn Starch, Wheat Flour, Textured Vegetable Protein [(Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Sugar, Hydrolized Corn, Soy, And wheat Gluten], Salt, Maltdextrin, Dehydrated Sausage (Made from Pork), Dried Chicken Fat (Nonfat Dry Milk), Spices, Hydrolized Soy Protein, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Autloyzed Yeast Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Dehydrated Onion, Natural Flavors, Malt Extract (Barley), Torula Yeast, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate." (Source) WOW. So much for comfort food. There's nothing comforting about that list! Nothing what-so-ever. In fact, you're probably in need of comfort after reading all that, so let's move on to better things. Homemade things. If you've been following my ready-made mix series, you likely have some little jars of biscuit mix sitting on your pantry shelf by now. So today I'm going to share my recipe for Country Gravy Mix with you. This mix makes terrific tasting gravy! Are you ready? Then leave those store-bought mixes behind and let's get started making our own! How to make Country Gravy Mix Ingredients (The following affiliate links lead to organic, non-GMO products) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon black pepper, freshly ground 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage Instructions In a small bowl, sift all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Store your gravy mix in a pint-size jar, or another air-tight container in your pantry. Use within 1 year. Did you miss the post on making biscuit mix? No worries. You can find it here. How to make gravy with your new mix... Ingredients 3 tablespoons DIY Country Gravy Mix 2 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup chicken broth Instructions Step 1: Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. (Avoid letting the butter boil, steam or brown). Step 2: Add the gravy mix to the melted butter, stirring constantly until the mixture forms a thick paste. This should happen in under a minute. Step 3: Add the chicken broth to the paste and whisk until smooth and creamy. Again, this should take less than a minute. Step 4: Add the milk, whisking constantly as you pour it in. Continue whisking as you bring everything to a boil over medium-high heat. Step 5: Once the gravy boils, reduce heat and simmer for about 1 to 2 minutes, whisking occasionally. The gravy is done when it's smooth, thick and creamy. Variations: You could use a skillet instead of a saucepan to make gravy in. You could add sausage to your gravy, if you like. If you're serving bacon with biscuits and gravy, or you're adding sausage to your gravy, you could use the meat drippings instead of the called for butter (or a combination of both). Just be sure that the amount of drippings and/or butter equal a total of only 2 tablespoons and you'll be good to go. Don't forget your FREE PRINTABLE LABELS! Each mix post in this series comes with a link to a free downloadable page of 8 labels and instructions to attach to your homemade mixes (today, for 8 instruction labels, you'll need to print the page twice, as the instructions were longer and I could only fit 4 per page). These labels are simple and easy to read, and done to look a bit retro (which I love) with their lettering and color scheme. You can print your labels onto white card-stock, cut them out, and use double-sided tape to stick them to your jars of mixes. Or, keep it super simple and print your labels onto this sticker paper by Avery. Just cut them out and stick them right to your jars. Enjoy! (Print instruction labels 2 times for a total of 8 labels) CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Labels. CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Instruction Labels. WANT TO SEE MORE POSTS LIKE THIS? CLICK HERE to see a complete index of the posts in this series! What dry mixes do you like at home? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below! Until next time... Joy--Fearless Farm Girl, "Farm girl: it's a verb, because it's what you do." SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL Like what you're reading? Stay inspired to achieve a more simple, self-reliant way of life. Sign up to receive our newsletter and each new post directly in your inbox! CLICK HERE to subscribe! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click through and make a purchase, we receive a small percentage in commissions from the company you buy from. We value you as a reader and want you to know that the products we link to are only products we use ourselves or that we feel will add value to your life. Thank you for supporting Farm Girl Inspirations! To read our full disclosure statement click here. Recommended products related to this post: Other related posts: Homemade ALMOND MILK: Never run out of milk again. DIY GRANOLA: Includes free-style chart for endless variety. Homemade BEEF JERKY the fast & easy way. DIY No-Knead BREAD MIX: Fresh bread every day made easy. Homemade YELLOW CAKE MIX (plus DIY CAKE FLOUR) Homemade COUNTRY BISCUIT MIX Homemade gluten-free WAFFLE MIX and FLOUR BLEND. Perfect PIE CRUST, APPLE PIE FILLING, and DUTCH APPLE PIE recipe!

A DIY dry mix for instant, delicious and healthy chicken gravy.

This dry gravy mix keeps up to six months, so any time you yearn for chicken or beef gravy, you can stir up a portion. You'll love its just-made flavor and convenience. —Edie DeSpain, Logan, Utah

When it comes to appetizers, party food or salads, it’s hard to beat a good dip or sauce. Whether you’re preparing for a Super Bowl party or getting ready for a summer barbecue, dips really do make the world go round!.

This brown gravy mix recipe is gluten free.

In the past, I would have a variety of seasoning mixes or gravy packets stashed in the cupboard. It just made it so easy to throw a meal together. Once I learned how easy it was to make my own, I d…

Why buy it when it's so easy (and healthier) to make it from scratch? CONDENSED CREAM OF ANYTHING SOUP MIX This is my largest mix rec...

5 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups powdered milk 1/8-1/4 tsp of both salt and course black pepper 1/2 cup cornstarch ...

There are so many items out there on the grocery store shelves produced for your convenience. You might use these products to make quick meals with pasta or rice and the sauce packets, maybe to ad…

Love gravy? Don't buy those nasty packets! Make your own Homemade Gravy Mix in minutes with this simple recipe!

This homemade beef gravy mix is easy to make and easy on the budget.

DIY mix for instant, healthy, delicious homemade beef gravy.

This homemade beef gravy mix is easy to make and easy on the budget.

Today I'm focusing on the Brown Gravy Mix I used to make my grandmother's Cabbage Rolls. I found the recipe for the mix over at My American Confessions. Pros: It smelled great and tasted wonderful! It only uses 6 ingredients Is super simple Since I didn't have a store bought gravy mix on hand I feel like I saved myself money Saved a trip to the store (which now that I live out-of-town, is a savings of around 20 minutes) And saved my family from a few unknown preservatives. Win-win-win! Cons: It took about 5 minutes to make; so slower than store-bought. Except, of course, that it is faster to make than to drive to the store and back. Although, for the unknown ingredients, I should look into a substitute for those Wyler's Beef granules - but one step at a time. I feel like I'm still just a new-by at trying to keep recipes simple and from scratch. Anyway, check out the recipe over here.

Ready-made mixes: Homemade goodness made simple, one jar at a time. Country gravy. Around our house, we don't eat biscuits and gravy every day, but my family relishes this classic farmhouse dish on special occasions (and so must you, since you're reading this post :-) Country gravy is a traditional comfort food usually served over biscuits, bacon or sausage, and chicken-fried steak, and it's also used in various breakfast casserole recipes, among other fare. It may not be considered a health-food, but homemade gravy mix is certainly more healthy than a lot of store-bought options out there. When was the last time you checked the ingredient list on a commercial package of country gravy mix? I did a quick on-line search to see just what we've been missing since converting to a made-from-scratch life style. My search only reminded me why we made the switch! After reading six ingredient lists on six different brands, they all started to look the same. I want to show you just one example of what I found: "Creamer (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Mono And Diglycerides, Dipotassium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin), Modified Corn Starch, Wheat Flour, Textured Vegetable Protein [(Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Sugar, Hydrolized Corn, Soy, And wheat Gluten], Salt, Maltdextrin, Dehydrated Sausage (Made from Pork), Dried Chicken Fat (Nonfat Dry Milk), Spices, Hydrolized Soy Protein, Dextrose, Monosodium Glutamate, Autloyzed Yeast Extract, Titanium Dioxide, Dehydrated Onion, Natural Flavors, Malt Extract (Barley), Torula Yeast, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate." (Source) WOW. So much for comfort food. There's nothing comforting about that list! Nothing what-so-ever. In fact, you're probably in need of comfort after reading all that, so let's move on to better things. Homemade things. If you've been following my ready-made mix series, you likely have some little jars of biscuit mix sitting on your pantry shelf by now. So today I'm going to share my recipe for Country Gravy Mix with you. This mix makes terrific tasting gravy! Are you ready? Then leave those store-bought mixes behind and let's get started making our own! How to make Country Gravy Mix Ingredients (The following affiliate links lead to organic, non-GMO products) 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon garlic salt 1 tablespoon black pepper, freshly ground 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon sea salt 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage Instructions In a small bowl, sift all ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Store your gravy mix in a pint-size jar, or another air-tight container in your pantry. Use within 1 year. Did you miss the post on making biscuit mix? No worries. You can find it here. How to make gravy with your new mix... Ingredients 3 tablespoons DIY Country Gravy Mix 2 tablespoons butter 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup chicken broth Instructions Step 1: Heat butter in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. (Avoid letting the butter boil, steam or brown). Step 2: Add the gravy mix to the melted butter, stirring constantly until the mixture forms a thick paste. This should happen in under a minute. Step 3: Add the chicken broth to the paste and whisk until smooth and creamy. Again, this should take less than a minute. Step 4: Add the milk, whisking constantly as you pour it in. Continue whisking as you bring everything to a boil over medium-high heat. Step 5: Once the gravy boils, reduce heat and simmer for about 1 to 2 minutes, whisking occasionally. The gravy is done when it's smooth, thick and creamy. Variations: You could use a skillet instead of a saucepan to make gravy in. You could add sausage to your gravy, if you like. If you're serving bacon with biscuits and gravy, or you're adding sausage to your gravy, you could use the meat drippings instead of the called for butter (or a combination of both). Just be sure that the amount of drippings and/or butter equal a total of only 2 tablespoons and you'll be good to go. Don't forget your FREE PRINTABLE LABELS! Each mix post in this series comes with a link to a free downloadable page of 8 labels and instructions to attach to your homemade mixes (today, for 8 instruction labels, you'll need to print the page twice, as the instructions were longer and I could only fit 4 per page). These labels are simple and easy to read, and done to look a bit retro (which I love) with their lettering and color scheme. You can print your labels onto white card-stock, cut them out, and use double-sided tape to stick them to your jars of mixes. Or, keep it super simple and print your labels onto this sticker paper by Avery. Just cut them out and stick them right to your jars. Enjoy! (Print instruction labels 2 times for a total of 8 labels) CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Labels. CLICK HERE to download your free Country Gravy Mix Instruction Labels. WANT TO SEE MORE POSTS LIKE THIS? CLICK HERE to see a complete index of the posts in this series! What dry mixes do you like at home? I'd love to hear from you in the comments below! Until next time... Joy--Fearless Farm Girl, "Farm girl: it's a verb, because it's what you do." SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL Like what you're reading? Stay inspired to achieve a more simple, self-reliant way of life. Sign up to receive our newsletter and each new post directly in your inbox! CLICK HERE to subscribe! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. That means if you click through and make a purchase, we receive a small percentage in commissions from the company you buy from. We value you as a reader and want you to know that the products we link to are only products we use ourselves or that we feel will add value to your life. Thank you for supporting Farm Girl Inspirations! To read our full disclosure statement click here. Recommended products related to this post: Other related posts: Homemade ALMOND MILK: Never run out of milk again. DIY GRANOLA: Includes free-style chart for endless variety. Homemade BEEF JERKY the fast & easy way. DIY No-Knead BREAD MIX: Fresh bread every day made easy. Homemade YELLOW CAKE MIX (plus DIY CAKE FLOUR) Homemade COUNTRY BISCUIT MIX Homemade gluten-free WAFFLE MIX and FLOUR BLEND. Perfect PIE CRUST, APPLE PIE FILLING, and DUTCH APPLE PIE recipe!

Make these mixes for beef or chicken gravy and always be ready to whip up some homemade gravy at a moments notice. While you can buy gravy in a can, I don't care for the taste of it and these mixes taste like homemade. More often than not, gravy is…

Beef Gravy Mix - DIY - I was asked about my Beef Gravy Mix... so here's the recipe. As I said earlier... My mom makes great homemade gravy, my sister...

There are so many items out there on the grocery store shelves produced for your convenience. You might use these products to make quick meals with pasta or rice and the sauce packets, maybe to ad…

The best au jus mix that you can make ahead of time and have on hand to make French Dip sandwiches. All natural and no additives or preservatives.

My husband, Andy, said something the other day about how I make a lot of my own spice mixes. A bunch of blog posts and eCookbook recipes came to mind so I started digging through my files and came up…

Diy mixes are a real time saver and this chicken gravy mix is a delicious one! This mix can also be used for a soup / stew base and a pot pie base as well as gravy. Slow cooked flavor in an instant…

This homemade Worcestershire Sauce is a lot like the commercially prepared version, with a taste that's well rounded and full of umami.

The best au jus mix that you can make ahead of time and have on hand to make French Dip sandwiches. All natural and no additives or preservatives.

This dry gravy mix keeps up to six months, so any time you yearn for chicken or beef gravy, you can stir up a portion. You'll love its just-made flavor and convenience. —Edie DeSpain, Logan, Utah