Maggie Ellery · 2026
The Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook
225 Budget-Friendly Homemade Mixes for Seasonings, Soups, Baking, Sweets, Drinks & Sauces
Measure once on a calm afternoon. Cook from a jar on every busy night after.
The Kindle edition is in full color and reads best on the Kindle app, a Fire tablet, phone or computer, not on black-and-white e-ink readers.
A dry mix is the part of a recipe that can wait. The Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook gives you 225 homemade mixes for the seasonings, soups, baking mixes, sweets, drinks and sauces you usually buy in packets, boxes and envelopes, so dinner starts with a jar you already filled instead of a trip to the store.
These are proven home-kitchen recipes, rewritten into one clear, consistent format. Every page tells you exactly what goes in the jar, what you add on cooking day, and how to turn it into a meal. 54 recipes name the exact store-bought packet, jar or box they replace, from taco seasoning packets and onion soup envelopes to cake mixes and condensed cream of chicken soup.
What makes it different
Built to be used, not just read
Vegan and vegetarian, labeled separately
69 recipes are vegan and 113 more are vegetarian. Each badge is checked against what goes in the jar and what you add in the pan. 104 recipes are gluten-free and 101 are dairy-free as written.
The same four facts on every recipe
Servings, ingredient count, a sodium band and how many months the jar keeps. 58 recipes carry a low-sodium badge.
An index that runs backwards
Have oats, cocoa and dry milk and no idea what to make? Look up the ingredient and the recipes come to you.
The Thirty-Jar Core
Thirty everyday ingredients that open the most recipes in the book, and what each extra buy unlocks.
A Month of Dinners
Thirty evenings, one jar each, with a fresh-shopping list short enough to carry home in one hand.
Swaps for every kitchen
Gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free substitutions for the jar and for the pan, plus a shelf-life chart and a troubleshooting guide.
Inside
Seven chapters, 225 recipes
- 44
Seasonings & Rubs
Taco, fajita, Italian, Cajun, BBQ and jerk rubs, steak seasoning, seasoned salt
- 25
Soups & Meals in a Jar
Bean soups, chili, chicken noodle, potato, minestrone, layered gift jars
- 40
Baking & Breakfast Mixes
Biscuit and baking mix, pancakes, cornbread, muffins, bread-machine loaves
- 47
Cookies, Cakes & Sweets
Cookie jars, cake mixes, brownies, puddings, frosting
- 20
Drink Mixes
Hot cocoa, flavored coffee mixes, coffee creamers, chai and herbal teas
- 27
Sauces, Gravies & Dressings
Brown and chicken gravy, Alfredo, enchilada sauce, ranch and Italian dressing mixes
- 22
Sides & Skillet Dinners
Stuffing, seasoned rice, mac and cheese, crispy coatings, skillet dinner mixes
Free with the book
7 printables that go with every recipe
Jar labels, a 90-day planner, pantry inventory, 100+ swap chart, conversion chart, gift tags and a starter blueprint. See them all.