Cooking foods from scratch can be more delicious, save you money and easier than you think.
Here are seven foods you consider making at home.
Why?It saves me money and I get to control the ingredients and flavors.
With a little planning and know-how, scratch cooking can save you money and make your foods more delicious.
7 Foods to Make From Scratch
Here are some of my favorite things to make from scratch.
Pictured Recipe:Vegetable Stock with Kitchen Scraps
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Simply add water and any seasonings you like and let it simmer.
I don’t bake much, but when I do, it’s usually bread.
Something like two-ingredient bagels are simple, delicious, and ready in just over a half hour.
Pictured Recipe:Classic Hummus
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Hummus
Homemade hummusis a game changer.
Hummus can be made with affordable, shelf-stable ingredients like chickpeas, olive oil and tahini.
I can confirm that it works.)
Salad Dressing
Once you start making your own salad dressing from scratch, you’ll never go back.
In fact, there are plenty of flavors to explore.
We have amplesalad dressing inspiration, includingHoney-Mustard with Lemon.
Especially if you garden, considercanning your leftover tomatoesto enjoy the fresh flavors all year long.
Making your own pickles is as simple as water, vinegar, salt and spices.
Add cucumbers to your pickling liquid and refrigerate for up to 3 weeks.
you’re able to control the salt in homemade pickles compared to the high-sodium store bought versions.
My personal favorite are ourPeanut Butter Energy Balls, with only five ingredients and ready in just 20 minutes.
Tips for Grocery Shopping
Make a plan.
Before you shop, make a list of what you are planning to make.
Check in your pantry to see what you already have, to prevent buying something twice.
This will help you be efficient while you shop, and avoid buying things you don’t need.
Buy in bulk.
Be flexible.
Especially these days, it can be hard to find everything you are looking for at the store.
It is important to make a plan, but also to be flexible within the plan.
There are places were substitutions make sense, like swapping peanut butter for tahini in hummus in a pinch.
However, there are other times where it makes more sense to pivot altogether.
Want to make foccacia but can’t find yeast anywhere?
Try a no yeast bread recipe instead.
Cooking from scratch can help you save money, eat healthier and cut down on food waste.
With a little planning, it can be efficient and easy.
