What do you make from scratch on a regular basis?

[witchypoo]

i make flour tortillas.  when i've tried making corn, they aren't right. 

thankfully, there is a mexican restaurant down the street where i can buy bags of them.

[diablita]

Cannot recommend these enough for home-cooked curries:

https://www.karensspicekitchen.com/


(silly doggo; tortillas are delicious though)

[picote]

Cannot recommend these enough for home-cooked curries:

https://www.karensspicekitchen.com/


(silly doggo; tortillas are delicious though)

I’ll check them out.

And would be a lot less irritated with the dog if she hadn’t randomly chosen to destroy every Xmas ornament within reach on Tuesday AM. FFS, the tree had been up for 6 weeks and was coming down the next day!! Grrr

[joy2theworld]

I make my own vanilla extract.  So easy and so much better than store bought.  It takes a few months before you have extract ready for use, but the longer it sits in the cupboard, the better it gets.  And I usually have 2 mason jars going at once so that I don't run out.

[BonitaApplebum]

i make flour tortillas.  when i've tried making corn, they aren't right. 

thankfully, there is a mexican restaurant down the street where i can buy bags of them.

I tried making flour tortillas once, I was a bit clumsy with the execution but they tasted good.

This thread is making me want to get my cooking mojo back.

[Run Amok]

There are definitely so many things you can make from scratch the list is endless.

Like, if you guys use pancake mix-- alton brown has one you can pre make that is SO good.

Witchy is right about granola.

Hot sauce is easy.

Boozy infusions. (Pineapple chipotle tequila)

Making your own thai style curry pastes
Peanut sauce
Indian style curry (like if you buy simmer sauces you can make your own)
You can make chili paste to use anywhere you'd use chili powder, which is so much better.

[diablita]

Bonita, do you have a tortilla press and do the thing with the cut plastic bag? Makes it so much easier.

And would be a lot less irritated with the dog if she hadn’t randomly chosen to destroy every Xmas ornament within reach on Tuesday AM. FFS, the tree had been up for 6 weeks and was coming down the next day!! Grrr

Oh man!!  Not helpful, doggo!

[diablita]

OK let's see:

arepas
challah
hamentashen (for Purim)
gravlax (obv)
ceviche
mayonnaise
hummus
matbucha
matzo balls

[picote]

I’m loving these. Diablita, I don’t even recognize several of those but I bet DH would love them.

[RioG]

Bread, yogurt, stock and broth, soups, salsa, jam, chili sauce, apple sauce, pickles... chicken and beef if you count growing them as from scratch 

We do a lot of scratch cooking.

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[diablita]

I bet he would.  There's nothing quite like challah still warm from the oven...or in french toast the next day!

[picote]

Bread, yogurt, stock and broth, soups, salsa, jam, chili sauce, apple sauce, pickles... chicken and beef if you count growing them as from scratch 

We do a lot of scratch cooking.

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Ha! I thought about including growing from scratch, but I didn’t want to hijack the gardening thread! My seed trays came this week and hoping to get romaine and some more herbs started next week.

[RioG]

Ha! I thought about including growing from scratch, but I didn’t want to hijack the gardening thread! My seed trays came this week and hoping to get romaine and some more herbs started next week.

All the salsa and chili sauce and soups are usually from 100% home grown ingredients.   Doesn't get more budget friendly then that!

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[witchypoo]

oh, yes.  i make pancakes from scratch.

pancakes from a mix taste strange.

[picote]

oh, yes.  i make pancakes from scratch.

pancakes from a mix taste strange.

I’ve actually never made pancakes from a mix. From scratch is so easy I’m not sure why people use a mix. Maybe habit?

[diablita]

I use Kodiak Cake flapjack mix.  I like the extra protein and it allows DD to easily make her own now.

[merigayle]

Most of our food is from scratch. A lot of soups/stews/chili. I batch cook and store in quart mason jars in the freezer.

[Ice Cream]

Soup, yogurt, beans, most of my meals.
Bulk oatmeal (no sugar loaded packages)

I've started to make my own dressings, too.

[RioG]

I remember eating at a boyfriend's house in my 20's (farm family, lived at home).  They ate so much processed stuff.   Lipton sidekicks, premade rice stuff, canned everything, fake cheese...  it was the first time I really appreciated my moms cooking.

If I like it, I google how to make it homemade and try to incorporate a routine.  I have jars and jars of tomatoes so ketchup is on my hit list.  But I want to see if I can put it in the squeeze bottle to trick my kids

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[RioG]

I have the best pancake recipe from an ancient old cookbook.  So good and fluffy.

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