Today’s challenge is to make something from scratch that you might normally buy at the store. Here are some ideas to get you started:
What do you love to make from scratch? If you make something at home this week, be sure to let us know what you create.
By the way, if you’re on Pinterest you can check out all these foods and more on my “Foods From Scratch” board.
P.S. In case you’ve just joined us, the January Money Diet is a challenge to take a 31-day break from nonessential spending. You can learn more about the money diet here — and jump right in!
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Win a Deluxe Happy Simple Living Gift Basket
In honor of the January Money Diet, I’ll be giving away a gift basket chock-full of home and garden goodies plus several books at the end of the month. On January 31, 2012, I’ll draw one random name from everyone who commented during the month and that lucky person will win the gift basket. I hope you’ll stop by often this month and share your own ideas, thoughts and experiences about taking a 31-day break from nonessential spending.
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We love to make many of the items you listed above. We also love to make pasta…you don’t need a machine–just a rolling pin! It’s amazing how great flour and a couple of eggs can taste! Crackers are also yummy to make from scratch, and are very easy!
Thanks for all the tips this month!
We regularily make our own pizza, which is this Saturday’s dinner. I want to try making my own mayo, so that is a project for this month. I love trying to make at home what I would order or buy away from home. It always makes me feel just that much more self-sufficient.
My grandkids love eating chicken strips and fries. Last night we cut up some chicken and sliced up potatoes for our own fresh cut fries. The kids loved them. I think our next project is going to be making our own bread. My daughter has a bread maker she’s never used.
The easiest and cheapest thing to make from scratch is chicken stock – you make it entirely from scraps (leftover chicken carcass, wilted veggies, ends of onions, etc.), so there is really zero cost. Freeze it in small containers and you’re set!
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