It’s so easy to grab things from the store that often, we don’t consider making our favorite items from scratch. However, you can choose from plenty of options for your favorite snacks and staple foods that are much more delicious when you make them yourself.
Here are some popular staple foods you can make right at home!
1. Hummus
Chickpeas provide the perfect base for this easy, tasty snack. You’ll use Tahini, a paste made from sesame seeds. You can add lemons, garlic cloves, cumin, paprika, fresh parsley, and salt to taste based on your flavor palette.
2. Pickles
Creating your pickles is a fun, creative process that will leave you pleasantly satisfied with your options. Whether you want bread and butter pickle slices for a cheeseburger or tart dill pickle spears to compliment a grilled cheese, your palette is the only limit to your pickle options.
3. Granola Bars and Bites
Homemade granola bars are a fun, easy fix when you want something easy to grab for a snack but don’t have many options. Oatmeal, honey, peanut butter, chocolate, raisins, cranberries, and chopped nuts can all help to enhance your granola bar experience, and experimenting is half the fun.
4. Sloppy Joe Mix
The perfect sloppy joe is one you make at home. Ground beef or turkey, a slew of spices, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, mustard, and other ingredients cook down and culminate into a thick, gooey mixture that tastes divine on a warm bun with a side of your favorite fries.
5. Apple Butter
This sweet butter isn’t the dairy butter you might be thinking of. Instead, you make it from your favorite apple variety, simmering with various spices and brown sugar. Whether in an Instant Pot or a slow cooker, this easy process is perfect for creating your tasty apple butter.
6. Pizza Crust
I have children who love pizza, and recently, I learned that making my pizza at home is much more economical than paying sixty dollars for a one-time trip to the pizza parlor. The ticket to great homemade pizza starts with a fantastic homemade crust. Simple ingredients like flour, salt, yeast, and baking powder combine for a ready-to-bake crust to satisfy even your pickiest eater.
7. Frappes (Caramel and Peppermint Mocha)
For all my coffee lovers, making a frappe at home is much easier and more cost-effective than burning gas to have someone drive you one. You can make it to your exact specifications and be pleased as a peach with the result. The trick to this lovely cold coffee is in the coffee ice cubes that give you all that wonderful java flavor without watering down your drink!
8. Salad Dressing
Whether you like olive oil, balsamic vinegar, herbs, or avocados, you can combine simple ingredients from your pantry to make a tasty salad dressing. Most of the items required are shelf-stable, and many are probably in your cupboard right now!
9. Rosemary Garlic Skillet Rolls
Impress your family with a new take on an old favorite! Coat these warm yeast rolls in a fragrant garlic rosemary herbed butter that tastes divine fresh from an oven. These rolls complement simple meals, perfect for your favorite soup or salad.
10. Yogurt
No matter what type of yogurt you enjoy, making your own at home is easier than it sounds. If you like fruit, pick out some of your favorite pieces, cut them up, or lightly mash them and set them aside. One easy recipe calls for your preference of milk and 1 cup of plain yogurt. This ingredient list is all you need to get started on a beautiful, bountiful yogurt recipe that’ll please everyone. If you don’t like fruit, honey or vanilla extract also works well.
11. Butter
I remember the first time my family made homemade butter. I’ve never been so impressed with anything we made from scratch as much as I was with that first batch of butter. All you have to do is shake up heavy whipping cream in a tightly lidded jar for about 20 minutes. You’ll feel the buttermilk separate from the butter; before you know it, you’ll have butter and some of the best buttermilk you’ll ever taste. So much better than what you find at the store.
12. Syrup
Making syrup at home is one of the easiest ways to create a must-have when you don’t have one. Water, sugar, and cornstarch are all it takes to make thick, clear syrup. Adding vanilla or other extract flavors can diversify your design to suit your likes. The more flavor combinations you try, the more syrup options you can make. Like blueberry, cinnamon, or plain vanilla, each syrup will be a palette pleaser, unique to however you made it.
Frugal Common Sense
By learning how to make some of your favorite recipes from scratch, you can tweak the ingredients to come out with flavor combinations that are perfectly paired with your preferences and almost always cheaper than what you find in the store. The only drawback is that your creation might not last as long as a preservative-filled option. But when you’re skipping all the chemicals it takes to keep food stable longer, it’s a win-win, in my book.
Source: Thrifty Frugal Mom, All Recipes.
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