50 Things You Can Make from Scratch
August 27, 2007 by Deborah Ng
Filed under Frugal Gourmet
To me, the pleasure of making food from scratch has nothing to do with frugality. It has everything to do with preparing some wonderful foods for my loved ones. Knowing that my family is eagerly awaiting Christmas so they can each get a load of my famous zucchini bread or peanut butter cookies is the biggest compliment any one can give. I think anyone can buy a tin of chocolate chip cookies, it takes someone special to whip up a batch from scratch. With that, I give you:
50 Things You Can Make from Scratch
- Pie Crust
- Apple streudel
- Coffee cake
- Zucchini bread
- Won tons
- Ravioli
- Pizza
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Whipped cream
- Vanilla ice cream
- Chicken fried steak
- Fried chicken
- sausage
- Dumplings
- Croutons
- Meringue
- Cheese souffle
- Pancakes
- Orange juice
- Strawberry jam
- Peanut butter
- Orange marmalade
- Taco shells
- Spaghetti sauce
- Chocolate truffles
- Herbal tea
- Blackberry brandy
- Peach cobbler
- Chocolate ganache
- Corn bread
- Chocolate pudding
- Creme brulee
- Dill pickles
- Pickled onions
- Strawberry shortcake
- Shortbread
- Irish soda bread
- French fries
- Egg rolls
- Pumpkin pie
- Mashed potatoes
- Bread crumbs
- Egg noodles
- Blueberry cheesecake
- Cherry pie
- Garlic bread
- Canoli filling
- Crepes
- Hungarian goulash
- Strawberry muffins
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Well, I haven’t had dinner yet so just about the whole list looks good to me. Maybe not the brandy. I do make a lot of these items from scratch; but tonight I will be having wholesome not from scratch cereal. Quick, easy, pretty much good enough.
mmmm..homemade peanut butter…It is the BEST.
Great list Deb! I love things from scratch. My husband and I were watching the Food Network last night (not a good idea right before bed!) and there’s this one restaurant that grinds their own whole wheat flour and then makes all kind of delicious pancakes. Yum!
I am trying very hard to become thrifty, especially in the food arena. There are some wonderful things here, especially the taco shells/tortillas. I’ve been looking for one.
This is loosely related to your list of things you can make: baking powder. No, you don’t want to give it as a Christmas present, but it will help you make all those goodies that you CAN give as presents! LOL
The recipe is simple and is on my blog.