Which foods that are most often purchased do you make regularly yourself?

[NRaleighLiberal]

I just finished making yogurt - we eat it nearly daily for lunch and I've been making it weekly for - 5 years or more?

We like to make our own black bean burgers (they freeze great!), refrigerator strawberry jam, english muffins, granola (which ends up on said yogurt most lunches)...and my version of a granola scones. Also roast all our coffee - using the same Whirly Pop popcorn popper and coleman stove since 2007!

Happy to share recipes on any of the above (we like things that are easy but wonderful!)...

What sorts of things do you like to make yourself, rather than purchase?

[pscot]

1. How do you make your yogurt?

My one attempt a cheese making put me off further attempts.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. So easy! we bought one of these

http://www.amazon.com/Automatic-Yogurt-Maker-White-9-5/dp/B001KZM4Y4/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1399950117&sr=1-1&keywords=yogurt+maker

you essentially heat milk to 180 degrees for 2 minutes, then let it cool to below 110 - put one commercial yogurt into a bowl, whisk in some of the now cooled milk - then pour that all back into the pan and whisk - fill the jars, put on the dome, let it warm for 8-10 hours.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. any bread products

pasta and egg noodles
jams and jellies
sweets and desserts

I'd love to try yogurt.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

4. I also regularly make bread and pasta

And the only dessert I have bought in ages is ice cream.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. lol! Ice cream is the only thing I still buy too.

I can get excellent local brands for way cheaper than the price of cream and add-ins.

I've been making egg noodles by hand for years, but I just got a pasta roller a few weeks ago.. now we will never eat store bought again. I was amazed at the flavor difference, and how much more filling homemade is.
And with the roller I can get the egg noodles so thin!

[japple]

6. Will you share your recipe for black bean burger? I've been looking for a recipe that

doesn't use egg or eggwhite to "glue" it together.

I make jams, jellies, pickles, relishes from the stuff in our garden, supplementing with fruits from farmers' markets. I bake pies, cakes, biscuits, cornbread, cookies, muffins, scones, etc. Still make popcorn on the stovetop (in coconut oil--it's to die for) with my Dad's old Stir & Pop. If our garden doesn't produce enough field peas, I will buy from the man up the road and put them in the freezer. Ditto with turnip greens, mustard greens, kale, though I was given a recipe for Kale Citrus Salad that uses raw kale, massaged with olive oil & lemon juice and it has become a staple in my diet.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

7. Not a lot.

We do black raspberry jam yearly, and started doing strawberry jam as well as of last year. Off and on (when we have too many cucumbers) I do relish as well. I was hoping to start doing apple butter as well this year, but with the weird weather at the end of winter, only one of my two apples even put out blossoms this year, so I'm not expecting many apples this year. (And neither of my black cherries bloomed )

We only bake quick breads, not yeast breads.

[Phentex]

8. I never buy salad dressing...

I like the flavors of homemade much better and we are trying to control our salt intake.

[SheilaT]

9. Cakes, cookies, brownies.

I make from scratch. Never a mix in my house.

[dem in texas]

10. I used to make almost everything but not anymore

I used to have a large garden and I'd freeze and can vegetables, pick fruit and make jams, jellies pickles and relishes. I always made my own yogurt and most of the time our breads. I would cook pots of soup and put it quart in containers and freeze it. I'd cook the biggest turkey I could find, then break it down into meal size portions along with lots of home made dressing and freeze that too. Now with just me and my husband, its too much trouble. Every once in while, I break out and make some French bread or sweet rolls. I still make all my deserts from scratch, in fact, I am going to make a blueberry cobbler tomorrow. You can save a lot of money making it from scratch and you know what is in the food and it always tastes better. Only bad thing, it takes a lot of time. In the days that I did that I did not work and had to watch every penny, that was my motivation.

[noamnety]

11. I just made a big batch of yogurt too.

I always make it myself, it's free and healthier. I have a gas stove, so I just arrange the mason jars around the pilot lights in and on top of the oven. Works great.

I make jam from the garden, dried fruit, homemade soup. For a few years I was making bread but the arabic stores here all have samoon 5/$1 hot from their ovens, and it's hard to pass that up.

Mayo, salad dressing (which is just my mayo and balsamic vinegar).

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. it is remarkable how good home made yogurt is - and with strawberries in season...

wow! Like having dessert for lunch!

[bettyellen]

13. What granola recipe do you use? I am very fond of this one and add about another 2/3

cup of oats to make the sweet coating just a bit lighter. It is amazing on yogurt or ice cream.


https://food52.com/blog/2874-nekisia-davis-olive-oil-and-maple-granola

[cali]

14. I'd love your recipe for granola scones

I make my own baguettes. I make pickles and preserves and concentrated syrups for beverages- just add club soda. I make almond butter.