Comments on: Kitchen Talk: Homemade Ingredients

By: Jayme Muir

Jayme Muir — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:28:02 +0000

Adding veggies, olives, chives, and fruits to plain cream cheese always make a bagel exciting! Could also use as a dip for pita, pretzels, or veggies.

By: hardyS

hardyS — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 00:30:33 +0000

Browned butter flax tortillas—they make soft tacos taste Sooo good. Also, mango pico de gallo. Also, I wanted to try the goldfish crackers recipe I found here even though I don’t have a food processor and they turned out Great! Everyone who has tasted them loved them!!

By: Kari Lindsay

Kari Lindsay — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 21:51:12 +0000

Since I started making my own tortillas (super simple) store bought are a disappointment.

By: Karen E

Karen E — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:53:53 +0000

I try to make everything from scratch. I can A LOT and so I always have all my tomato products, veggies, jams, pancake syrup, sauces, ketchup, pickled most anything.
I love homemade yogurt because it has so much less sugar. I make my own cheese (chevre & ricotta so far). I make my own soap which helps my youngest who has eczema. I prefer homemade salad dressing because I know what all the ingredients are. Homemade ice cream is a breeze. I love to can things like chili and spaghetti sauce, chicken and vegetable mix along with broth to make quick meals.
It matters to me what my family eats so if I can make it I usually do.

By: Rani

Rani — Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:14:31 +0000

I make my own Paneer, the Indian cheese; more tender and tastes so much better than store-bought. I also make my own pizza dough (Bobby Flay’s recipe).

By: Another Dawn

Another Dawn — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:02:04 +0000

Barbecue Sauce. Also, syrup from an old recipe.

By: kay43026

kay43026 — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 19:55:01 +0000

I make almost everything from scratch…and always have. My (3) kids are in their early 30’s and that’s how I fed them. As adults, they all cook from scratch most of the time, too. Don’t get me wrong…we all LOVE going to a good restaurant.

My favorites would have to be different BBQ sauces, seasoning concoctions, salad dressings, jams, Mexican creations, any sweet baked goodie…and ice cream. Nothing better than homemade ice cream with fresh, all natural ingredients!

By: DebbieK

DebbieK — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:53:46 +0000

I do not buy jams or jelly – I make my own. I also make/can our tomato sauce, tomato-basil soup, chili coup base and salsa. I bake (most) of our bread from scratch. And, although just two ingredients vodka and vanilla beans, I also make my vanilla extract. I buy flour; I do not grind grain into flour/meal, but I have seriously looked at household size grain mills. Maybe some day……

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:05:54 +0000

I roast my own coffee beans! The coffee tastes SO much better. I buy the green coffee beans online and roast about a lb a week in my Behmor roaster. I have turned into such a coffee snob that every one else’s coffee tastes horrible!

By: Patty Paulsen

Patty Paulsen — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:58:28 +0000

I have to tell you, I am almost embarrassed to post…I have swung the other way and have gone from homemade everything to making do with store-bought stuff…

However, since I smoke my own pork butt I could not consider adding a bottled BBQ sauce on the top, that would be sacreligious to the 12 hours I spent on the pork. I make a vinegar-based drizzle sauce that is out of this world, and it takes 2 minutes to put together. My family expects a squeeze bottle of it in the fridge door at all times…