What do you make from scratch?

Posted: Fri, Sep 02 2011, 7:37 am Post subject: What do you make from scratch?

I want to hear different things that people make from scratch, and I am not talking about a cake or chicken in place of bought things. I am talking about things like mayo, ketchup, chutney, condiments and the like.
I have time to be making things and I would love to try to make things from scratch (to be healthier and to possibly save some money.

I already know how to make mayo from scratch so any other things. Thanks Smile

Posted: Fri, Sep 02 2011, 7:50 am Post subject:

I can't think of too many things right now, but I don't buy all that much so there must be more, but tortillas, gfilta fish and pickles are generally home made here.
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Posted: Fri, Sep 02 2011, 7:54 am Post subject:

Here's a good recipe for tortillas.

Tortillas

I sub some whole wheat for white flour -- never tried making them 100% WW.
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Croutons, tomato sauce, cream cheese (from gevinat lavana, not really from scratch) bread, pickles off the top of my head.

My mother used to make sprouts and yogurt.
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I've made jam. It's worth it if you can get the fruit at a good price, or if (like me) you like lower sugar jam--commercial "low sugar" jam just has fruit juice concentrate instead.

I always buy ketchup (it must be Heinz!) but I've experimented with BBQ sauce; still looking for that perfect combination of sweet and tangy. Trying to think of odder things I've made... I did my own ricotta, which was really easy, and didn't water out like the supermarket kind. I've never tried making rennet based cheeses, though I know you can buy kosher vegetable rennet on-line.

Depending on prices, ingredients etc, homemade isn't always a money saver--though if you're comparing price to quality it generally wins, which is my usual reason for making things (that or I can't find what I want).

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Salatim (matboucha, carrots etc.), pickles (see Seraph's blog: cukes, assorted veggies, cabbages), challa, cakes, charif, hilbeh, lachuch. I want to start grinding my own beef for ground meat. Vanilla.
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Posted: Fri, Sep 02 2011, 8:47 am Post subject:

Salatim.
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Ok, for the fewe who wrote salatim, which ones. I dont make too many to begin with, but I make cucumber, cole slaw and regular veggie salad. I dont ever buy ready made salatim, but always good to hear what others make as well.

These are things I make all of the time:

ice cream and sorbets
all dressings, marinades and sauces
pizza dough
bread crumbs
different salatim like baba ganouche, turkish salad
I make mayo too but only for baking with (raw eggs)

I forgot about pickles, I have to start that up again

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MandksIma reminded me of Pizza. We make it too. We, meaning one son, who has gotten the task. It's that easy!
We got a soy milk machine but the product didn't taste too good so we stopped.

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We also cut our own toilet paper for Shabbat Laughing

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Salatim - humus, techina, all kinds of eggplant salads
Pizza
Salad dressing, marinades
Pickles
Wheatena (which we like in the winter and can't get here)

Posted: Fri, Sep 02 2011, 9:31 am Post subject:

yogurt, bread, dips, chummus, tomato sauce, dressings, bread
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