What do you make from scratch?

purpleivy

More things I make...Have a friend who can't have sesame seeds. I make her Za'atar seasoning and Everything But the Bagel seasoning.  

I'm going to go thru this thread and make a list of stuff to try.  

-taff

I make pretty much everything from scratch but I don't make brown sugar or loaves of bread usually  but do make flatbreads, focaccia etc, so all meals are from scratch but I don't tend to make condiments like soy sauce or piri piri sauce [ I like Quinta d'Avo from Portugal for that] . I do make pickles, jams, marmalade, sugo, salsa, kimchi, pasta/gnocchi. I have given cheese a go but I think I put too much vinegar/lemon in so next time I'll get rennet.

The only things I buy ready made somewhat regularly are tesco hash browns, Baxters asparagus soup and maybe once a year a tin of baked beans. Which is not to say I don't have tinned stuff, i do, like peas, potatoes for emergencies.

purpleivy

I can't imagine my husband having one emergency can of beans in the house!    We have canned beans. Use some tinned tomatoes as we don't have enough of our own.  I keep thinking hasbrowns would be a good thing to have in the freezer. 

bouicca21

I sometimes wonder about definitions of cooking. I belong to a Facebook group where people think cooking from scratch involves pouring a cooking sauce onto fresh meat and heating it through.  I tell myself that I  genuinely cook from scratch but in reality there are some cheats that I think are worth it.  For example I make tartare sauce but since I use bought mayo can I really say it’s from scratch?  I buy ready roll puff or filo pastry because I can’t make either very well.  I made a batch of hummus tonight but I bought the tahini paste … OTH I wouldn’t dream of buying shop made coleslaw because I think it’s revolting, home made coleslaw every time.

-taff

The beans aren't an emergency thing. I don't like them usually, and neither does my OH, if I want some, i make some using dried beans, tinned tomatoes etc...but sometimes I have a hankering for tinned ones cold from the can. Not very often, and I just checked, I have one tin I got in 2020 and it hasn't been used yet.

Yes bouicca, it's difficult isn't it?  i make flatbreads with flour and yoghurt but I don't make the yoghurt, I make kimchi but I don't make the pepper flakes, or the shrimp or the rice flour...

Maybe a definition of cooking from scratch is needed

Frith

Almost all cakes, cookies, cereal bars and similar

All pastry except filo and puff pastry

90% of meals

20% of yoghurt

All pickled beetroot, chutney, lemon curd and nearly all jam

Salads including coleslaw

I've never tried making cheese. I have never managed to make a decent hummus so I always buy that. 

Nelliegrace

Kefir,
Butter,
Bread,
Vanilla extract,
Vanilla sugar,
Cakes,
Our meals at home and when we go out for the day.
Soups,
Stock,
Sauces,
We grow and forage some fruit.
Sloe gin,
Jams, jellies, marmalades, lemon curd,
We keep hens for eggs, we used to keep ducks and quail too.
Scotch eggs,
We are still using honey from our years of beekeeping.
We hatched and raised chickens for the table, and bred meat rabbits for several years, and I can prepare them.
Rabbit pie.

Laundry liquid.

-taff

Frith said:

 I have never managed to make a decent hummus so I always buy that. 

My tips for hummus are remove the skins from the chickpeas, whizz the tahini first, then add some chickpeas, then an ice cube, then another lot, another ice cube, another lot , then an ice cube. It stops it overheating when you're whizzing and gives you a smoother texture if you like it like that. And use sunflower oil or similar rather than olive, it makes it a bit bitter.

bouicca21

Hummus - this is my go to recipe.  I tend not to have cayenne in the cupboard so substitute paprika. I use dried chickpeas, soak them for a few hours and then put them in the slow cooker on low for 6 hours.  I think using dried chick peas like this gives a better texture, but if you want to use canned just substitute one can for the dried ones.
https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/mediterranean/greek/hummus-bi-tahini

bouicca21

@Nelliegrace How do you make kefir?