What do you make from scratch?

kiss_me_now9

Naan/flatbreads. Super easy - greek yoghurt (the thicker the better), a pinch of salt and garlic powder and some flour. So quick, so easy and so tasty! 

purpleivy

Sarahspangles said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Me too, am emptying out my freezer to make way from the bowl! Whilst its tasty and takes away the faff of constant beating, it still somehow doesn't compare to the UPF stuff. But that really is full of rubbish so on balance I should persist with HM ice cream.

I used to buy Kelly’s Clotted Cream or Mackies’ Vanilla to serve on the side of dessert. as I recognised the short ingredient list of those brands. But OH likes flavoured ice cream. The best I’ve made so far has been rum and raisin, the alcohol makes it easier to scoop. I’m planning to try more batches with a bit of alcohol in - I think Cherry and DiSaronno will be next.

If you can get the Amarena cherries from Lidl on Italian week they make a fabulous icecream. Amaretti biscuits too. 

CapricornLass

I couldn't live without my ice-cream maker.  I can't take the normal shop stuff as it has usually has coconut fat and nut warnings plastered all over it, and I go into anaphylatic shock if I have either and making it myself is the only way I ever get to eat ice-cream.  I have a self-freezing machine, because there is never enough room in my freezer for a bowl when I want it,

Sarahspangles, I use my machine to make sorbets as well as ice-cream, as my son is allergic to milk and milk products.  I also have a Japanese recipe which uses soya milk to make ice-cream with.  I'd give you the recipe, but it has gelatine in it, so would be no good for your daughter, but it might be worth experimenting with to ring the changes.

purpleivy

Ahead of hot cross bun making this week I made a new batch of mixed spice. It smells amazing. Visiting a friend on Friday and baking with her and her two daughters. She is into zero waste etc etc so I have a jar ready to take for her.  

jackrabbit123

I'm extremely lucky to have been brought up to make our own meals so I always have done, that's not to say we don't sometimes got for the easy route if out and about, my youngest is a Uni student certainly keeps the fast food places in business! 
I have always made my own bread, it's only this past Christmas  I received a bread maker and I now wish I'd brought one many years ago! 
Mayo, so much nicer than shop brought
Mustard/honey mustard
sourdough bread/buns / crisps - It's really easy and can be left to it's own devices in the fridge when time isn't on your side.
chutney/jams
cheese/hard ricotta
Salsa - toms,peppers,onions 
Granola 
Veg crisps 
homemade sweets
ice cream
butter

Gem-gem

I have also read Ultra Processed People by Chris van Tulleken.
I do a lot of cooking from scratch, I always have, but in recent years,  it is because I want to avoid the UPFs.  So I make ice-creams (rum raisin and raspberry are our favourite), soups, burgers, pastry and pies, chips, chutneys, jams, marmalades and curds, cakes and puddings, biscuits, curries and pizzas, stuffings and Yorkshire puds. I have tried making sausages but these are still work in progress. 

I make my own bread but need to start becoming more adventurous with it. 

I roast the seeds from a butternut squash - very tasty. 

I grow my own fruit and vegetables so this makes cooking from scratch a little cheaper (I kid myself! My husband said, 'I thought this is supposed to save us money! My response was, 'it probably doesn't but it is pesticide free and UPF free!'. He was happy with this. 

We swap plants / produce with my BIL, he buys me my seeds for Christmas and I give him a quarter of a Christmas cake. 

I showed my DB the Yuka app - which tells you which harmful additives are in your food and why they are harmful, this has helped to change his thinking. 

We had a family picnic the other week, I took cheese, biscuits (shop bought but nothing harmful in them), hm chutney, fruit, hm cake and chocolate. 

DB made sandwiches, shop bought cakes and crisps. I scanned his produce and we played guess the score. I then read out the additives in it and the effects. My DM wished that I had done this after we had eaten. The chocolate cake that she bought with her, that a friend had given her scored a 0!