Make Your Own Baked Goods
Photo © Erin Huffstetler
Keep flour, sugar, yeast and a few other ingredients on hand, and you'll have everything you need to make breads, pies and all other manner of baked yumminess:
Whip Up Your Own Dairy Products
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Cheese, yogurt and sour cream are ridiculously fun to make. Stop letting those food manufacturers have all the fun!
Dry Your Own Foods
Erin Huffstetler
Tired of suffering sticker shock when you go to buy dried foods? Make the shift to home-dried:
Prep Your Own Meats
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Buy your meat pre-cut, pre-formed or pre-cooked, and you're sure to pay a premium for it. Learn how to do those things at home and save big:
Get into Canning
Erin Huffstetler
Invest in some canning jars, and start making your own jams, pickles and salsas You can have your pantry filled in no time:
Enjoy a Real Breakfast
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Replace all those heavily-processed breakfast foods with something homemade:
And a Real Dinner
Tempt everyone to the table with a homecooked dinner:
Sip on a Homemade Beverage
Photo © flickr user House_of_Sims
Dial down the cost of coffee, tea and other beverages by making them at home:
Treat Yourself to a Scratch-Made Dessert
Erin Huffstetler
Forget about frozen pies and packaged cookies. A homemade dessert wins every time:
Nosh on Homemade Snack Foods
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Homemade potato chips or store-bought potato chips. Is there even a question of which wins?
Make Your Own Condiments and Spices
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Impress yourself (and everyone else you cook for), by creating your own condiments and spices:
Switch to Homemade Mixes
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Baking mixes, soup mixes, dip mixes – you can make them all at home:
