January 5, 2017

6/10/2015

Make instead of buy-Food.

There are so many processed foods in the grocery store that I see that can be made from scratch at home. 

I think people have the mistaken impression, from food manufacturers, that cooking and preparing food is hard and time consuming. It isn't.

Frozen waffles, pancakes, muffins. You can make a large batch of these and freeze them yourself. It is way healthier, too. You can put in what ingredients you want. 

Do food prep on days at home for dinner plans though the week. Chop onions and other veggies for meals and put them in portion control size containers in the fridge. We cup up our own whole carrots instead of buying the bags of "baby" carrots. We save at least $2.00 a bag with that. A bag a week and you save $ 104.00 a year. 

Buy dry beans and cook them in the crock-pot during the day or even over night. Put them into 2 cup containers and freeze them for future recipes. 

You can make hummus and pesto easily and almost as fast as you can open the pre-made package. Better tasting and better for you, too. 

The added bonus of preparing your own is that you can adjust the sugar, salt, fat and spices/flavorings for yourself. It is much cheaper to make your own.