Cooking From Scratch / was Hello

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Freebird wrote:

> I was one of those who always ordered food, ate out, etc... No way I was

cooking and

chopping, lol. And since I became vegan, I always always cook now and more

precisely

meals from " scratch " . Wow, amazing. Don't you find you can " taste " food a lot

more now

and really love food more?

>

> I would also not ever go back to canned tomato sauces. Always make my own

sauce

along with other types of meals from " scratch " . I even bake now, lol. I also

don't waste

food like I used to. Anyways, most of you I'm sure have experienced these nice

changes

along with other " gifts " since the diet change.

 

Well hon I also cook from scratch - and although I understand that many don't

have the

time, it's really not as slow (as 'slow cooking' sounds LOL) and/or difficult as

it seems. I've

also been making all our own bread - even flat bread, which I used to think was

somehow

difficult (go figure), muffins, quickbreads, etc. etc. - from scratch, without a

bread

machine, for years now and my husband turns his nose up at bread in even the

best

restaurants now (as I do). It's easy, and bread freezes well.

 

As for sauces, etc., hey you can make em and freeze em, right? Soooo easy to

take out a

container of slow-simmered tomato sauce when you need it. Same with 'gravies',

soups,

etc. (although freezing of course messes up some ingredients). Beans I throw

into the slow

cooker and freeze in conveniently sized packs (usually two cups) for when I need

them.

 

Does anyone else cook from scratch?????? Even partly? I know some do, but I'd

like to hear

from you and so would others of us who find this an easy way to be sure we have

the right

and not the wrong ingredients in everything we eat at home.

 

Come on, unknowlingly (perhaps) Firebird has started a thread here! Let's hear

from

anyone else who is around this August!

 

Best love, Pat