{"id":32329,"date":"2025-02-11T13:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T18:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=32329"},"modified":"2025-02-11T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T16:28:53","slug":"tasty-tuesday-what-is-still-worth-making-from-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/02\/tasty-tuesday-what-is-still-worth-making-from-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasty Tuesday – What Is Still Worth Making From “Scratch”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across this article<\/a> today about foods just not worth making from scratch.<\/p>\n

Like pesto.\u00a0 Sour dough bread.\u00a0 French onion soup.\u00a0 Croissants.\u00a0 Pumpkin puree.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of foods on that list of suggestions from people that – to be honest – I wouldn’t even THINK to attempt.<\/p>\n

I have made pie crust from scratch.\u00a0 I actually used to ONLY make it from scratch.\u00a0 The more you do it, the easier it gets.\u00a0 These days it’s more about having the time to invest in making something from scratch because usually it’s time consuming.\u00a0 And it can actually be more expensive to get the ingredients to do it yourself.<\/p>\n

So, yeah, I cheat these days.\u00a0 If I want an apple pie – I buy the premade crust.\u00a0 But I still cut up the apples and add the sugar and spices myself.\u00a0 I still ‘bake it with love” as my mom used to say.<\/p>\n

I still make mac and cheese from an old recipe book.\u00a0 I love to make tea biscuits on a Sunday afternoon.\u00a0 I have a pancake recipe my kids request that I use for those big breakfasts on the weekends or for Shrove Tuesday (it’s coming up March 4th).<\/p>\n

I do make butter tarts the same way.\u00a0 I buy the shells but I have my own recipe for the filling.<\/p>\n

I make French Onion soup from scratch and I’ve started making my own granola which I love.<\/p>\n

I tried making scones once.\u00a0 They were yummy.\u00a0 But again, sometimes it’s easier to just to buy one already made.<\/p>\n

I’ve made spaghetti sauce with ripe tomatoes and have to admit, that sauce is noticeably different than any sauce in a can.<\/p>\n

I’ve never made cake from scratch but I do have an amazing brownie recipe that I love.<\/p>\n

What, if anything, do YOU still make from scratch?\u00a0 Is there an old family recipe you still use?\u00a0 Is there any one thing that you absolutely refuse to buy?<\/p>\n

Let me know!<\/p>\n

I love to make things and I love spending time in the kitchen.\u00a0 But you have to be in the “mood” to bake or create from scratch and you have to have the time to commit to it.<\/p>\n

Once in a while, it’s a really nice treat to bake something sweet.\u00a0 With the long weekend ahead of us, maybe it’s time to get the cookbook out again.<\/p>\n

cbuchanan@blackburnmedia.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I came across this article today about foods just not worth making from scratch. Like pesto.\u00a0 Sour dough bread.\u00a0 French onion soup.\u00a0 Croissants.\u00a0 Pumpkin puree. There are a lot of foods on that list of suggestions from people that – to be honest – I wouldn’t even THINK to attempt. I have made pie crust","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":32330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 15:33:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2025\/02\/tasty-tuesday-what-is-still-worth-making-from-scratch\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32331,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32329\/revisions\/32331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}