to stop buying convenience food and prepackaged meals? The food budget tends to be one of the ones that can be cut back so with gas prices on the rise let's start this month. Bake and cook as much as you can from scratch. Don't buy the prepackaged refrigerator cookie dough...make them from scratch.
Some of the cookbooks from the Depression era have great recipes for making things from scratch. Also see if your library has cookbooks from local churches as those tend to have recipes from scratch as well.

Who is on board with cooking and baking from scratch this month?

I am in!!! I suggest the More with Less Cookbook too-
Maybe we should start a "from scratch" thread? or is there already one?

I'm in! I'm reviewing my groc. list for Friday right now to see if I can eliminate any "convenience" items and make them from scratch.

I am in as well.. Hillbilly housewife has some from scratch recipes.

Ok I am in. I am just not the greatest cook!

Im in but im scared lol. I dont cook very much from scratch but ill give it a try!

I'm going to give it a try for this month. Going to review my menu for May and see what I can be changed & eliminated.

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I'm in! I love cooking and baking, and already try my best to cook as much as I can from scratch.

I'm in too!! This should be fun!!!

I am going to look thru my recipes and see what I have to post for from scratch meals...
I will post in Kitchen Chat