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Really people cook from scratch that much?
I think DH and I do a pretty good job of not eating from boxes, but all these nesties saying that they are making so much from scratch can't possibly be WOH parents. Maybe this is flameful, but I cannot believe that much "from scratch" cooking is done.
For instance, if you are making spaghetti for dinner, are you making the pasta from scratch? Are you truly making the sauce from scratch, meaning not using canned ingredients (not counting your own canning)? Are you using dried herbs you bought at the store? Some would say that your cooking is, therefore, not from scratch.
And is using a frozen vegetable so bad?
We eat well; organic dairy, organic fruits and veggies whenever possible, hormone-free or organic meats, but there is no way I am going to make all my own pasta, pizza dough, toritllas, bread, etc. to prepare meals. I would have to make the bread everyday for sandwiches that I bring to work each day.
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Re: Really people cook from scratch that much?
I guess I wouldn't figure anyone here would go as far as to say not using spices you grew/bought fresh means you aren't cooking from scratch, for the most part.
And I would also guess most of us use breads, pastas, and tortillas bought from the store - although I have made those things occasionally in the past. Plus, in zenya's poll, no one had voted for 100%, I don't think... We cook most nights, but do use some convenience items (pasta, for sure, canned tomatoes for a few recipes, etc.)
I do make my own pizza dough, but that's because I think it tastes better and it's super easy.
ETA: and ditto Elise about the 1920s.
Exactly how do you make pasta from scratch? Is it just flour and water? And how do you make flour? Do you grow it?
(i'm being serious)
I think there's a lot of room for interpretation. I make a ton of foods from scratch that other people wouldn't. But I love to cook and consider cooking/nutrition to be a hobby. Like I said in the post below, I choose my ingredient for bread like all the knitters on this board search for just the right yarn. It's not just putting food on the table to me, it's also a hobby that I enjoy.
On the other hand, when I'm in a rush, I will throw a bag of pre-chopped frozen onions into a recipe and still call it homemade. It's all a matter of interpretation.
If I turn on the stove, that is cooking "from scratch"!
We don't use butter. It's not healthy. We use olive oil which I've hand pressed from organic olives.
https://annies-eats.com/2009/01/21/homemade-pasta/
I don't think anyone would suggest unless you make your own flour it's not from scratch...
Kitty -- this is how you make flour
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Flour
And I have to add -- god bless whoever came up with "processed" ice cream. It would be a pain to make it from scratch all the time.
Hmmm. My MIL has an olive tree. Maybe I will hand press some yummy olive oil and put that in DS's next birthday cake instead of butter. After I harvest my wheat to make flour.
bwahahahaha for you yes! Still love ya though!
bwahahahaha for you yes! Still love ya though!
bwahahahaha for you yes! Still love ya though!
See, this is one of those "to each their own" things. I asked for the ice cream attachment to my KitchenAid Mixer for mother's day and it arrived at my door yesterday. DD and I are so excited about all the flavors we can "invent." I'm chilling the bowl so we can make minted mango this evening.
what about the meats....do you butcher your own cow/pig/chicken?
yep its all a matter of interpretation!
totally
No one here takes their kid to McDonald's, gives them juice, or has any debt either. It's a magic place, I tell you.
My response to "really people cook from scratch that much?" was going to be "Well, of course, in Nestland they do!"
Please, only answer if you are perfect! <----or better yet, what you think people would perceive as perfect. I, for one, am ALL about convenience. I'm learning to balance convenience with HEALTH currently but yea, if I could get both in a box....bring it on!!
If you are not raising your own cows, chickens, turkey's and fish, it's not REALLY from scratch!
I use boxed pasta and jarred sauces. Hell, even bagged seasoned rice.
hehehehe
Yeah, I make ice cream too. But sometimes I need Ben and Jerry's.
Yep. Leave it to the Nest to make me realize that my standards of cooking are so loooooooow!
I am certainly not perfect, and to be honest, I hate to cook.
I was just saying that I don't think anyone who was saying they cook from scratch was going quite as far as the OP in this thread thought.
I would eat Cheetos for dinner if it was healthy. We use plenty of convenience items and I would still say a good portion is made from scratch, but like a PP said, interpretation will vary.
This. I do use a lot of things I canned/froze myself from our garden, but that has to do a lot more with being cheap than anything else. I only WOH two days a weekend I find it difficult to cook on those days sometimes. I give MAJOR props to people that work full time and still manage to get a meal on the table every night that isn't pizza. You ladies are seriously my heros.
Also, this is another thing where i don't think the nest is really indicative of real life. I know plenty of people that don't cook. At all. I think about all my next door neighbor can do is turn on her deep fryer or hand her credit card to the guy in the drive thru.
Annelise 3.22.2007 Norah 10.24.2009 Amelia 8.7.2011
My aunt seriously made fun of me one night because I don't make my own pasta sauce. She says "what did you have for dinner last evening". I says "pasta". She asked how I made my sauce. I says I opened a can of Prego. She gasped. I asked her how she makes hers. She says from scratch. So of course I says how. She tells me the herbs and spices and veggies she puts in it. I ask where do you get the tomato-y part of your sauce....
wait for it.....
.......wait for it......
..............wait for it.........
She says she opens a can of tomato paste.
I have never let her live it down. 12 years and I still bust her chops over this.
So true, it is a wonderful place.
I do cook a lot from scratch but because it's a hobby. But I do consider canned tomatoes to be included in 'from scratch'. So I guess it is up to the interpretation (I do not consider frozen vegetables to be from scratch.. but maybe I should).
I don't think it really matters. Just the non-anon poll was 100% from scratch people which I know cannot be accurate.
I take my kids to McDonald's, give them juice and don't give it a second thought. But I also do a lot of cooking from scratch. That's the whole point--I know we eat really well for the most part so eating junk on occasion doesn't phase me. We're going to have dinner at a coney island tonight because it's kids night so DH & can relax while DD waits in line to get her face painted. It's all about finding your own balance and what works for your family.
I take my kids to McDonald's, give them juice and don't give it a second thought. But I also do a lot of cooking from scratch. That's the whole point--I know we eat really well for the most part so eating junk on occasion doesn't phase me. We're going to have dinner at a coney island tonight because it's kids night so DH & can relax while DD waits in line to get her face painted. It's all about finding your own balance and what works for your family.