One of my goals for the last few years has been to work on cutting out processed foods. This, in a nutshell, boils down to making more things from scratch.
When I started working on this, frozen dinners were staples. I’d never baked a cake from scratch. I bought pre-cooked, breaded chicken strips and used them for nearly everything.
Today, our dinners are nearly always from scratch. I haven’t bought a cake mix in months. I’ve even started making our condiments, like mayonnaise and salad dressing. I love being able to see how far we’ve come.
It’s a great feeling putting something on the table and knowing you made it yourself, so I’ve decided to spread that outside of the kitchen and tackle more projects this year.
There are a few things around the house I’ve been wanting to do but putting off for one reason or another – I’m going to do them this year.
I’m also going to up the ante by making this year the year of homemade gifts. I’m going to make something for each gift-giving holiday. I’ve already been collecting ideas and I’m pretty excited. It’ll be a challenge, but it should be fun!
1 comments:
You always have such cool ideas. Also you always seem to follow through on the good ideas you have! I am jealous! Although I do cook a good but of food myself. I buy mayo prebought though...if its not too hard maybe I'll start making it!
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