What do you find not worth it to make from scratch? And what is worth making from scratch?

[Anonymous]

For me:

1-I love brownies, but box brownies with some extra chocolate chips etc if needed work fine. Homemade brownies don’t taste that much better to me. (But let me know if you have a recipe that will change my mind.)

2-cinnamon buns. The frozen ones at the store or bakery are just not as good.

[Anonymous]

Worth it: bread, cookies, hummus, soups, beef jerky (in air fryer), pie crust

Not worth it: yogurt, brownies, cakes/cupcakes

[Anonymous]

I make nothing from scratch. Way too much work.

[Anonymous]

Not worth it: butter, deep fried foods, rice
Worth it: breads and pastries, salad, pasta, seafood, sushi

[Anonymous]

We have found pizza to be worth it during this quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Once you have a rice cooker, rice from scratch is definitely worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Worth it: bread, cookies, hummus, soups, beef jerky (in air fryer), pie crust

Not worth it: yogurt, brownies, cakes/cupcakes

Funny. I would only leave soup and pie crust on your worth it list, but upgrade cakes off your not worth it list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once you have a rice cooker, rice from scratch is definitely worth it.

How else would you make rice, other than from scratch?

[Anonymous]

There are lots of things not worth making from scratch - brownies, cake, ice cream, pasta sauce (there are some really good jarred ones).

Two things that will always be worth it: mashed potatoes and meatballs

[Anonymous]

Worth it: cakes, pies, cookies, oatmeal, croutons, waffles, mashed potatoes

Not worth it: brownies, barbecue sauce, dinner rolls, cold slaw

[Anonymous]

Pasta and bread. Bread assumes you can go to the bakery and get it. Otherwise my focaccia is worth it.

[Anonymous]

You might like the book “Buy the bread, make the butter”.

[Anonymous]

Not worth making from scratch - falafel. The mix is just as good, more tender, much easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not worth making from scratch - falafel. The mix is just as good, more tender, much easier.

What mix are you using? Every mix I've ever used has been awful.

[Anonymous]

Not worth it: ice cream, most desserts, vegetarian meatballs or schnitzel, wheat or multigrain breads, BBQ sauce, ketchup, mayo, rice noodles, pickles, smoked salmon, sausage.

Worth it:
Pasta, bread, pizza, pasta sauce, rice, couscous, pesto, falafel, hummus, tahina, polenta, soup, chicken schnitzel, meatballs.