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Cooking From Scratch

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Deby Apprentice
Deby
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Just curious as to how many of you cook from scratch:

A) completely mixing own foods from gluten-free flours

B) cooking from mixes

C) Buy all things premade

If C, where do you buy your products and how expensive are they.

The reason I'm asking is I cook all things from scratch because A) I couldn't find a tasty product at the healthfood store. And B) what I did find on line was expensive.

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Deby Apprentice
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Those emotocons aren't supposed to be there.

Guest PastorDave
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Hey, this is Pastor Dave's wife. We buy some things premade and make some from scratch! I buy pastas premade because I can't make pasta. (I buy a case at a time to get the discount.) I make any breads, rolls, baked goods type stuff and I even grind most of the grains because the flour is so expensive! We have an Amish food store about 30 min away where I can buy five pounds of tapioca for $3.00 and five pounds of soy for $4.00, etc. So I bought a mill and just run them through! They also have potato starch and rice and buckwheat, and many others for great prices.

Anyway, gluten free stuff doesn't have to be expensive if you have time (but then time can be expensive!) I just think the homemade stuff tastes better.

Enjoy your baking!

Christina

Deby Apprentice
Deby
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Wow, Christina, those are some great prices. I went to the Asian market and found potato starch for about 85 cents a pound, that's better than the health food store. I just got a catalogue in the mail today from Bob's Red Mill. There are local distributors, Bob's claims, that I can order in bulk from.

I would buy stuff at the store if I could get it fresh and it tasted good. I would pay a premium for that, but these products don't seem to exist here in Denver anyway.

Oh well, back to the kitchen :)

tarnalberry Community Regular
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I make most things from scratch, but not pasta. I'm a self-proclaimed food nazi, and prefer to make food the way I want it made. I did that before going gluten-free as well, though. :-) Works great for me, and no, I don't spend hours a day cooking. :-D

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I make most things from scratch - except for pasta, spaghetti sauce (although that will probably change next summer), and my brown rice bread because I have not been happy with my non-yeast breads at home yet...

-Kate

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