Save money with these DIY recipes

Try making one of these homemade prepared food recipes

Author

Kristina Todini, RDN
April 29, 2024

While I am a big proponent of meal planning and prepping ahead, I definitely do not cook everything from scratch (I wish I had the time!).

However, when I can find the time, I love to make a few homemade versions of prepared foods I’d typically buy from the store. So today I’m sharing 10 recipes prepared foods that can easily be made at home. Your wallet will thank you!

👩‍🍳 + 🥣,

Kristina
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DID YOU KNOW? 🧐

While research shows that cooking “from scratch” — or from single youingredients that are not pre-processed — tends to be healthier overall, there are still benefits to cooking “half scratch,” or cooking a meal mostly from single ingredients but using some prepared foods like vegetable broth or condiments. (source)

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The kitchen's a laboratory, and everything that happens there has to do with science. It's biology, chemistry, physics. Yes, there's history. Yes, there's artistry. Yes, to all of that. But what happened there, what actually happens to the food is all science.

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