Thursday Thirteen: Things I'd Rather Make From Scratch Than Buy

1. Soup -- chicken, beef barley, butternut squash, roasted turkey.
2. Pancakes.  Actually, I'd rather my mother make them, because hers are sooo good.
3. Waffles -- Okay, I use a mix, but it's whole wheat with only flour, corn meal and leavening.  I do the rest.
4. Popcorn for movies.
5. Corn bread.
6. Pizza.  Not that my kids will eat it; they want Domino's.
7. Chocolate pudding.  I don't actually do this, except for the chocolate meringue pie filling.
8. Bread crumbs.  I know I'm treading on thin ice here, nerdly-wise, but hear me out: once in a while I harvest the last bits of crackers, cereal and pretzels and throw them in the food processor with some spices.  It takes five minutes and uses up leftovers.
9. French toast, made with leftover challah.  Yum!
10. Hot chocolate.  My kids are really good at this; they add vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, maybe a little mint.  I throw a dash of instant coffee in mine.
11. Cookies.  Okay, I'm making that one up.  I'd buy Oreos any day.
12. Valentines.
13. Pottery.

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