What all you can really make at home.

When you think of homemade you think of bread or dinners. Does it ever cross ones mind that almost everything you use can be made at home. I go around my kitchen thinking about how I can replace things with what I can make at home. I did the bread thing yeah but without a machine that is a lot of bread making when your family goes through a loaf a day. SO what else can I do to replace stuff and when you start making things from scratch not only are they healthier for you but cheaper in most sense. If you have a garden they are practically free. Lets take ketchup. My family goes through this stuff like it is water so how can I make this at home to make it cheaper. One way is my tomato plants. When I put tomatoes up I can put some aside for ketchup making. Not only does it not have all the added sugar into it but you can put spices in it as well. But you can do this with almost anything. Or replace something you cant make with something you can. Getting back to simplicity is my goal and dream. In the process like with the bread I might find somethings take up way to much time when I can be doing a million other things. But to try and strive for that will be my goal and to share with you guys on this blog. Manly so I don't drive my mother nuts with all my rambling. So as I go through this blog here I will post random stuff but hopefully it will help someone,somewhere over the rainbow.  
So because I seem to always go off subject weather it be here or in conversation I guess I need to give some ideas about what we can make from scratch at home.
1. ketchup
2. mayo
3. bread
4. noodles
5. tomato sauce
6. salad dressing
7. flour
8. muffins
9. pickles
10. hot sauce
11. salsa
12. pesto
13. BBQ sauce
14. Stocks . chicken, vegg, and beef
15. biscuits
16. tortillas
17. Refried beans
These are the list of some common stuff people use. More like the condiments. If you grow a garden, grow what you eat and grow enough to can them and put them up for the winter. If you don't get dries beans because they take to long to soak then cook. Do it ahead of time and can those suckers so all is needed to do is open and pour. So much cheaper. If you can have chickens for your eggs. Chicken feed is cheep. Oh potato, onion and garlic do well in a cool place for the winter. All this you can do living in suburbia. Now if you are like me who just tries to grab the moon, I want the whole homestead with the animals and garden. Total self sufficiency. I dream big always, no harm in that right.

So anyhow with the list above I will find recipes or make up my own and post them on here so that they are all in one spot. Don't worry I will give credit where credit is due.

Thank you for listing or reading my little rant session and Until next time, Reach for the stars