10 Foods I'll Never Buy From the Store Again... 

great idea!

The "save your time and buy it" list would be a great video

Mine would be 1. Ketchup & Mayo (homemade doesn’t add much benefit) 2. Panko Bread crumbs (just too much work) 3. Cheeses (most use cases dont’ benefit from homemade) 4. Tortilla’s & Egg Roll Wrappers etc (there are good quality brands out there already) 5. Pasta’s (it’s a lot of work, and some brands have exception quality)

Frozen fries and croquettes are just as good as homemade ones, but much easier to make.

@@dannygonzales8592 While I agree with most of your list, I will take exception to mayonnaise. It's incredible easy to make and so much better than store bought. Take a look at the plunger on your food processor. It's doubles as an oil cup and has a little hole on the bottom. That allows the oil to dribble out at the perfect rate for making mayonnaise. Put the eggs in the food processor, turn it on, pour the oil in the cup, a couple minute later... homemade mayonnaise.

Thank you ❤

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Great video

Thank you

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I always get their bone in chicken thighs and do the same. Cut the bone out, save and then make stock. My freezer is full of bones and stock. Haven't bought chicken stock in YEARS!

This is a fantastic idea!

I do this, but put the broth on my dogs food 😬

@@squashit339 I do the same..... ONLY if he's a good boy which is most of the time

@@LRon-Hoyabembe Never waist anything. Even leek tops... freeze them for stock.

Yeah I was very skeptical until he said it's good, then I know he isn't lying lol

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But... Coke DOESN'T taste good. It's overhyped sugar water.

@@austenhead5303 Sure, that's why it's the most sold drink in the world. Because it doesn't taste good. I'm not saying you have to like it but it's pretty clear a lot of people do (and tons of marketing, sure but if it tasted horrible no amount of marketing could fix it).

This is acully home cook!❤

GREAT IDEA! Thanks! 😊💜

Best investment I made was a seltzer bottle (with the CO2 cartridges). I did a price compare with SodaStream and the cost of the CO2 bottles (with proprietary valves preventing you from refilling them) made it far too expensive.

I got a bottle of "tasting vinegar" a while back and it changed my life. It's a type of ginger vinegar that's designed to taste good on its own or when mixed with water, I would try it if you like stuff like that

@@ptrinch I found a cheap adapter to the sodastream with a hose and happened to have a larger CO2 canister from a kegerator. It costs me the same amount to refill the kegerator cannister as it does to replace the cartridges and I get 6 times the amount of C02.

That's interesting! Just out of interest, won't the yeast die if it gets boiled for that long? :)

@@juliab285yes, thats why I had written, that you have to add the ginger after you have cooked the sirup.

Ahh of course, sorry I didn't catch that! Really good to know :)

That's how I learned it :D

@@juliab285 another advantage in adding the Ginger with its skin on After the sirup has cooled down, are all the other microbiological cultures, like lactic acids, which aren‘t a part of storebought yeast, but are very healthy for your microbium

Home made ice cream is incomparable. When my ice cream maker died I didn't buy another one. Ice cream is like crack for me. There's no having a sensible serve. If it's there I will eat it in larger portions than I should on consecutive days until it's gone.

Do you have a recipe to follow? I really would like to start making my own icecream dairyfree and low in sugar.

@@samari1988 sorry, no recipe anymore. And ours wasn’t dairy free anyway. I suspect you could just Google for a dairy free vanilla ice cream recipe, something as close as possible to a vanilla custard base. The additions of finely chopped dates and crystallized ginger shouldn’t affect what recipe you use, and just reduce the sugar by whatever percentage you prefer. May take a couple tries to get the sugar quantity correct, but the mistakes will be nice to eat 😋.

They bank on that complacency. And soon, if not already, you will have no choice but to consume the chemicals in the foods at whatever price they set. Being that the American population is in a decline already with disease and death rates on the rise in every age group... we may already be at that point.

@@c.m.303 regardless of how many things you plan to implement, there are only 24 hours in a day and action economy is king. Go talk to your neighbor. Figure out ways you can support each other and the people around you. Share knowledge and resources. The best time to start was yesterday, second best time is today.

@@c.m.303 My dude, not everyone has the time or patience for this. And thats ok, stop trying to make people feel bad/ make them think you're better because you can be bothered.

@@ClassicTophatGaming Where do you get that I am saying I am better? I am just stating a fact, you can try to ignore it...but make sure you get your affairs in order. Some doctors online have announced studies that show if you live till old age you have an almost 100% chance of Alzheimer...which the Mayo Clinic just announced is a form of diabetes they call type 3. I don't think anyone can avoid all of it any more...and I am still stuck using grocery stores myself...but not by choice. It's just that the more you can avoid the better. If you're ok taking the drugs in the food then so be it...but don't try to pretend it isn't there and that it's not clearly affecting our health.

@@c.m.303 alzheimer's is something you typically develop later in life, so of course if you live til old age you're almost guaranteed to get it

I think it's because to them it's just a means to an end while to us it's a part of our lifestyle I am a coffee enthusiast and I am trying out different coffee roasts, brewing methods and consume coffee media because I find it fun. Is it expensive? Yeah equipment can go pretty expensive if you want the best flavour and stuff, but most people would not spend a lot of money on something they dont see as a hobby or lifestyle and would sometimes ridicule others who dont share the same ideals

Y’all have a lot of free time to have hobbies

I myself cant really imagine investing this much effort and preparation at this point, but i still appreciate the fact it can be done! Something to dabble into when things align someday yknow, and these foods really do seem worth the effort!

I get one Costco roast chicken a month and feed my Mom and I many times (in different ways like just slices with a side veg when it’s fresher, then chopping and adding chunks to a pasta dish, then finally making a chopped chicken salad type thing to use in sandwiches or on crackers, etc.) THEN I boil the carcass for a long time to make broth and then add a lot of veg and some potato or whatever I have, like cabbage, etc.) So basically one 5 dollar rotisserie chicken makes at LEAST 12 meals for the two of us in a month!

Fax here. And for only $5 at my local Sam's, it's stupid cheap when you calculate the time involved. Eat chicken, then have parts for stock. It's honestly win/win, unless you don't want the rotisserie seasoning flavor in the stock and want it completely neutral.

Yep, unless you are cooking for a large set of people(family), buying a mass produced food is usually cheaper. I cant tell you how much food I have to throw away when I cook for myself as a single household. The good thing about making stuff yourself is usually the quality.

⁠skip the ginger beer and mass create ginger Simple’s syrup and add to seltzer for a more sustainable drink

Never again. I think it took me like 6 hours when I made pot stickers entirely from scratch. The wrapping is tedious, but I can nail a filling that the whole family will enjoy.

I enjoy the pleating process, but it is time consuming to do a decent amount of them even when you are quick. I like to buy the wrappers from the store, but that's because in my situation it's worth setting aside a few hours every couple months to make a bunch and freeze them. I didn't grow up with it, but I get why it's a family activity in many households. Much more efficient to do a ton of dumplings when everyone's pitching in.

I want to make bread but I feel like I'll never do it. 😅

@@nyquitacharles9146 You can make flat breads with just flour, water and a frying pan...

@@RustyVaperGameplay that's good to know. For me, it's more so doing it than how easy it is. I know myself. I'm so good for doing all the research then buying all the ingredients or items needed for a thing and then never doing anything with it. 😭😩

@@nyquitacharles9146 Flat breads is how I got started with making bread. First just flour and water and kneading it and then frying it and it came out kinda like a naan. Now I do actual bread in the oven, not a bread maker.

@@RustyVaperGameplay oh I love naan. Especially for weekly pizza. But it can be expensive to buy, especially if I get tortillas and forget to make my lunches with them. I end up eating all the ingredients without the wrap. 🤣 So I might try the flat breads first

Do you cook your vegetables first? I'm a complete noobie here

If you can do this type of thing already and have the money consider a freeze dryer (couple thousand). I bet someone with your ingenuity as displayed by you suggestion would rock a freeze dryer.

I make stock from frozen veggie scraps and then turn it into bouillon. That way I can make meat stocks and skim the fat. Tons of flavor in both and getting dual uses out of the same process. idk how long the fat really stores for bc I've usually used it up quickly in the batch sizes I've made, but I'd imagine with some better methods it does pretty well in the fridge.

Excellent idea! My issue with homemade stock or broth is I never use it fast enough so it goes bad. But I like the idea of a dehydrated or a paste to add water to cuz that's what I use now

Some of these things are just a matter of the rate you eat them. Like sure I could make my own granola, but realistically I eat granola like once a month or if I'm traveling and need a snack to hold me over. I bought some quaker oats to make oatmeal a year ago and still haven't opened the container once... I was thinking of adding it to my own bread which I DO make at home because the store bought stuff per pound spoils before I eat it all... so I make my own bread so it doesn't spoil as quickly. I'm geting a kitchen remodel done and then back to doing it! homemade donuts slap and aren't difficult at all. And Applesauce muffin. That was fantastic!

Same with the ginger beer. 1 cup of sugar is about 200g, divided by 5 servings is 40g per ginger beer bottle

But when it ferments it loses sugar content

@@Levihooper7 which is over the sugar content of a UK coke. Yeah, noticed the same thing.

so really good point here, I hadn't actually crunched the numbers. Just to defend my ice cream - I said 1/2 cup but it looks like I added a little closer to 1/3 of a cup (I usually just do this by feel). I'm using the bigger ninja creami deluxe containers which is 1.5 pints vs the standard van leeuwen 1 pint. So the homemade is slightly under or even in sugar. It's funny because I haven't bought ice cream in so long and I remember Van Leeuwen being higher in sugar back in the day but good for them for having a solid ratios! let this be an ad for some NY ice cream!

I wonder how much sugar is left in the ginger beer after fermentation. There’s probably a formula online somewhere… you know what soda is amazing that I can’t get over the ingredients? Olipop. Insane that a soda has 9 grams of dietary fiber. How? I’m wondering if we could make this ginger beer with less sugar. Would date sugar be better? I’m really trying to get the added sugar out of my diet. Mostly I drink carbonated water with balsamic vinegar and herbal teas. It would be nice to be able to make a carbonated drink with little added sugar.

gotta try that! actually when my brother was in town we carbonated one with a tiny piece of sourdough starter instead of bakers yeast. Probably because my brother is a big Sandor fan!

@thatvalensteingirlI don’t think he’s trying to lie. I think it’s an honest mistake and he just doesn’t know that much about nutrition

Why did brothers green stop? This guy determined smoking weed all day and cooking like a hippy sucks? So now he just cooks like a hippy solo?

Mike doesn't cuss anymore either!

Yo, love your channel!

we need to convince him to keg :)

I would also argue "cheaper" - I'd imagine that ninja creamer device cost something too, plus it's basically a single purpose device.

@@wladius yess. i was waiting for the part with equipment cost, not having air fryer, ninja creamy etc. i think is still cheaper to just get some icecream from the store. And we all know we dont eat icecream because its healthy ;)

Whip cream, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk. Then freeze. Simple, easy

​@wladius the question you need to ask yourself is "How often and how much ice cream do I eat in a sitting?" At scale, a Creami or another ice cream maker can pay for itself, especially unique flavors where ingredients might cost a lot more than you think. Exercise4cheatmeals has some videos going over different anabolic ice cream recipes he has made and honestly it makes me want to get a Creami

⁠@@wladius agreed. It’s a pretty expensive device and should have been included in the cost analysis. That said I’m actually more interested in the Creami for blending overnight oats. I watched a creator do that on another channel and it was mind blowing.

I live on a sailboat and still make Kombucha, Kefir and ferments. Love your videos today and always.

Fermentation is very set it and forget it. Once you have the process going it feels like you are printing not just money but time. The garden I feel is the opposite. You spend a lot of time and space and just get spinach, not enough to stop buying produce unless the garden is huge. That really needs to be about enjoying the garden, not saving time or money on spinach.

I think a lot of these projects are pretty fun so I factor them into hobby time and not really "productive" time that has an opportunity cost.

would love to get into the distilling game...

Eggo waffles have been sold since 1953, and called Eggos since 1968. You weren't a kid then?

I've made brownies many times, but somehow those boxed ones just are perfect

SO easy to make from scratch !!

@@SirRipster 💯🔥✨️🙏

I’m upset that I can’t seem to ever get brownies right, I’ve tried homemade ones and out of the box brownies and I follow the instructions to a tee and bake them for the exact amount of time and they always come out hard as a rock

@@user-mp7ie5oi6j Could be your oven or your pan. I have a recipe from Martha Stewart I've made several times and people go crazy for them.

Have you used other ice cream makers? It looks nice but pricey.

@@TigerGreene I used to make icecream using my kitchen aid The Ninja Creami does something different that makes it super easy to use. If you make ice cream the traditional way you have to keep stirring it while it freezes, otherwise ice crystals form The ninja creami lets you pour your base in and freeze solid… then the blades cut up the ice crystals. You could probably do it with a blender but the Creami doesn’t just blend the mix, it shaves it down in a special way Restaurants have always used a similar (much Moore expensive) machine, but the patent expired which is why ninja could make the creami. You can also google “no churn ice cream” and find some methods that help avoid ice crystals a lot easier! I have a giant weakness for ice cream and sorbet… so even if I didn’t like making my own base recipes, the Creami has paid for itself many times for me (and I live alone lol) I will also literally freeze yogurt and a little fruit I promise I’m not sponsored by ninja! Ultimately I’m my advice is that if you think you’d use it… your probably will use it a lot But if you’ve never made icecream or sorbet before, try some of the easy methods first to make sure you’d like doing it!

Good argument but if making the food with it is cheaper the more you use it then in the end it's cheaper. It's like an investment.

@@Raven-ro6jo i guess i was thinking for myself or other people who would buy ice cream once in a while but you’re right! if you really like ice cream def worth the investment

You actually don't need any special equipment beside a freezer to make ice cream

@@Raven-ro6jo Not all investments are good investments. Say you're saving 2 dollars on every pint of ice cream you make with a $200 Ninja CREAMi. You'd need to make 100 pints of ice cream before you even hit the break even point. That means you'd need to be making and eating 2 pints of ice cream a week for a whole year before you break even. Not only is that a lot of ice cream, you're also purchasing a single-use appliance, which takes up valuable space, and have to account for the worth of your time. It's one thing to do it as a hobby, but it's not reasonable to consider most purchases like this as an investment.

@@jessicamccormick701 true but using his method you would need the machine

all those link will be I the next video on raising chicks. stay tuned.