Meatballs! We used to buy them, but after I started making our own at home, store-bought ones just don't do it for us anymore. And meatballs are probably the simplest of the make-ahead foods you can do at home - very little effort, resources and ingredients compared to, for example, ravioli. I usually make enough to eat in the evening I make them, and then a few servings for later use. Frozen, they can store in the fridge for a long time.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Home-made vs Store-bought
Convenience, cost or quality?
There is no simple answer to which is better - home-made or store-bought food, although most people will likely think that home-made is a unanimous winner. But consider the complexity of the question - how do you define "better"? Although I take pride in making home-made pastas, sauces and other foods from scratch as much as possible, even though equivalents are readily available in a store, I would not claim that this is absolutely the only and best choice to eat well and is always superior to store-bought foods that one simply needs to heat up at home. There are many brands out there that are very good and nearly equal to home-made foods. On the other side of the spectrum are people who only buy ready-made foods in the store and rarely or never cook at home. And then there are people in between who buy some pre-made ingredients and use them in their cooking. For example, although I do make pasta at home, I take shortcuts and buy pasta in the store too. So why choose one over another?
There is no simple answer to which is better - home-made or store-bought food, although most people will likely think that home-made is a unanimous winner. But consider the complexity of the question - how do you define "better"? Although I take pride in making home-made pastas, sauces and other foods from scratch as much as possible, even though equivalents are readily available in a store, I would not claim that this is absolutely the only and best choice to eat well and is always superior to store-bought foods that one simply needs to heat up at home. There are many brands out there that are very good and nearly equal to home-made foods. On the other side of the spectrum are people who only buy ready-made foods in the store and rarely or never cook at home. And then there are people in between who buy some pre-made ingredients and use them in their cooking. For example, although I do make pasta at home, I take shortcuts and buy pasta in the store too. So why choose one over another?
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