Homemade Pizza
Homemade pizza is far cheaper than grocery store frozen pizza. Pizza dough is simple to produce with flour, salt, yeast, oil, and water.
Homemade Hummus
Hummus is a protein-packed dip for pita chips or raw veggies. Homemade hummus is cheaper and customizable: thinner, thicker, garlic, lemon.
Homemade pita chips
Pita chips are delicious with hummus or other thick dips. A bag of plain pita bread, which can be cut into triangles, drizzled with oil, sprinkled with spices, and lightly toasted.
Homemade tortilla chips
Tortilla chips make great snacks and meals, but they're costly and get stale quickly. They're cheap and easy to make: fry, bake, or microwave.
Homemade Pop-Tarts
Store-bought Pop-Tarts use palm oil and artificial colors. Their packaging also goes to landfills. Make your own in any flavor. Strawberry-blueberry-chocolate-brown sugar-cinnamon
Homemade Chicken Stock
Chicken stock boxes are convenient for cooking but often tasteless or salty and wasteful. Chicken stock takes time, but it's basically hands-off and smells great.
Homemade soup
Open a can, grab some crackers, and you have dinner. Make a big batch of homemade soup and enjoy it all week for the same price as a can or box.
Homemade Iced Tea
Homemade iced tea is cheaper, easier, and reduces packaging. Mixing teas with fruits, herbs, spices, and juice creates novel flavors.
Homemade Granola Bars
Granola bars are popular since they're portable and satisfying. However, they can be dry, sweet, expensive, and wasteful.
Homemade lemonade
Why not brew your own sour lemonade if you're cutting back on sugar? Lemons, sugar, water, ice, and a good arm workout are all you need!