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Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 3:58 pm
by washing machine
Feeling like between the sourdough craze, the baby led weaning schedule we are doing for the baby's food, and ruddo's sun tea recipe, I'm spending less and less on buying prepackaged food and drink. Certainly a lot of this is pandemic mindset, but it feels great to be able to make what I used to buy...and for a fraction of the cost.
What kinds of stuff do you guys take the time to make?
Here it's been hamburger buns, tortillas, protein bars, bread, tea, cold brew, apple sauce, some other stuff too.
Re: How many of your staples do you make yourself?
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:14 pm
by doug rr
for me i guess its just stuff from the garden...tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, okra, lettuce....my wife has been doing sourdough for probably the last 12 years or so....I don't like sourdough bread
...i'll eat it but i never choose it
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:16 pm
by washing machine
When I say "sourdough bread" I also mean bread in general. I've got bun and sandwich bread recipes that, while technically using a sourdough yeast starters, have near zero sourdough flavor by design.
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:18 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:20 pm
by washing machine
tragabigzanda wrote:Tonkotsu ramen
how's that going?
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:20 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:25 pm
by washing machine
killer smoothies.
We make these catch-all muffin things to introduce various fruits and veggies to our baby. They always have some sort of flour (coconut, almond, etc) and some oats. I was making them one day when I had an aha moment realizing that I was really just making a protein smoothie in a different form. Hence the DIY protein bar I hinted at in the header. So versatile.
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:27 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:28 pm
by washing machine
That's spot on, Trag. Add eggs to that and put it in a muffin tin and you're good to go!
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:31 pm
by washing machine
Take that CLIF and Lärabar. Boom. Dismantled.
*Actually I'm sure CLIF and Lärabar are decent companies, but still.
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:33 pm
by doug rr
the key ingredient in any smoothie is frozen passion fruit...
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:35 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:37 pm
by doug rr
tragabigzanda wrote:Is there a national brand that offers that?
i can only find it at the nearby whole foods but I swear by it...also their frozen jackfruit..
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:42 pm
by washing machine
Ugh. Remantled.
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Thu July 16, 2020 4:55 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Fri July 17, 2020 11:54 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Sat July 18, 2020 12:12 am
by doug rr
tragabigzanda wrote:doug rr wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:Is there a national brand that offers that?
i can only find it at the nearby whole foods but I swear by it...also their frozen jackfruit..
got this brand today at our co-op. what's your go-to recipe?
nice..we pretty much throw in what we have..mostly blueberry, raspberry, pineapple, mango, strawberry, etc...
Re: How many of your staples do you make yourself?
Posted: Sat July 18, 2020 2:07 pm
by spike
doug rr wrote:for me i guess its just stuff from the garden...tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, okra, lettuce....my wife has been doing sourdough for probably the last 12 years or so....I don't like sourdough bread
...i'll eat it but i never choose it
don't be such a cuck, tell her to make the kind of bread you like
Re: Dismantle the corporate food machine, one item at a time
Posted: Sat July 18, 2020 3:13 pm
by tragabigzanda