"Cooking from scratch" means different things to different people. For some, it means Hamburger Helper, for others it means milling your own flour to make the noodles. I think we can all agree that cooking ANYTHING at home is much cheaper than buying fast food or going to a sit-down restaurant. To help save money, take whatever steps you can to fix more meals at home. Save the restaurants for special occasions.
Once you're in the habit of using your kitchen to make boxed dinners, use spice packets, and reheat canned soup, challenge yourself one step further. Learn to put together a meal (protein, complex carb, and simple carb) that you used to buy in the box. Learn to combine your own spices instead of buying spice packets. Learn to make soup!
Don't know how to start? Never learned all this from your mother? Neither did I! Do yourself a favor and buy the following book - "Healthy Meals for Less" by Jonni McCoy. Don't ask questions. Just go to Amazon.com and buy the book. Any cookbook can show you how to cook, but McCoy's cookbook will show you how to save money by doing the expensive stuff on your own.
Once you're an experienced cook, don't feel bad about the occasional Hamburger Helper night. Everyone needs a shortcut sometimes, but once you know how to make meals without the Helper, you will truly understand the price you are paying for the convenience.
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