Which Groceries Are Actually Worth Making From Scratch? (A Lunch Lady Explains)

📕 Get the full cookbook - The Lunch Lady's $3,600-a-Year Grocery Cut (175 recipes & tricks, scaled for 1, 2 or a family): www.dorislunchlady.com/ Half the things the internet tells you to make from scratch are not worth the trouble, and one of them costs more to make at home than to buy at the store. For thirty-five years I decided what a school kitchen made and what it bought. The question I was taught to ask is the one I use in this video for every item: what does a serving cost, counting your hands? Twelve groceries, and a straight verdict on each one, make it or buy it: butter from a jar of cream, hummus, mustard, granola, sauerkraut, pickles, mayonnaise, yogurt, ricotta, vanilla extract, peanut butter, and number one, the deli turkey in your refrigerator right now, at about twice what it should cost. Two you can start this week: a jar of sauerkraut while cabbage is cheap, and a bottle of vanilla extract that will be ready for Christmas baking. I am Mrs. Doris. A school kitchen in Scioto County, Ohio, on a dollar and five cents a tray. Prices change by store and by season, so check the shelf tags where you shop. If you make mayonnaise at home, use pasteurized eggs. Cook turkey to 165 degrees. Which one do you still make yourself, even when the math says buy it? Tell me below. #homemade #frugalliving #over60 #groceryhacks #mrsdoris