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I try to make everything from scratch, but it certainly isn't cheaper. To make good food you need good ingredients and they aren't always cheap. You usually can make A+ meals for less than you pay for at a restaurant but only because of yield. I can also make meals with bullshit in the cabinets even without basic protein if the veggies are fresh. Today was penne pasta with a sauce I made with canned crushed tomatoes(stick with me) oregano and basil; first I sauteed the mushrooms in RAW butter. I added garlic and pepper. THen I realized I was a fuckwit

Because I hadn't bought onions. OOF. Anyways I continued and sliced some fresh garlic for the sauce, which was two can of crushed tomatoes and some pepper with the aforementioned oregano and basil. I added a little red wine vinegar and brown sugar to round out the taste, then more garlic I had just cut. Then I started cooking the ground beef (90% lean) and added the mushrooms I had been sauteeing into the sauce. Continued to season and just sort of tune into the season, then ground beef goes in after a bit and spicing that as well. Water is now boiling for the noodles.

I let everything hang so my dry herbs can go to work and the garlic has room to stretch its legs in the sauce. Once again I realize storebought red sauce is horse shit and 90% of the work is the tomato. I bought some mozarella marinated in hatch chiles to keep it interesting and when the noodles are done I served it. Lady exclaims it's my best dish in the red pasta realm and I huzzah inwardly. And this was with kroger ingredients that cost sub-30$ and have enough for 6 more entrees.

TLDR; I can cook my dick off and did tonight. I don't think it's a shame not to cook, but it's a pretty easy skill to start getting feet wet in and everyone should. We all eat, usually more than once a day. Good food transcends nourishment and adds value to life.

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