I make almost everything from scratch from chowder to hummus to salsas...with this trying economy I find it much more economical to keep a well stacked pantry..from diced tomato, garbanzo beans, pastas, etc. If I had the kitchen space I would make my own pastas.... Stews, crock-pot items, etc. Oh it has to be Kropkakkor (a family Swedish dumpling filled with salt pork and ham and boiled then fried in a butter milk sauce) It's a little difficult to make but oh SO good! See above melted a pie crust once during Thanksiving, but my sister took the cake by cooking a turkey with the neck and giblets still in it!!!