"Damsel in dis Dress" > wrote in message
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>I was just reading the thread about foods you've never purchased from
> a supermarket. I would love it if people posted their recipes for
> oven fried chicken and pork, green bean casserole from scratch, etc.
>
I "oven fry" chicken with cornflake crumbs to make a nice crunchy coating
They sell cornflake crumbs in the baking aisle. Or you could just buy
cornflakes and crush them

It's easy enough to make homemade hamburger helper... you may recall some
years ago I asked how to go about doing that because I didn't want to buy
the boxed stuff. There's no real recipe, really. Just cook some macaroni,
brown some hamburger and make various types of sauces and cheese.
Different seasonings make for different types of "helper". I'm not a fan of
canned tuna (nor is my cat) but you can do the same thing with tuna. Or
canned salmon or mackerel.

Rice dishes are easy enough. Rice isn't difficult to cook; it doesn't
require anything more than a pot with a lid. (My apologizies to all who
have to have a rice cooker.) There are plenty of convenience foods you can
find at the store that you can just as easily make at home... and make it
healthier, too. Add your own vegetables and seasonings. You can control
the sodium if it's a concern. It's not difficult, really!

Jill