13 easy recipes for things you always buy ready-made and processed

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I’m sure that with as much time as we are spending at home these days, you suddenly get cravings for things that right now you do not have on hand in the pantry and that as most of them are probably not essential, we should not go out and buy them either.

In many cases these will be things that most people buy ready-made, but that can also be made at home following easy recipes and with very basic ingredients.

Pie dough

Although many people flee from frozen empanadillas and prefer to make them homemade, the truth is that the dough is still resisting us and almost all of us continue to pull purchased wafers. But if you don’t have any packet in the fridge and you’ve been wanting to feel that crunch when you bite into them for days, today we tell you how to make homemade dough for empanadillas. It freezes phenomenal, so you can make a good amount and have wafers made for as long as it lasts is isolation.

Wonton dough

Similar to dumpling dough, but simpler and of Asian origin is wonton dough. It can be cooked either fried -fried wonton- or steamed -Chinese ravioli-. dim sum.

Gyoza dough

And the simplest of all, Japanese gyoza dough for which you only need flour, water and salt. With these three doughs you can make any kind of empanadillas you want.

Empanada

Empanadas are great, but a good empanada is even better. It’s a fantastic way to recycle some leftovers so you don’t have to repeat a dish, and it’s perfect for dinner while watching your favorite series. Of all the doughs I’ve tried, in the end the one I make the most is one of the simplest that I have proposed on more than one occasion, as in this empanada made with leftover roast and this other chicken with mushrooms and eggplant.

Hummus

At Cocinillas it has always seemed a crime to buy ready-made hummus, when making it at home is one of the easiest things in the world. In addition, it is a very healthy recipe that gives a lot of play.

Guacamole

Even if you haven’t been craving it, if you have an avocado around the house threatening to pass away, don’t give it a choice, make guacamole for dinner and you’ll see how the day ends better.

Pizza

Although I know that more and more of you are encouraged to make pizza dough at home, there are still many of you using frozen pizza or similar and precooked bases. Let’s see if seeing this stuffed pizza recipe, which you laugh at the gourmet Telepizza, you take away the fear and you get down to work.

Mayonnaise

Another basic that we almost always end up buying ready-made even though we know that homemade is much richer. And if it is for fear that it is cut, do not suffer, we have even made a video in which we tell you how to make homemade mayonnaise in a moment and without fear that it is cut.

Cocoa cream

If you make it at home is richer and much healthier, with much less sugar and with the possibility of using more heart-healthy fats than those that usually use most commercial products. Let others fight over Nocilla and Nutella and go for the homemade version.

Barbecue sauce

Why not take advantage of the coronavirus quarantine to prepare some preserves that when it’s over we can share with our loved ones? For that, this homemade barbecue sauce always triumphs.

Tartar sauce

Tartar sauce is great for dipping chips and all kinds of fish, and when you try it homemade, you will not see the purchased ones with the same eyes.

Jams

If you have fruit that’s going over and you’ve run out of jam for breakfast, you have no excuse not to make some homemade jam.

Merengues

If you are not able to resist the sweet craving and you miss meringues, we propose a recipe whose main ingredient is something you always throw down the sink. I am referring to the water that comes in the jars of legumes, a liquid that is known as aquafava and has properties very similar to egg white, so you can assemble it and make a vegan meringue that you can’t imagine how good it looks. Of course, if you prefer a traditional meringue, you can also make a traditional meringue worthy of a pastry shop.