What can you make at home that will top any restaurant?

My number one dish is my pasta sauce with meatballs and sausage. Beats any restaurants.

This is a great topic, @januaryjane.

I hope that @tjgisewhite will share her pasta sauce recipe! We have another similar discussion with some great food ideas and recipes. Here is the link, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/recipes-food-tips-healthy-eating-more/.

I'm looking forward to some great food ideas!

@januaryjane
I guess you mean besides a flop and a mess.
I suppose if I put every ounce of courage and really put my heart and soul into it I could throw together a darn good candy bar but that’s just not gonna happen I’m afraid.
There’s nothing better than Candy candy Candy candy Candy candy absolutely nothing better as far as I’m concerned. Do you make candy @januaryjane @januaryjane
Jake

If it's cooked, I usually like mine better. Soups are either too salty or have dairy added. Vegetables are always undercooked. Rice and pasta are often undercooked and have too much fat added. Most meat is undercooked or speed-cooked to shoe leather. Almost everything has some unnecessary preservative added. Many foods have too much vinegar or are too sour or spicy. So, I like my own cooking.

@januaryjane I never knew my meatballs and sauce was such a hit until my son and daughter moved out. Now when they come home I always have to make it. It's a combination of my Italian Mother-in-law's recipe and one my aunt had from an Italian co-worker. I guess when they started eating out they discovered that what they could get in restaurants does not compare to mine. When we visit our son in Denver I have to make a huge pot of it so they can freeze some for a few future meals.

I made a darned good pizza over the weekend too, and when it comes to baked goods, my lemon-coconut bars were always a huge hit with teachers at the end of the school year. My chocolate chip cookies are pretty darned good too, not quite the typical recipe.

I used to cook and bake a lot, but do a lot less now but with being stuck at home I am baking more. When my son and daughter were young I made all of our bread, so much better than store bought.
JK

Yuuum, love italian

Ohnmy! What kind do you make? Ive made fudge but found a good looking recipe for Baby Ruth bars.

Ive made the "glass" candy before, when you cool it in trays then break them.

Agree. Plus, food quality just seems to get worse every year.

Hah, sounds about right. Ive found a good crust for pizza to be the naan bread. I also have a great recipe for lemon bars! I never liked lemon much. Adding coconut..mmm.