This makes me wonder beyond salad dressing and granola:

What else is low effort to make and vastly better or cheaper than store-bought?

@jonobie

Hummus is high on my list but we often buy it as I always make it too garlicy for my kid.

There's a whole cookbook around this concept called "make the bread, buy the butter" that has a fairly extensive and entertaining narrative with each recipe about the author's attempts to make everything from scratch for a whole year.

@IrrationalMethod I'm so confused about this concept of "too garicy" 🤣

That cookbook sounds fun - I put it on hold at the library to see what I get out of it. Thanks!