I’ve never been much of a baker or a cook, but lately I’ve come to the realization that there is a whole lot more food in my pantry than what meets the eye… I just have to make it!

From fried rice to giant ginger cookies (shown in the photo above), there of tons of things I can make from scratch and save a lot of money in the process. It just requires a little extra creativity and a little searching (through my cookbooks) to find what I can make from the various basic ingredients I already have.