I've costed a large home-made semi-wholemeal, organic and it's less than half the price of the equivalent at
Tesco. Admittedly there is the cost of the machine but ours lasted for about seven years which amounts to about £15 per year so minimal.
As Susie points out napolitano sauce is cheap and easy - what's more there's no waste on it - any left over can be incorporated into another dish.
... and that goes back to my original point that people waste too much. We waste next to nothing so don't really bother about paying a little more for top-quality, organic ingredients.
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Originally Posted by Blackbrook Eye  I wonder where the Guardian buy their bread, I still pay 78p per loaf from my local Co,op so it would be difficult to save a pound a loaf by making my own and anyone who has tried making their own tomato sauce will tell you, it's not cheap by any means, unless you get the ingredients for nothing to start with, but then again the Guardian is not a paper for people who live in the real world, now is it.  Regarding eggs, it may be all well and good for individuals to feed their fowls on grass and kitchen scraps, but commercial growers are required to feed their stock more responsibly and that adds to the cost of production, no matter if they are battery or free range. Another point regarding eggs is that although battery rearing is not ideal, at least there is some control over the age of the product, unlike true free range, where eggs can remain hidden in unsavory conditions for days before being collected  |