Imitation Is The Best Flattery

You love Pizza Hut's breadsticks. You go mad for On The Border and Taco;s Bell's fajita. The dogs at your local wiener hut send you into paroxysms of ecstasy. The problems eating all this stuff can be expensive and fattening. What should you do? Copy them. You can recreate your favorite dishes and evne snacks It;s easy, cheaper and fun

For making simple pizzas and even breadsticks you can use Pillsbury pizza and breadstick dough. Boboli has its' own dough along with a ton of recipes you can try. Also your local pizzeria can sell you raw dough. Once you have it you can use fresh tomatoes or pizza suace bought form your favorite grocery. As for tacos and burritos. Old El Paso has some great products. Another plus for making Mexican at home is that the vegetables are fresher and cleaner. There have been too many reports of salmonella in recent years, stemming from unclean lettuce , onions and tomatoes.

Creating your own quarter pounders and chili dogs is easy too. All it takes is making the patties by hand, and then grilling them. You can create your own special sauce, namely by mixing ketchup and mayonnaise. Then add the sliced onion lettuce and tomatoes. With this you can customize it. Hot dogs are the same. You can even open a can of chili for chili dogs but you can also load on sauerkraut along with cooked onions and peppers. Instead of ordinary mustard you can treat yourself to a gourmet one.

You can have your favorite eating out foods not only for a fraction of the cost but also for a better taste.It's easy and fun to recreate restaurant foods.Best of all you can make them as often as you like.