Homemade/Cooking vs. Store Bought/Eating Out

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HOMEMADE CINNAMON ROLLS

VERSUS

STORE BOUGHT CINNAMON ROLLS

After my run I decided to make some cinnamon rolls that a friend (Nary) made. We always eat the store bought cinnamon rolls so making it from scratch would be delicious, right? Well....not for me! I don't know what I did wrong. Maybe I didn't let the yeast settle for the dough to rise long enough? Maybe because I used my hands to knead the dough instead of a mixer? Maybe because I stopped 10 times in the process to deal with the kids? Maybe because I improvised using a cup as my roller instead of a real one? Maybe because the recipe included coffee in the glaze and I improvised with water? Maybe because I didn't have the right sized pan and used a glass Pyrex? I really don't know. The dough came out crappy so I ended up tossing it. I'm sure they are great, just not my day!

Lesson learned - - sometimes store bought is really better than homemade.

Here's why:

Homemade/Cooking vs. Store Bought/Eating Out

• Homemade/Cooking
• pros
• it usually tastes better and you know exactly what's in your food
• you feel accomplished making something from scratch
• you can honestly say you've cooked something vs. just pinning it to the other hundreds of recipes you've liked on Pinterest 
• You can involve your kids to "help out" or in Rachel's case, stirring the eggs
• cons
• It takes a lot of time. And honestly, who has enough time to take an hour or more to prep/cook/clean something that is consumed so fast?
• it's messy - requires a messy kitchen counter and dishes to wash
• Following a recipe doesn't always end up tasting the way it should
• Store Bought/ Eating out
• pros
• when eating out, someone else can clean up after you
• it's fast and convenient
• you know what you're going to get
•  cons
• You may spend a little more eating out
• You have to take your kids in public - - requires going potty before leaving, getting in the car, getting out of the car, going potty during your meal, entertaining your kid to stay still for 30 minutes, etc.