semi-homemade

Definitions

1. Partially homemade; for example, made at home with some store-bought ingredients, components, or subassemblies.
   not-comparable
2. Based on commercially available convenience food, which is then customized at home with some more ingredients, often ones that are less processed (such as chopped whole foods).
   not-comparable

Examples

“She prefers her own⟳ semi-homemade potting soil — she starts with one from the hardware store and then adds her own⟳ special compost.”

“She runs a semi-homemade gaming PC — it has been customized for more power, memory, and speed⟳.”

“These provisions are considered in the blind illustrated by the diagram. This is a semi-homemade blind.”

“The next essential part of this semi-homemade process⟳ is a quantity of moist earth for banking around the jig while the metal is being poured.”

“Her favorite pancakes are semi-homemade — she starts with a certain premade pancake mix⟳ and then adds cinnamon, barley flour, and other treats.”

“Even the onion soup was semi-homemade, a bit salty, but better than many a pretentious French restaurant.”

“The younger women, many whom were employed mothers, found the product's convenience appealing. Older women were more likely either to stick⟳ with homemade stuffing or to use⟳ Stove Top as the foundation to a semi-homemade product.”

“The more I thought about it, the better Jaxon 's little joke about Semi-Homemade sounded. On the way home, I dropped by KFC. Once home, I put⟳ the chicken in a pan, poured the cream of mushroom soup over it and cooked up a pot of rice.”

“If moving to real foods all at once is too big a step, consider⟳ some hybrid meals as a transition, using both real and processed foods. Sandra Lee's “semi-homemade” cooking is an example of this approach⟳.”

“While semi-homemade, 30-minute meals have⟳ sadly become⟳ de reigueur these days, they were a foreign concept to us.”

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