With my fruits and vegetables, it has to be fresh, and the red meat needs to be of the never frozen type. Seafood I prefer fresh, but frozen is ok; it seems to not bruise the taste as much as with red meat. I also make my bread at home; our breadmaker gets quite a workout.
For sauces and such, I have no problem with starting with canned tomato paste, or buying a jar of glaze, and I'll use the store bought pastas rather than make it from scratch any day.
But most stuff is from scratch; it really doesn't take much longer and IMO tastes a whole lot better.
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