This is me, too. Pretty much all food items from scratch. Can’t remember the last time I had commercial yogurt or salad dressing. Well, maybe a restaurant for the salad dressing.
I make beer and mead occasionally, more often liqueurs such as limoncello, Bailey’s, Kahlua, blackberry cordial and pear brandy. Also pear, strawberry and grape wines.
I grow a lot of my own vegetables and fruits, so I also do a lot of home preservation: Canned tomatoes, jams, pickles, dilled green beans, plums, berries, apples and pears.
Other things that are good to have around and easy to store are dehydrated items: Beef jerky, tomatoes, mushrooms, various fruits and herbs.
I catch my own fish and smoke them. Most of the meat in my freezers was either raised by me (pork, beef) or traded for (lamb). I’ve raised my own chickens for meat in the past but am not doing this at present. I don’t much care for chicken butchery. I do keep them for fresh eggs.
I like to forage for wild berries and mushrooms. (Home-foraged truffles are always cheaper.)
Living on my own, I’ve learned to do a lot of repairs around the property. Lawn tractor, sprayer, fencing, a little plumbing and minor carpentry. Hot tub repair a specialty.
Also make some pottery items. Natch.
Wish I could make my own chocolate.
It’s my preference to live this way. Just an old hippie girl. I have more time than good sense, some would say.
And yes; all better and cheaper – though I know it’s discouraged to mention it on the SDMB.