I only just got mine, so I can't help much. Our bread is costing about 50-60 cents a loaf (we were buying Burgen before for $4.50) and hommus about a dollar for a fair bit. Just made a big batch of curry cauliflower soup for about $5, but that would normally cost that much to make (but gosh, it's so much smoother than the soup I made before!)

I think it will take quite a while to pay itself off but I'm not looking to do everything from scratch, I don't think I will make my own butter.