Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you cook by recipe or feel?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you cook by recipe or feel? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:18:45 +0000 GrapeCrush on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343805 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:43:37 +0000 GrapeCrush 1343805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I will look at a bunch of recipes to see what is going on with them and then tweak. I'm not a great cook though, so this is probably a bad idea lol chopsuey on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343772 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 19:34:52 +0000 chopsuey 1343772@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I only use recipes when I'm trying something new or if I'm baking. MapleMoose on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343609 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:45:51 +0000 MapleMoose 1343609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel. I use recipes for ideas. LovelyPlum on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343587 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:36:54 +0000 LovelyPlum 1343587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel and taste, except when I'm baking! I will look at a bunch of recipes to get the feel of how something is supposed to go, though. yin on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343391 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:34:40 +0000 yin 1343391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Only recently have I started to cook by feel and taste. I love a good recipe though. SugarplumsMom on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343365 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:25:28 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1343365@https://boards.hellobee.com/ By feel and taste. Greentea on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343315 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:12:22 +0000 Greentea 1343315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @mrsjyw: same as you! Always by feel never recipe unless it is brand new. lovehoneybee on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343304 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 17:09:20 +0000 lovehoneybee 1343304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel and taste, but I always end up adding way more garlic. I'm pretty much follow the recipe when baking, unless it's bread or biscuits and I can feel the dough is wrong, then I wing it until it feels right. MrsH on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343259 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:53:17 +0000 MrsH 1343259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Alivoo01: yikes but still worth it! spaniellove on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343227 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:47:03 +0000 spaniellove 1343227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Definitely by feel! I didn't realize how much I was doing this until DH started trying to make the things I make and the recipes I had originally used didn't work at all. Boheme on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343217 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:45:27 +0000 Boheme 1343217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel/taste, unless I'm baking. I followed a crock pot recipe to a tee yesterday, when I KNEW I shouldn't have. A tablespoon of cloves?! Way too much. It tasted like potpourri :P blackbird on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343204 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:43:26 +0000 blackbird 1343204@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both! if i'm baking, i am to the letter. if i'm making most anything else, i use recipes as a very loose guideline. LuLu Mom on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343191 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:40:28 +0000 LuLu Mom 1343191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A combination of both, usually the base is from a recipe but I subsitute & add as needed for our family/taste. Alivoo01 on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343183 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:39:10 +0000 Alivoo01 1343183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MrsH: I tried that once and it was like okay, ~1tbs of soy sauce. 30 ingredients later, another tsp of soy sauce... and another tbs of soy sauce... few more ingredients and a dash of soy sauce. WTF! So we're at how many tbs of soy sauce now????? And that's just with that ingredient. Repeat for vinegar, salt, and fish sauce too. OMG!!! hahaha! MrsSCB on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343145 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:31:23 +0000 MrsSCB 1343145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Mostly recipe. I'm trying to tailor more to my taste and be more creative though. That basically means following a recipe but then adding different things every now and then. For example, today I made veggie soup, but instead of the pasta that the recipe called for, I added some leftover brown rice I had on hand. Then I also added some white beans to give it a little more substance and some chipotle pepper flakes to give it some spice :-) I'd love to be able to cook more by feel and to make my own recipes! littlebug on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343058 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:15:23 +0000 littlebug 1343058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Recipe, but usually try to tweak it a bit to make it my own or to suit our tastes. Mommy Finger on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343056 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:15:17 +0000 Mommy Finger 1343056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I think a little bit of both. I guess I mostly look to recipes for inspiration but it is really rare that I follow it to a T. I don't bake much precisely b/c you can't bake by feel. :) cyndistar3 on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343051 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:13:59 +0000 cyndistar3 1343051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Always by feel and taste, I only follow recipes for baking! Kimberlybee on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343046 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:13:46 +0000 Kimberlybee 1343046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Asian food - by feel and taste American and Italian food - recipe exactly until I tweak it to make it how I like it. MrsH on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343044 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:13:05 +0000 MrsH 1343044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Alivoo01: my dad cooked like this. The easiest way to get the recipes is have him cook it a couple of times and take an average of what he puts in. I cook by feel/taste. looch on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343035 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:11:32 +0000 looch 1343035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel and taste as well. I find most food too salty, so I have to adjust. regberadaisy on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1343025 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:09:41 +0000 regberadaisy 1343025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Feel and taste. I always always add garlic salt and more garlic. I find most recipes aren't robust enough in flavor. autumnlove on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1342997 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:06:02 +0000 autumnlove 1342997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Recipe Alivoo01 on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1342986 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:05:06 +0000 Alivoo01 1342986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Recipe. I can't cook by feel and it sucks!! My dad does and when I ask him how much of this or that, he always says "just taste it!". If I could, I wouldn't be asking dad - gah!! And he's such a great cook, and I can't "inherit" his recipes. :( mrsjyw on "Do you cook by recipe or feel?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-cook-by-recipe-or-feel#post-1342951 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 16:00:07 +0000 mrsjyw 1342951@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I cook by feel almost always. Unless trying out a new recipe from HB, or even if I am, I almost always spice and flavor by feel for my/dh's tastes rather than following recipes to the tee. Baking on the otherhand I follow every ingredient and step!