Tonight I tossed together dinner without a recipe. It actually turned out well and I was shocked. Haha. I'm normally a recipe follower.
Do you use a recipe or just toss some stuff together?
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I'm kind of anal and normally need a least a general recipe to follow. I think of myself as a pretty good cook in that I can tackle complicated recipes/techniques and 99% of what I make comes out well. But I'm definitely not good at inventing meals from a bunch of ingredients.
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I don't usually follow recipes--only when I'm baking!
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Most things I just wing it. But if it's something that I don't cook often, I definitely need the recipe. I love recipes!
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@mediagirl: I usually use a recipe, but there are some things that I have memorized or just guesstimate & "invent"
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Most often no, but I do go to recipes for inspiration and to learn new tricks.
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I like to use a recipe as a guideline sometimes.
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If I'm trying something new, I'll use a recipe, but when it comes to things I've made before I'll try it from memory.
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Cooking, almost never with a recipe unless it is something new.
Baking, always with a recipe. -
I almost never use recipes, and if I do, only as a guideline. I always change things, and it almost always works!
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Unfortunately, I'm a recipe follower. Lol hubs hates it when I substitute lol...
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I like recipes because I like to cook new things a lot but I always tweak it.
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almost never
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@mediagirl: What did you make?
I always have a recipe.
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@artbee: arugula with cherry tomatoes, goat cheese and oil and red wine vinegar topped with quinoa, topped with grilled salmon.
It was healthy, to boot! I found I like salads when they have grains in them.
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I rarely use a recipe. When I do, I go by the general ingredients and then go by my "instincts"
When baking, I always use a recipe!
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I only use a recipe when baking. Otherwise, I just taste as I go!
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I require a recipe! I can't do the whole "taste as you go" thing. However, I have done it twice, and it turned out not too bad. Still too scared to constantly cook without a recipe though.
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I use recipes as a basic guideline, but I always end up modifying it and making my own version.
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It depends, if it's something I cook regularly I skip the recipe, if it's something I'm trying new, or baking I always use a recipe.
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I only recipes for baked goods like cakes and pastries. But if I am cooking on the stove top I rarely use a recipe.
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I go back and forth. Sometimes I'll use a recipe as a guideline and change it according to what I have on hand or what I think would be good. Sometimes I just throw stuff together, other times there is a recipe I really wanna try, so I will follow it.
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Both. There are some things I need a recipe for (like spinach and artichoke mac and cheese - it'd be too soupy without). Other things, like honey apple cider vinaigrette, are to taste. Many things, I find a recipe for, like the idea, and make up my own version.
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@mediagirl: That sounds sooooo yummy!
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I don't use a recipe unless I'm trying something new. Then I'll find one to use as a guideline.
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