There is nothing worse then picking up a cookbook, then making the effort to buy all the ingredients for what looks to be a scrumpous new dish, and having the recipe not turn out. Guess what, it may not be you. It might just be the recipe or the cookbook your using. Some recipes are just thrown together. Some have never been made and are just what I call cookbook filler. Often home cooks like myself forget to give you all the ingredients or tips. So,how can you tell what recipes are fact or fiction, you can't.
Recipes can be found everywhere, from churchs to tuna cans. Finding the yummy is easy with few tricks from my cooking apron:
Most of those recipes you find on the back of your soup can or on the reynolds wrap flap work. personally, I think they have great marketing tool. You just bought a can of soup with a recipe on the back,so you buy another can of soup to make something new.
The something yummy in your tummy comes from buying a can or two of cambell soup,some pillsbury products or using a recipe made by other home cooks like me.
http://www.campbellskitchen.com/
and I have never met a recipe that did not come out Pillsbury.
http://www.pillsbury.com/Pillsbury/Recipes/Meal-Course
and some of my personal favorites:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/
http://www.bonappetit.com/
http://www.livebetteramerica.com/food-recipes
http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/diabetic-recipes/reciperesults.html?searchCategoryId=10
If you're a newer cook, stick to recipes from cookbooks who have test kitchens like
Pillsbury, the food network, and Betty Crocker.
Recipes should have simple clear instructions.
There should not be a need for a ton of ingredients.
The best trick I have is to do some research on the recipe. Example, let us say you want to make beef lasagna, review at least 3 other a beef lasagna recipes of the same kind. a few questions to think about: What ingredients are the same and which are different?
example, most beef lasagna has common items, beef, noodles, cheese and tomatoe sauce. the difference maybe what vegetables is added or not added. Pick the one one which appeals to you.
Is there any item that doesn't seem to belong when you compare your recipe?
I added this because, I once found a lasagna recipe with chopped nuts included. to me the peanuts were odd and it made the recipe one I choose not to try.
Or am I taking too many steps to get the recipe completed?
What problems or successes did other cooks have when they made this kind recipe?
Other cooks give reviews on their attempts. Take a moment to review a few of those reviews.
they can be very helpful.
A few other things to consider: When buying cookbooks; do you want the chef's or the celebrities book. For me I'm buying the chef's book hands down. Some times googling the name is nessary if I don't know it. If the author is a celebrity I want to know cooking is one of their hobbies.
I cannot say you are not going to find recipes that don't work from time to time. Something yummy this comes when you take a few moments to review and use good sources.
This is Edible Opulence
Recipes can be found everywhere, from churchs to tuna cans. Finding the yummy is easy with few tricks from my cooking apron:
Most of those recipes you find on the back of your soup can or on the reynolds wrap flap work. personally, I think they have great marketing tool. You just bought a can of soup with a recipe on the back,so you buy another can of soup to make something new.
The something yummy in your tummy comes from buying a can or two of cambell soup,some pillsbury products or using a recipe made by other home cooks like me.
http://www.campbellskitchen.com/
and I have never met a recipe that did not come out Pillsbury.
http://www.pillsbury.com/Pillsbury/Recipes/Meal-Course
and some of my personal favorites:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/
http://www.bonappetit.com/
http://www.livebetteramerica.com/food-recipes
http://www.dlife.com/diabetes/diabetic-recipes/reciperesults.html?searchCategoryId=10
If you're a newer cook, stick to recipes from cookbooks who have test kitchens like
Pillsbury, the food network, and Betty Crocker.
Recipes should have simple clear instructions.
There should not be a need for a ton of ingredients.
The best trick I have is to do some research on the recipe. Example, let us say you want to make beef lasagna, review at least 3 other a beef lasagna recipes of the same kind. a few questions to think about: What ingredients are the same and which are different?
example, most beef lasagna has common items, beef, noodles, cheese and tomatoe sauce. the difference maybe what vegetables is added or not added. Pick the one one which appeals to you.
Is there any item that doesn't seem to belong when you compare your recipe?
I added this because, I once found a lasagna recipe with chopped nuts included. to me the peanuts were odd and it made the recipe one I choose not to try.
Or am I taking too many steps to get the recipe completed?
What problems or successes did other cooks have when they made this kind recipe?
Other cooks give reviews on their attempts. Take a moment to review a few of those reviews.
they can be very helpful.
A few other things to consider: When buying cookbooks; do you want the chef's or the celebrities book. For me I'm buying the chef's book hands down. Some times googling the name is nessary if I don't know it. If the author is a celebrity I want to know cooking is one of their hobbies.
I cannot say you are not going to find recipes that don't work from time to time. Something yummy this comes when you take a few moments to review and use good sources.
This is Edible Opulence
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