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ricdsm

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2015, 05:37:58 pm »
Cooking for me is defined as driving to the restaurant.
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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2015, 06:01:31 pm »
If I am trying something new then I use a recipe.  If it is something that I have been cooking for years then I don't use a recipe.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2015, 06:11:38 pm »
Tooo tired to follow yet more instructions...except "put in the microwave and hit 5 minutes

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2015, 07:11:23 pm »
Both. just depends. i sometimes reference recipes to get a basic idea of ingredients and such then i adapt to my taste or whatever i have on hand.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #19 on: July 12, 2015, 07:36:54 am »
I do a little of both.  Always follow a recipe for baking but for dinner I occasionally follow a recipe but usually I just take a recipe as a suggestion and add or take away the things i like or don't like.  I do a lot of cooking so most everything I can just put it together without a recipe. 

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #20 on: July 12, 2015, 06:05:41 pm »
I absolutely LOVE trying new recipes!! I try a new one every couple weeks!!! the fun part is getting my daughters to try it! I have a new one I am trying this week with an avacado sauce to be healthier!! blah hahahaha   :rainbow:  :peace:

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2015, 08:08:39 am »
About 98% of recipes I try, make the garbage.  I still love collecting new recipes, have no idea why.

My best meals were made from scratch & "thrown" together (it's also a much cheaper way to cook)...the dishes that turn out great, I always write down to make again.

I don't bake much, if I do...I'd use a recipe but I have made ALOT of goodies in years past using only my imagination and most of those were a big hit.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #22 on: July 13, 2015, 08:13:39 am »
I use both, depends on what I am cooking, most times I use a recipe and add a few things on my own, example I like to season my meats before cooking and most recipes do not season, and if they do is not like I season, so I will do my season meat and use the recipe for the rest of the stuff.
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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #23 on: July 13, 2015, 08:32:16 am »
I do both. I know many recipes from scratch but I like learning and trying out different ones.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #24 on: July 13, 2015, 02:11:09 pm »
I do both, depends on what I am making. Most of the time once I make a dish from a  recipe I then can make it from scratch. I am always tweaking the recipes also.  Grandma taught me to cook when I was 10 and I started canning and making jellies and jams by the time I was 12. I am now 722. So have been cooking a long time. I also cooked in a restaurant. so when I went into managing one I knew all of the ins and outs.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #25 on: July 13, 2015, 02:28:04 pm »
Cooking from scratch and using recipes are not mutually exclusive.  Cooking from scratch excludes mixes and processed food, it does not preclude the use of recipes.  I cook and bake from scratch.  Sometimes I use recipes, sometimes I throw things together.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #26 on: July 13, 2015, 03:01:30 pm »
I use a little bit of both.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #27 on: July 13, 2015, 04:04:36 pm »
I'd rather cook from a recipe!
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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #28 on: July 26, 2015, 01:37:47 pm »
I am not a very good cook so I have to use a recipe for whatever I am making.  However I can boil water without a recipe.

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Re: Do you cook from recipes or stratch?
« Reply #29 on: July 26, 2015, 01:50:53 pm »
I do both, but I use so many "healthy alternative" ingredients when I'm baking that even if I use a recipe, it feels like I'm making it up!  I always substitute applesauce for butter or shortening.  I use egg whites or egg alternative in place of whole eggs, and I rarely put in as much salt or sugar as called for.  We are trying to control cholesterol at our house without drugs, and so far, it's working.

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