Do you cook from recipes or stratch?

[ricdsm]

Cooking for me is defined as driving to the restaurant.

[cathy37]

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.

[Forp]

Tooo tired to follow yet more instructions...except "put in the microwave and hit 5 minutes

[sgluckadoo]

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.

[turtle1983]

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. 

[rabbitpbcup]

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    

[SherylsShado]

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.

[lywb2168]

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.

[nguzman1]

I do both. I know many recipes from scratch but I like learning and trying out different ones.

[vickysue]

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.

[CharmedPhoenix]

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.

[monnee]

I use a little bit of both.

[Skyisbluetoday]

I'd rather cook from a recipe!

[misi49]

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.

[pstovall]

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.