tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post1957699869068565792..comments2009-12-02T08:45:44.398-08:00Green Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-30987618972140640992009-12-02T08:45:44.398-08:002009-12-02T08:45:44.398-08:00@Alison - I have the opposite problem...I rely too heavily on recipes. Last night, I made chickpea patties, and although my brain registered that they were too dry, I didn&#39;t think to add more water - because I had already added as much water as the recipe called for!...And of course we ended up with crumbly patties. I never learn!<br /><br />@Jenn - Chocolate, apples, and ice cream - a no brainer right? But my husband kept insisting that apples would not taste good with chocolate because &quot;they need more of a cinnamony flavor.&quot; And that sparked the whole disastrous (but fun) episode...Erin aka Conscious Shopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055472303320074413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-136211027438265302009-12-02T06:14:53.671-08:002009-12-02T06:14:53.671-08:00Oh, I love this! Though where chocolate, apples, and a good dollop of vanilla ice cream are concerned, it&#39;s hard to go too wrong, right?<br /><br />I get impaled on the whole &quot;working piecemeal from six different recipes that don&#39;t have anything to do with each other&quot; thing all the time...but it&#39;s always a learning experience, I guess. Like Anne of Green Gables said: she made mistake after mistake, but never the same one twice, so she figured eventually she would run out of mistakes yet to be made and then everything would be great. :-)Jennhttp://www.greenmomintheburbs.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-8311682331864749942009-12-01T18:35:56.131-08:002009-12-01T18:35:56.131-08:00@Donna next time puree the salmon with some green chillies and lime and no one will know! <br /><br />I have adventures in cooking from scratch on a daily basis :) as I only cook from scratch and I loathe to follow recipes. 85% of the time it is pretty good. 5% of the time the husband requests that I don&#39;t ever make it again, 1% of the time it goes in the compost and the other 9% is divine inspiration! <br /><br />Tonight I had exploding blueberries (made a blueberry sauce in the microwave, because I was feeling lazy) and sticking crepes, but our dinner still turned out delicious and the plates were licked clean!Alisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00145567881766163189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-44003079575523871562009-12-01T17:22:39.720-08:002009-12-01T17:22:39.720-08:00@Donna - I&#39;ll remember that!Erin aka Conscious Shopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055472303320074413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-65462610103439277422009-12-01T11:33:12.972-08:002009-12-01T11:33:12.972-08:00Don&#39;t ever, ever try to hide leftover salmon in a pan of enchiladas. :)Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08896172914500564208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-79669783664662985532009-12-01T11:04:24.444-08:002009-12-01T11:04:24.444-08:00@Greeen Sheeep - Ha! So many failed attempts at baking can be saved with a little frosting...Erin aka Conscious Shopperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02055472303320074413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941312662522172460.post-85247066896785334242009-12-01T06:09:46.370-08:002009-12-01T06:09:46.370-08:00Cute story. I love to just invent things with whatever we have on hand. Sometimes it turns out great and others, well, not so much, but we never go hungry. I have a bowl full of Choco-Cranberry Nut Muffins with Apple sitting on the counter right now. I don&#39;t like them. Hubby has decided they&#39;re not too bad... when covered with frosting.greeen sheeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05207338457089423790noreply@blogger.com