Recipes

[SharkE]

@Kachina624

wolfgang is on hsn today and weekend sit back and enjoy

[ChiliPepper]

@Kachina624

Yepper, done it many times in the past!

I'm TRYING to be better, now I write the recipe I'm going to make on the grocery list along with the ingredients.

Then, I print the recipe & put it on the counter in front of the coffee pot. I don't start ANY day without the coffee pot so that's the one spot I will be every day!

It's helping, no orphan ingredients sitting around lately!

[RespectLife]

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@MJDinVegas wrote:

@Kachina624, you are NOT alone!  I always have to print the recipe I’m thinking I may want to make, and, if I haven’t in a short time frame, that recipe goes into a file that is “waiting” to be added to my formal recipe files.  I have a stupid system but every once in a while I clean it out and start the cycle again.  If I really want to make the recipe, I leave it out on my desk, although I must confess there can be a pile of those too!  YIKES,

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@MJDinVegas

Good gracious, you are my twin!  I do the EXACT same thing.  Pile at work is the 'soon' pile...pile at home is the 'very soon' pile!  Both piles are racing eachother to the ceiling!

If I just 'save' it in Word, I will forget that I want to make it!

@Kachina624

Yes ma'am!  I do this all the time!  I know I bought this item(s) for something! 

Arrgh! 

Then I have to list it as 'Next Ingredient' in the monthly Recipe Game, so I can come up with a new recipe for it!

Sometimes, these ingredients sit in my pantry and taunt me!  LOL

[w1nter]

So funny. 

Years ago, I remember having a clipping of a recipe that I wanted to make when I had the time. For some reason, I never got around to making it. I finally got around to collecting some of ingredients and had decided to make it that weekend. The recipe must have fallen or I misplaced it because I could never find it. I couldn't remember what the others ingredients were that I was missing, either. I made a soup with the remaining ingredients. 

[MJDinVegas]

And then the worst part is you have leftover ingredients that may never get used, especially if the recipe was a dud.  I have to say, though, I’ve bought far more Indian spice, eg, Garam Masala, than I ever thought I’d use in a lifetime!  LOL.  

[Kweenme]

Completely understand.  I will use one of said ingredients in something else and then be short when it is time to make the original dish.   I just remind myself that if I had a brain i’d be dangerous.  Lol

[FuzzyFace]

did you ever remember what the recipe was? If so, what was it? dying to know :-)

[FuzzyFace]

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@house_cat wrote:

I made a pork tenderloin on Sunday. I knew there'd be a lot left over, so I planned to make pork chow mein on Wednesday.... which I did.... and it was delicious.  When we finished eating, DH said, "Wasn't it supposed to have pork in it?"  I'd totally forgotten to add it.

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LOL! that sounds like something I'd do!

[luvdoodles]

Yes, I have done that several times. Now when I add an item to my list I also write down the recipe that I need it for. It will come back to you in time.