Hit or Mostly Miss with new recipes

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

Every morning when I log into my computer there are several sites with recipes. I look through them and generally save several recipes. I look at the reviews and people rave that their family are picky eaters and they love the meal, or everyone liked it so much they are making the recipe on a regular basis - you get the idea.

So good old me makes the recipe. My family takes a small portion and that is it. The rest of the meal sits there. I generally end up throwing the rest away. My kitchen trash can weighs 35 pounds from all the meals no one wants. How come everyone else raves about the recipes?

So I made a big pan of lasagna. Everyone used to like it. There is still a large portion left and is going in the trash tonight.

I am tired of spending lots of time preparing meals no one likes. I feel like saying tonight we are having peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and if you don't like it make your own meal. Cause what I am doing now isn't working.

SouthernBee · ‎09-16-2010

@drizzellla :Totally agree and understand.

Go on a " cooking strike for a few days".

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

@drizzellla wrote:

I am tired of spending lots of time preparing meals no one likes. I feel like saying tonight we are having peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and if you don't like it make your own meal. Cause what I am doing now isn't working.

I told my children that all their life!

I would quit trying new recipes and just fix what I know they will like. Mine had a large number of "favorites!"

Food cost too much to waste. Maybe try 1 new dish a month?

ciao_bella · ‎03-13-2010

@drizzellla I enjoy making new recipes as I tire of the 'same old, same old'. But, what you might try doing, as I have, make a smaller amount or make the same amount but use 2 smaller pans and freeze one for another time. I also don't make 'full size' meals all the time. If I make a full meal one night, if there are leftovers, it's the next night's meal with maybe a fresh salad. After that, the following meal or two meals are 'easy' to put together', are maybe something like a cup or bowl of soup or a fresh green salad and a French Dip sandwich made with sliced deli roast beef and provolone melted on a fresh roll. Or, perhaps some sliced corned beef and swiss cheese at the deli on grilled rye bread with a little saurkraut and Russian dressing to dip it into.

Make life easier on yourself. If you make a 'big' meal one night, the next night or two make easy meals, such as above. Works well for me, especially that I feed 3 of us, including myself every night.

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rockygems123 · ‎06-04-2012

@drizzellla

Maybe they like it but now aren't as big eaters as before?

Possibly make smaller portions and then there may not be waste.

Or and this would be frustrating, as another poster said they only like certain foods and don't like change.

kze · ‎03-09-2010

@drizzellla

Have you been liking the new dishes or are you agreeing with the others?

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@drizzellla. Why don't you freeze the leftover lasagna and serve it up some lunch or dinner in a month or two?

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drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@kze wrote:
@drizzellla

Have you been liking the new dishes or are you agreeing with the others?

I can honestly say I agree with them. I have had a runny nose for 2 weeks. Everything tastes bad to me, even the big pan of lasagna I cooked. And I (and everyone else) always had liked that.

Interesting - my husband ASKED me to make the lasagna. Yet, there is still quite a bit left. But my son does not like tomatoes. So he never eats much because of tomato sauce.

So that is why I relied on the rave reviews for the different new recipes.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@rockygems123 wrote:
@drizzellla

Maybe they like it but now aren't as big eaters as before?

Possibly make smaller portions and then there may not be waste.

Or and this would be frustrating, as another poster said they only like certain foods and don't like change.

Good point but some of the recipes I did cut in half. Because you are so right. If it doesn't appeal to them, they are only eating one helping. And if they like it they are eating 3 helpings.