I'll start with one of mine from today:
-Trying to use up everything chocolate that is leftover in the easter baskets by chopping it up and sticking it in a batch of cookie dough is not necessarily the best plan ever.
Others:
-grated parmesen cheese will melt if heated just that wee bit too much
-Boiled peanuts should only be made with green peanuts...this wasn't my mistake. Someone tried to make them with dry peanuts, awful!
-Don't salt water that you're cooking corn in, it dries it out
-If your SO hates turnips, he will notice if you mash cooked ones in with the mashed potatoes...unfortunately...
-Unfortunately, there are a lot of organic products that just do not taste good.
-Some things just aren't worth buying organic; there is a list of items online somewhere, but for example: don't bother to buy organic bananas, but do buy organic tomatoes.
-Strawberries that aren't as sweet as they should be can always be salvaged. I slice them up, sugar them, and freeze them in bags. You can put them on ice cream, use it in smoothies, etc. later on!
-This is a limited use idea, but I discovered this when I got a variety of Chevre that just wasn't the flavor I was looking for (a bit too salty): combine it with cream cheese and chopped fresh thyme, parsley, basil, rosemary, and some pepper and olive oil. Just bake until bubbly and spread on fresh baked crusty bread. Very yummy!
-Heavy food just doesn't work very well with a mayonnaise based slaw; a vinegar based one evens the heaviness out.
-Just because it is your cooking and you find it tasty doesn't mean it appeals to everyone, hehe...my ability to consume a casserole in which I've dumped everything I have left over into a bowl, stirred and baked it, doesn't mean SO will consume it also. Usually it's a combination of cooked linguine, roast chicken (left from a store bought roast chicken), mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, whipping cream, bread crumbs (out of old toasted bread), parmesan cheese, left over broccoli and left over peas. SO haaates it, hehe
-Trying to use up everything chocolate that is leftover in the easter baskets by chopping it up and sticking it in a batch of cookie dough is not necessarily the best plan ever.
Others:
-grated parmesen cheese will melt if heated just that wee bit too much
-Boiled peanuts should only be made with green peanuts...this wasn't my mistake. Someone tried to make them with dry peanuts, awful!
-Don't salt water that you're cooking corn in, it dries it out
-If your SO hates turnips, he will notice if you mash cooked ones in with the mashed potatoes...unfortunately...
-Unfortunately, there are a lot of organic products that just do not taste good.
-Some things just aren't worth buying organic; there is a list of items online somewhere, but for example: don't bother to buy organic bananas, but do buy organic tomatoes.
-Strawberries that aren't as sweet as they should be can always be salvaged. I slice them up, sugar them, and freeze them in bags. You can put them on ice cream, use it in smoothies, etc. later on!
-This is a limited use idea, but I discovered this when I got a variety of Chevre that just wasn't the flavor I was looking for (a bit too salty): combine it with cream cheese and chopped fresh thyme, parsley, basil, rosemary, and some pepper and olive oil. Just bake until bubbly and spread on fresh baked crusty bread. Very yummy!
-Heavy food just doesn't work very well with a mayonnaise based slaw; a vinegar based one evens the heaviness out.
-Just because it is your cooking and you find it tasty doesn't mean it appeals to everyone, hehe...my ability to consume a casserole in which I've dumped everything I have left over into a bowl, stirred and baked it, doesn't mean SO will consume it also. Usually it's a combination of cooked linguine, roast chicken (left from a store bought roast chicken), mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, whipping cream, bread crumbs (out of old toasted bread), parmesan cheese, left over broccoli and left over peas. SO haaates it, hehe
