Making Recipes Your Own

I enjoy several food websites and love trying out their recipes. Once in a while I’ll try a recipe that really isn’t very good.  It usually has rave reviews from people who have made it and loved it.  It just reminds me that everyone is different, and some people's tastes are not at all like mine.

I recently tried a recipe that was highly rated and raved over.  My reaction?  YUCK!!! So I took the basic idea of the recipe and made it my own.  The results? YUMMMMM! Wow. It turned out so well that I typed up my version and will be using it for the rest of my life, - THAT level of delicious!

It’s important to note that I didn’t throw away the original recipe, I used some basic ingredients and added what I felt would make it great.

Food and cooking brings so many insights that we can apply to our lives.  How can you use a recipe you have that isn’t working for you (and I don’t just mean in the kitchen) and make it your own? What can you keep and what can you change to make it so extraordinary that you’ll use it to improve and benefit your life?

Here is one of the recipes that I’ve tweaked and made it my own:

Mai's Miso Lime Dressing .pdf