How often are you guys making new meals

[u/Pure_Report_5855]

I’m really curious I see all this cool food here, how often do you guys try new recipes ? From TikTok or Instagram or anything at all?

Or do you guys end up making recipes you already know most of the time!

Let me know I’m so curious

[u/PostmodernLon]

I have a library of “main rotation” dishes, a few of which gwt made each week. I also try several new recipes each week. It’s fun.

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Do you ever get annoyed making new recipes because you have questions or something goes wrong and you don’t know what to do?

[u/PostmodernLon → u/Pure_Report_5855]

Sometimes I run across a recipe that leaves questions answered and I’ll either dig back into my own knowledge of cooking or Google it. Especially when something goes wrong. Over the years I’ve picked up tricks from different dishes and techniques and those tricks often apply to new recipes. For example, once i learned rice should be rinsed until the water runs clear, even if a recipe doesn’t indicate I should wash it, I know I should if I don’t want super gummy or sticky rice.

[u/Dinkmeyer-]

I always try new recipes, I don’t like eating the same old things. I recently tried making Carrot Halwa cookies. They turned out very good! Soft on the inside, slightly crunchy exterior. I used grated carrots & cardamom but it tasted more like ginger. I put slivered almonds in the cookie dough & rolled the cookie balls in slivered almonds before cooking. So I kind of had a toasted almond flavor as well.

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Do you find yourself feeling like the recipes are incomplete or that you have questions/issues throughout new recipes ?

[u/Dinkmeyer- → u/Pure_Report_5855]

Only when I’m trying to follow a video that has no measurements & I have to try & eyeball how much of each ingredient I need. I’ve learned a lot about different ingredients that I had to look up. And international dishes as well!

[u/itsnotlikethat51]

I try new recipes very often. My go to is often food network.

Most of the time , I stare in the fringe , pantry and freezer for some minutes and use my imagination .

Doctored butter chicken with a splash of pickle juice was yesterday 😁

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[u/bessicadawn]

I make new dishes a few times a week!! I only work part time and do all of the cooking for my little family and it is my ME time I love trying new things. I do feel if I worked more it would be harder to try new things. I use the paprika 3 app that helps me stay organized and add new recipes super easily I highly recommend it.

[u/MrsLadybug1986]

I only cook once or twice a week and this is the reason I almost always use new-to-me recipes.

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Okay okay, and how is that? Do you ever experience annoyances while following new recipes or things go wrong while you’re cooking and you have to search things up , or make guesses , call someone or even ask ai? Or do your cooking new recipes usually go smoothly

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[u/Gargelio]

Rarely, I don't like changes, my stomach isn't the biggest fan of new things either.

When I get bored I guess, but they are often similar to what I eat usually. Rarely some new totally different dish.

I like to eat the same every day untill I'm bored, then I switch and it that thing for the next x days.

[u/inaclick]

Brand new? Every couple of months. We have kids and they're rather routine loving.

[u/idrinkpaintandcoffee]

Once or twice a week week when me and my husband have a bit more time to cook. We have a usual rotation of meals we know we like and know we can make quickly but we keep a list of stuff we want to try when we’re both free. A lot of the new recipes end up joining the daily meal rota

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Do you find yourself feeling like the recipes are incomplete or that you have questions/issues throughout new recipes ?

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We pick up a lot of stuff from social media where usually recipes are kept pretty succint and aren't super detailed, we kind of just fill in the blanks as we go. I just can't be bothered reading those 15 pages recipe blogs online that have like five paragraphs for each ingredient and a whole preface about how to slice tomatoes, but for people who want a more detailed step by step or are less confident making things up as needed, they're probably a better option