Ever stumble across a recipe that sounds mostly good but it has one or two ingredients that make you say "no way!"
For example, maybe there is a noodle dish that you see advertised on a commercial for your favorite Italian restaurant, and then they say it has (insert dramatic pause) shrimp. SHRIMP! Of all things! Well, if you're me, you immediately start to gag. Then, once you've recovered, you are slightly bummed because the rest of the ingredients sounded so tempting.
The fix is simple: Just switch out that nasty shrimp for some delicious chicken or steak or maybe even salmon.
Another example: What if a recipe calls for celery, but you can't stand the texture of it? You can still get the flavor of celery without actually having the celery pieces in the dish. Simply use a dash of celery salt instead so you get the flavor but don't have to worry about the texture.
Another example: What if you are making a sauce and need a bunch of veggies to add the layers of flavor, but you don't have the cash to go buy all of the necessary items? Hey, sometimes veggies are expensive! Instead, buy a bit of vegetable stock and add that to your sauce. Immediate, bold flavor for way less cash!
You get the idea. It sounds like a pretty simple concept because it is. Sometimes it just takes a little reminder that we really can tweak any recipe to fit our needs.
So, take a look at the ingredients in the recipe and next time there are one or two that you don't enjoy, think of ways to work around those bad-news ingredients to make a dish your tastebuds will love!
What tweaks have you made to recipes to turn them from drab to fab?
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