Do You Follow A Recipe Or Wing It?

[Lee]

My cooking involves looking at a recipe and tweaking it. Omit or adding or substituted ingredients to taste.

Except for baked goods, there I find measurements must be more exact.

 

[Lc jones]

I’ll take a look at the recipe of interest usually revise it in my mind try it and then tweak it if needed. If it still isn’t to my liking I’ll toss it.

 

[JaniceM]

When I try something for the first time, I follow the recipe. When I make it additional times, I "adjust to suit tastes and preferences."

 

[Pinky]

I usually "wing it", and make the same recipe with different ingredients or sauces.

 

[jujube]

I'm with Lee on baked goods. It's best to follow the recipe except for adding nuts, etc.

Others, I'll play around a little....or a lot....sometimes with good results, sometimes with bad results.

 

[RadishRose]

I'll follow for the most part since after all, the recipe appealed to me.

I will usually add extra garlic, less or sometimes more salt or use the oven instead of the stove top. I'll leave out dried oregano, but will use fresh if I remember to buy it.

I don't bake, but I understand the recipe has to be exact.

 

[StarSong]

My cooking involves looking at a recipe and tweaking it. Omit or adding or substituted ingredients to taste.

Except for baked goods, there I find measurements must be more exact.

Same here.

 

[treeguy64]

ALWAYS wing it, after getting the gist of an established recipe.

 

[C'est Moi]

For a new recipe, I usually follow it fairly closely unless there's some ingredient I know we wouldn't like. After that, I wing it.

Nothing annoys me like reading recipe "reviews" where the reviewer changed 50 things and then gave it a "thumbs down."

 

[rkunsaw]

I usually follow the recipe the first time and make changes later if needed

 

[HazyDavey]

I do pretty much the same as rkunsaw & C'est Moi.
Stay pretty close the first time I use the recipe. Then I'll think of ways I might change it next time..