My last post listed some of my most popular recipes in 2014. As a change in pace, I thought I’d share with you some of the recipe disasters that took place in my kitchen this past year.
Every post (or at least, almost every post) on this blog contains my best photos as well as tested recipes. But not everything comes out perfect, and sometimes, it’s an absolute disaster.
I want to share with you all my fails so that you know that not everything comes out right the first time, that it takes practice and many tries before it looks anything like the photos on the blog.
Let me show you some of the fails that happened in my kitchen.
Butternut Squash, Brussels Sprouts, and Bacon Pizza with Pesto
The flavors were amazing in this pizza. I loved the contrast in sweet and savory. But! The crust was hard enough to chip a tooth, which totally would have ruined my day. That definitely needed work on. I just never got around to trying it again just yet.
Hawaiian Rolls
Um… You know those King Hawaiian rolls? The soft fluffy ones that’s slightly sweet and tastes amazing as a snack?
I’m pretty sure they weren’t supposed to look like this.
But then again, I blame it on my first time using yeast. Disaster.
Cheesy Brussels Sprouts Crostini
The idea sounded good in my head and I loved the idea of Brussels sprouts and pesto on toast. But it really didn’t work. As much as I love Brussels sprouts, I couldn’t convince myself to like it.
Cheesy Pomegranate Apple Quesadilla
I wanted to combine the flavors of spring, and while the quesadilla looked amazing, the taste? Not so much. And I don’t really like biting into seeds in my quesadillas either.
Pesto Cheese Pizza
It sounded so simple. And it looked… awful. Do I really need to say more?
Brownies
While my brownies are almost always moist with that crispy and chewy edge, just the way I like them, they don’t look like that in photos. I can never take the perfect brownie photos. Yeah… Let’s not talk about it.
Korean Tacos
It took three tries to get the photos right. The original looked like this. It was wet and soggy.
Cookies
I will never tell you that I’m a baker. I do bake, but it takes soo many tries before I can get the recipe right. The worst? Cookies. I swear they have a mind of their own because I can never make them perfect. Too soft. Too crumbly. Too cakey. Too burnt. Always something new that goes wrong. So when I do post a cookie recipe? It must be good.
My first batch of stove top cookies looked like this. I could have sworn they looked like burnt pancakes.
Hope you enjoyed this post! I’ll be back in the new year to post brand new recipes.
even your failures don’t look so bad.
Thank you! But the failures didn’t taste all that great even if they looked okay. lol
Love this post! Everything you post always looks so wonderfully delicious, it’s fun to see that the same type of mishaps that happen in my kitchen sometimes also happen in yours. 🙂
Trust me. Disasters happen in my kitchen all the time. They just don’t usually make an appearance on my blog. lol
What a great idea for a post. Thanks for sharing. The pictures still look great though.
Thank you!
Disasters are a good sign of experimentation– I remember my first yeast bread– small round loaves that looked wonderful but had the texture and weight of rocks!
Oh my gosh! I know… Anything with baking is either a hit or miss most of the time. And then you have to start all over again!
Loved this post! What a great idea! (And your brownie photo still made me want to eat them :))
Thank you!
This post was funny…sometimes I think I am the only one that has recipe disasters!!! Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, Diana!
Happy New Year and it is good to see disaster receipts as i have the same experience with my artwork there always disaster with either technique or materials but we learn from our failure and perfect in the techniques with trials.
Happy New Year! It is good to know that all your beautiful recipes don’t always end up so beautiful. It gives those of us who don’t have your talent hope. 🙂
lol. I don’t think cooking requires talent. Trust me. Most days I feel like I’m talentless. But I think that with tons of practice, every skill becomes easier. It’s why I chose to post up the disasters. I feel that people need to see that not everything turns out right the first time. It takes tweaking and tons of patience.
I have to admit, it’s nice to see that even you can make mistakes, ha ha. But let’s be real, most of those still look incredible. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
It is bad that most of those posts still look good enough to eat? Scratch that, all those posts look delicious, haha.
Thank you so much, Maria!