Christine
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 31, 1999
I ask because I'm struggling.
I work full-time and I cook 5 nights a week. I like the food I make to be good and varied (doesn't everyone). I'm struggling to find recipes on all these website/blogs that actually come out well. There's a lot of hype and how amazing something is and then, well, it's just not. Seems anyone can create a nice, professional site and make you think they are fantastic cooks and yet they have the food tastes of a 5 year old.
Part of the problem is me. I think my standards are too high when it comes to taste and I'm probably just too hard to please. I'm willing to spend about 45 minutes prepping (although I'd like less). Some of the sites I go to are:
AllRecipes: Recipes are pretty mundane. Some have been just okay but they are fairly lacking.
Pioneer Woman: I like just about everything she does but many of her dishes are more weekend type dishes due to a lot of "from scratch" processes.
Rachael Ray: Never had much success here although more so in the past. A lot of her recipes might be quick but they involve many, many odd ingredients that I don't usually have or would only ever use once. But I do keep looking because I've had a few winners here.
DamnDelicious: Lots of interesting recipes here but they often look better on the site than they turn out. Had this experience last week. I can normally tell by just reading the recipe if it's going to be bland, but I am often tricked by the "WOWs" and "AMAZINGS."
Tasty: Usually pretty good for everything but lots high fat recipes so I use them sparingly.
SkinnyLicious: Generally successful but seems to have a lot of shrimp recipes that I can't use.
I subscribe to Yummly and I forget the other one that's like it but they seem to just feature these "trendy" things that have been passed around for years.
I visit a LOT more sites than I just listed and I'm sure there's some gems out there, but I only have about an hour on Sunday to plan and it gets so hard trying to sift through them.
So yeah, I know I sound whiny but I've sort of hit a wall with my home cooking and trying to see if I'm missing anything.
Got any good sites or recipes?
I work full-time and I cook 5 nights a week. I like the food I make to be good and varied (doesn't everyone). I'm struggling to find recipes on all these website/blogs that actually come out well. There's a lot of hype and how amazing something is and then, well, it's just not. Seems anyone can create a nice, professional site and make you think they are fantastic cooks and yet they have the food tastes of a 5 year old.
Part of the problem is me. I think my standards are too high when it comes to taste and I'm probably just too hard to please. I'm willing to spend about 45 minutes prepping (although I'd like less). Some of the sites I go to are:
AllRecipes: Recipes are pretty mundane. Some have been just okay but they are fairly lacking.
Pioneer Woman: I like just about everything she does but many of her dishes are more weekend type dishes due to a lot of "from scratch" processes.
Rachael Ray: Never had much success here although more so in the past. A lot of her recipes might be quick but they involve many, many odd ingredients that I don't usually have or would only ever use once. But I do keep looking because I've had a few winners here.
DamnDelicious: Lots of interesting recipes here but they often look better on the site than they turn out. Had this experience last week. I can normally tell by just reading the recipe if it's going to be bland, but I am often tricked by the "WOWs" and "AMAZINGS."
Tasty: Usually pretty good for everything but lots high fat recipes so I use them sparingly.
SkinnyLicious: Generally successful but seems to have a lot of shrimp recipes that I can't use.
I subscribe to Yummly and I forget the other one that's like it but they seem to just feature these "trendy" things that have been passed around for years.
I visit a LOT more sites than I just listed and I'm sure there's some gems out there, but I only have about an hour on Sunday to plan and it gets so hard trying to sift through them.
So yeah, I know I sound whiny but I've sort of hit a wall with my home cooking and trying to see if I'm missing anything.
Got any good sites or recipes?