Do you make stuff up?
Do you look in your cupboard and fridge, see what you have and then make a meal from it?
Or do you plan your meals, buy those foods you need and make a meal?
I'm a "make it up as I go along" kind of gal and that goes for food too. I never thought this was unique, or strange until last week. We had some missionaries from our church over for dinner. Now, these are young men (19-22) and they tend to eat anything. I made a dinner that we call Chicken Wraps. They kept asking over and over what it was, what it was called, what was in it. When I told them I made it up and the ingredients change every time, they acted SO surprised. They ate it up, and it's one of our families favorites, but it got me thinking.
Last night I opened the fridge and took three different leftovers out, made a casserole and a salad and called it good. It turned out better than I expected.
Sometimes it's a happy surprise how these meals turn out and sometimes we decide never to try it again. The apple pork chops I made twice, it just wasn't meant to be.
I love cooking this way, making and inventing, creating. I also like to try new things and will use a recipe from a magazine or online. We have tried and true recipes that we love also, but most nights I'm just winging it.
So, I'm curious how do you do food? Is my way common or do most people go by a recipe and standard ingredients every night?
It typing this I realize, this is how I craft and sew too, just kind of make it up as I go along, sometimes it works out and sometimes it does not!
If you want to know, my chicken wraps consist of raw cut up veggies (carrots/cucumbers/tomatoes/celery/onion whatever we have), a grilled chicken breast or two chopped up and mixed with greek yogurt, sour cream and a dry ranch dip mix. All of this gets wrapped up burrito style in a flour tortilla. Oh and maybe cubed cheese too!
The casserole last night consisted of leftover rice and chicken, a chicken thigh cooked and cut up(left over from another meal), and fried green beans cut up. Mixed together with a can of cream o/chicken soup and topped with grated cheese. Mmmm, it was so creamy good!
I have no measurements, just make it to taste or what will fit in the pan.
