Recipes I'd Rather Not Repeat {Recipes #69-74}

71) Basil Tomato Chicken with Mushrooms

This recipe is super healthy and made with such wonderful amazing ingredients that I was so excited for it! It smelled FANTASTIC and looked so mouthwatering .. but it tasted awful! I am wondering maybe if you marinated the chicken breasts in the sauce overnight if that would help? It was dry and flavorless. So so so disappointing! :( 

72) Peanut Butter Cookies

I found this recipe in my beloved Farm Chicks in the Kitchen cookbook and expected great things. They ended up being grainy and having a strange flavor. I was very disappointed because I love peanut butter cookies and had high hopes for this healthier version that contained partial whole wheat flour and partial honey over sugar. Sadly they were not something that I enjoyed. Sorry for the lack of picture, they were that sad. :( 

73) Garlic Ranch Chicken Pizza

This was really not so bad and probably would have been great on a thinner crust as an appetizer where there would not be leftovers. The tomatoes did not reheat well and the crust was really good but much too bready for this type of pizza. Too bad, it seemed promising.

74 & 75) {Pancakes with} Cherry Jam & Bacon Cooked in the Oven

I was super excited to make jam for the first time. I did it exactly as the recipe called for but because there were no preservatives there was a TON of lemon juice. So this caused it to taste very lemon-y and not so cherry-y. :( The bacon in the oven seemed like a great idea, it eliminates that awful splattery part of cooking bacon. But this recipe was not compatible with our old oven. I pulled it out after the correct time on the correct temperature and it was barely cooked and not crispy at all. So I pan fried it the rest of the way done. Very disappointing.

76) Crock Pot Spaghetti Sauce

This recipe was also a disappointment. It was meant to serve 6 and we had a friend coming over so it seemed perfect. It ended up that our friend did not make it over that night and it served about 20. It got very boring very fast and it was not something I would have wanted leftovers of anyhow. I felt so awful wasting it, but it just was not good. I am very disappointed in my crock pot cookbook so far. Many more dislikes than likes it seems.

Does anyone have any Crock Pot Cookbook Recommendations? I seriously need a different one! 

All for now,

Alexandra

You win some, you lose some {recipes 50-57}

Sometimes... a recipe is just not very good. 

so here are 8.

51: Chicken Lomein

  

This one was just ok. Honestly, it didn't need the chicken.

52: Homemade pizza crust... it was kind of lumpy. :(

53: Pork Chops with Summer Veggie Medley

this was a crock pot meal and it was not impressive. It was just ok. 

54: Crock pot Breakfast Casserole

- Seemed like a great idea at the time. But ended up being way too done. :( 

55: Cajun Pasta

Sadly, just ok. And made a TON so we were eating it for way too long.

56: Beef Stroganoff

 Again, not very good. 

57: Bread Machine Pumpkin Bread

We were craving pumpkin bread as fall is getting here and we tried some in the bread machine.. and it was way too bready. Not very good. Way too dense.

58: Tropical Popsickles

These were not very flavorful, which is really too bad. I guess we will have to try again next summer!

But there are more successful and super delicious recipes coming! :)

All for now,

Alexandra