Hi Friends!
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret. Not everything that comes out of my kitchen is a smashing success! Shocking, right?! Every once and a while, I like to share some of my recipe fails so we can all have a good laugh!
Ready?
These were some sort of baked black eyed peas…with cranberries…it didn’t end well.
Banana oat pancakes that did nothing but stick to the pan.
Buffalo cauliflower that tasted nothing like the buffalo wings it was supposed to replace.
This is what you call a biscuit fail.
Sweet potato chews- good in theory, bad in practice.
Multiple baked good mishaps…Looks pretty, tasted like cardboard.
Edamame hummus that looked really good but had zero flavor.
Toffee explosion…didn’t make for good pictures (but I did still eat this one!)
I tried to modify my tried and true pot pie recipe several times. No good!
The eggs did not stay contained like they were supposed to.
Lentil Oat Crackers. Made about 4 batches and got pretty close but couldn’t get them just right…
Low sugar pear sauce fail.
Cheesy bean dip that just wasn’t quite right, even after 2 attempts.
So there ya have it! What’s been your biggest recipe fail lately?
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
I feel your pain. I fail a LOT. Most recently, I had to re-make caramel 3 times for a NYE dessert… and then the cake I poured it over looked terrible. Tasted good though!
Ana @ Stylista Fitness says
Made some garlic mashed “potatoes” out of roasted cauliflower. Only put one clove of garlic and it was so overpowering it was inedible and the BF and I went out for ice cream immediately to get the taste out of our mouths! Too much!
HollieisFueledByLOLZ says
I am a terrible cook and I know I tell you often Lindsey but I look up to your recipes so often. It’s nice to see that things like this happen to you too. Though clearly you make a lot of great things.
Thanks for sharing!
Tina @ Best Body Fitness says
And this is why I’m not a cook. I don’t have the patience to try and try new things and not have them work. Why I stick to the classic favorites and then allow smart food folks like yourself to give me tried and true recipes. Haha! So….I thank you for all your work in the kitchen and the fails you have to go through. 😉
Danielle @ It's A Harleyyy Life says
I love fails! (: It makes the final GOOD product 100x better!
lindsay Cotter says
LOL! i accidentally forgot the eggs in a recipe baking dish, let’s just say they ended up in my dogs bowl. DRY!
misszippy says
These made me laugh! The important thing is that you keep experimenting, though, and most of them end up winners.
Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
haha, it’s encouraging to know that I’m not the only one who has recipe flops! 😉
Linz @ Itz Linz says
LOL! your commentary is the best thing ever!!
Alex @ therunwithin says
hate to say it, I have had a lot of those this years. Glad to know I am not the only one. My latest one was black bean brownies, that tasted like warmed up mushed black beans.
Sam @ Better With Sprinkles says
haha i think everyone experiences baking fails now and then, so good to know we’re not alone. 😉
Jackie says
Thank goodness I’m not alone with the fails!!! Haha!!!!!
Parita @ myinnershakti says
Haha! I love this post. My biggest recipe fail happened years ago when I was making a chicken dish. Instead of using stuffing, I accidentally bought shake n’ bake. The worst part was I didn’t realize it until we sat down to eat. I couldn’t figure out why the dish tasted so off. Oops!
Sarah @creatingbettertomorrow says
Love that you are real 🙂 and share your fails and your awesome successes! Sometimes even we think all bloggers are perfect…but it just shows try try try again! if at first you don’t succeed…try try try again 🙂
Sara @ LovingOnTheRun says
Haha I love this! I am glad to see I am not the only one who has had so many recipe fails 🙂
Cori @ olivetorun says
If I showed you what I cook 90% of it would look like this 😉
Dixya @ Food, Pleasure, and Health says
i get so frustrated when recipe fails, I have no patience to take photograph. I saw few other bloggers showing their failure in the kitchen, we are not alone. Hope 2014 will be a year of better biscuits, cheesy dips, and amazing buffalo cauliflower. I would have eaten that toffee explosion too 🙂
Melissa @ Freeing Imperfections says
I am glad I’m not the only one! I love this post because you’re not afraid to show that you have failed – something I really want to work on. You have me cracking up over “This is what you call a biscuit fail.” Lol!
Athena @ Fitness & Feta says
I am so happy you posted this today. I needed it after an almond flour pistachio muffin recipe FAIL last night. I just spent 20 minutes in the kitchen scraping the muffins out of the tins into the trash. I should have taken a picture first! Thank you for the reminder that we all make kitchen mistakes. 🙂
Noelle at Noelle's Notebook says
I made some chocolate kidney bean cookies that were pretty terrible a couple weeks ago… it was like eating dried baked beans… yuck!
Kayla says
Oh man, this make me feel much better about my own kitchen disasters! Thanks for posting, it’s good to know these things happen to other people too..
Celina Allemand says
I actually attempted your recipe for hummus this past weekend and I must have blended too long. I didn’t get the right texture that I’m used of seeing with hummus. I’ll have to try again.
Dana @ Conscious Kitchen Blog says
I have a very similar picture of biscuits I tried to make once! Experimenting in the kitchen is what makes cooking fun. At least we learn something when recipes don’t turn out, right?
Tiffany @ The Chi-Athlete says
I’m not sure why, but this makes me feel less like a food failure. <3
Ashley Rick says
I’m loving these recipe fail posts from my favorite bloggers! When my recipes fail it gets me down, but now that I know it’s not just me, I feel better. When you fall off the horse…
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl says
I have been loving seeing these posts lately. They make me feel a lot better about the recipe fails that I experience ;).
Ashley @ Brocblog says
Haha Id say that almost every dish Ive made without a recipe has turned out a bit iffy. Im impressed with your success rate!
Leigha says
These are all great ideas… sometimes things just don’t work out! You are so creative! I don’t have too many fails, thanks to the fact that I always make recipes from Pinterest or something… I never create my own!
Kim @ Racing Bananas says
Thanks for sharing! It’s nice to know that I’m not the only one experiencing failures in the kitchen once in awhile! A lot of those still look tasty though – I totally would have eaten those toffee-exploded cookies too!
Helen says
It’s okay that there are recipe fails. It happens to everyone. Thanks for sharing. =)
Ari @ Ari's Menu says
I always say I’m going to do a failed recipe post, but I never keep track of the photos well enough to make it happen. This year I’ll have to try–though the post will go on for days because I think I have like a 50% success rate, haha. Also, that napkin in the hummus picture? I have the same one, and love it! I use it for photos all the time!
Brittney @ Sweets 'N' Greens says
This makes me a feel a little better about my kitchen mishaps! I’ve been having trouble flipping EVERYTHING lately – eggs and pancake messes are becoming way to common!
Diana @sosmallsostrong says
I love your honesty on this one! I’ve had a few fails before as well so I commend you on searching for the perfect combinations!
jobo says
Ha! I love this! I hate when that happens! Let’s see, I was just IMing with Jess about the crockpot pork recipe I am trying out and it doesn’t smell very good! I am hoping it isn’t a fail, but so far, I am a little weirded out 😉 we shall see!
Kelli says
Thanks for keeping it real …. now I don’t feel so alone!
Krysten Siba Bishop (@darwinianfail) says
Sometimes my ugliest meals are the yummiest! Love this!
Christine says
Lindsay,
I feel that I can connect with your recipes more than any other blogger I have found. And I think it’s because I often have the same ingredients in the house as you so it’s easy to just pick up a recipe and do it. Your recipes are also practical and I really appreciate you for that!! They’re easy and healthy.
What do you do with the “fail” products?
I have only made a couple of things (most recently panettone bread pudding that was just way too sweet) where I ended up throwing away the majority after having a couple of servings with the beau. I just feel so bad throwing away the stuff I usually just eat it even though it’s not exactly delicious…Or I end up re-making it but that more than often turns worse than better.
Thanks for sharing!!
Jody - Fit at 56 says
It all looks good to me!!!! 🙂 I only care about taste & mine looks like your fails but I get as a foodie person & blogger that it has to look just so… 😉
Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says
What a fun post! I have quite a few fails, too. The latest one was a white bean avocado dip- I was sure it would be amazing, but it was not so good. I would have eaten those toffee explosion cookies, too!
Lyric says
An oatmeal pancake that turned into an oatmeal scramble because someone forgot to grease the pan… Never the less it still tasted fantastic! I can also relate to the egg and pepper thing, mine never stay inside the pepper! and if they do I always seem to manage to break the yolk… So now i stick to poached eggs haha.
Dianne says
My best ever fail was a German Chocolate cake that turned out as flat as a slice with chocolate crust top and bottom and a thick, moist, dark chocolate custardy centre. My kids just loved it! Problem is, I have never been able to replicate that mistake.
Arman @ thebigmansworld says
Love this- just when I thought you were Superhuman 😉
Before any of the pancake recipes I post up, let’s just say a minimum of 5 attempts per variation until it is post worthy. The number of scrapings, too much liquid, not enough, too sweet, no sweetness.. the list goes on.
Maria @ Lil Mys Ninja says
Ah this makes me feel so much better to know that I’m not the only one with fails! I love your recipes! 🙂
Samantha says
I think it’s good for our readers to understand that we have to try A LOT, and I mean, A LOT of recipes in order to find something that is successful!! Im glad you posted this post, I actually googled “recipe fail friday” because I was thinking about doing a whole series on it, and I wanted to see if it had already been done, and then I saw a familiar name! Haha.
Divya Budhraja says
Those lentil oat crackers look pretty fab to be honest!