The point of no return – in the kitchen

I keep promising myself that I will learn from my mistakes. But sometimes I don’t. So the best thing I can do is share them with you and hope that at least someone else can learn from them.

One such mistake is reaching the “point of no return” when un-cooking or trying out new recipes in the kitchen.

Typically the point of no return comes when I get half way through putting the ingredients into the blender only to find out I’m missing some key fruits or I dont have enough of something. Invariably I either end up rushing out several times to get the necessary things, thats right I have been known to make the same mistake more than once in the same recipe, or trying to make do and ending up with a whole bunch of waste.

I even went out and bought those little glass bowls you see on cooking shows on TV so I can pre organise my ingredients and have everything ready before I start.

But then I forget to use them.

But not anymore.

This post is my pledge, before all who stumble across it, to make these mistakes no more.

From this day forward I will get all my ingredients ready before going anywhere near the blender or the food processor. If I measure things out and find I am lacking I will continue measuring and noting any more shortages before going to the store to get the things I need. What’s more, I will walk to store in order to help me get the message.

So thats my affirmation, I wont make the same mistakes again. If I’m short on ingredients, because I’ve only measured them into bowls I can choose to abandon the whole thing and put everything back, complete measuring then walk to the store and get the missing bits or search my Evernote recipe notebook for recipes that contain ingredients I do have.

Sounds simple enough doesn’t it?