For those of you that don't know (and why would you?) I have another blog where I post recipes I've created or in some cases modified an existing recipe to meet my dietary "desires" or based on what I have available in my kitchen and pantry!
Anyway, I have this cookbook that has a ton of scrumptious recipes and one of my favorites is one called "Edamame-Avo Pasta". In this recipe the pasta isn't clearly defined so I've always used spaghetti noodles for it. The edamame and avocado (along with some other ingredients blended with them) make the "sauce".
Well, I had some black beans and a bell pepper I needed to use so I "tweaked" the recipe accordingly. As for the bell pepper, there's a reason it wasn't included in the original recipe. It wasn't horrible but I definitely won't be making that adjustment again!
But then there comes the black beans. The taste of the sauce was still quite good, I didn't really notice much (if any) difference from the edamame sauce. However, this combination for the sauce resulted in the sauce looking like something you mind find in a baby's diaper. Yeah, not at all appetizing to look at! So again, not likely a change I will make in the recipe going forward! Still good, just not appetizing to look at.
I did also change out the pasta and used elbow macaroni just to mix it up. I have spaghetti noodles on hand but opted not to use them this time around. There was no issue there - I might do that again when I make it in the future.
But I guess the moral of the story is, when creating (or modifying) a recipe, it's always good to consider how the finished product might look. 🥘
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