Does anyone else do “Iterative cooking”? I like to make sometime, and then make it again, with a little tweak to make it better. I record all of my ingredients and amounts of everything so I can cook consistantly. It’s my dream to make some favorites, and make them the same way every time.
I never know what to eat and don’t eat enough as a result unfortunately
I don’t record any of my ingredients, but I do constantly tweak anything I regularly make, I’m always interested in how pizza dough, stir fry, steaks. Everything can be just a little bit better than the last time I made it.
Does not always work out!
But it keeps things interesting.
I dont cook very often, but when I do, I have a meal prep recipe that I try out. I look over the recipe in the book, copy everything to my notes app, and then try cooking it. After cooking, I review my process, and generally make tweaks to the recipe like changing order of items I cook in, or change the method of how I cook. And because it’s meal prep, I then later note down how long reheating takes in the microwave.
Yes, quite often. I never record things though. Sometimes.that works, sometimes not. Making notes while I am cooking ruins my workflow, and takes away from valuable cleaning/ tidying time.
Sometimes I take a photo so I can look back at it later.
Every week I pick just a few recipes and cook from scratch for every meal. If there are any notable particulars, I have a recipe page on notion. If I learn anything, I add it to the recipe. Sometimes I add pictures of good examples.
Sometimes it gets repetitive during the week, but I try to keep it interesting with small variations. It is much cheaper to have one dinner for the week as well.
