The Posts That Could Have Been

Being a food blogger, pretty much everything I make is made with the hope that it will end up in the blog. And fortunately, there have been over 200 posts of great recipes that I have loved. However, over the year and a half that I've been doing this, there have also been some real disappointments. And since I am a food blogger and take pictures of just about everything that I make, I have documentation of the good AND the bad!

I've come up with my own criteria as to whether or not I will post certain recipes.

1. Did my husband and I both like it? (this is overridden when I absolutely LOVE something, and Mr. Picky just won't be open-minded, love ya babe!) I would say my kids have to like it too, but let's be real, for the most part they just don't eat much dinner at all, no matter what it is.

2. Did we eat the leftovers? A lot of times we will like it enough to choke it down at dinner with a positive attitude, but the idea of eating the leftovers seems repulsive.

3. Would I make it again? This is something that I can usually determine about thirty seconds into eating it. Even if it's not bad, I just don't like it enough to make it again.

So here are a bunch of dishes that I've collected (unknowingly) over the months that just didn't make the cut. Sorry it didn't work out guys, you just weren't what we were looking for!

Milk and Honey Bread, smells delicious while baking, but the flavor is just too strong for everyday use, and it's too dense. Horrible sandwiches.

Lemon Caper Chicken. Edible, especially with a little honey mustard sauce, but none of us wanted to eat it again.

Apple Crisp. Completely delicious, who doesn't like apple crisp? But the recipe was so standard, I just didn't think it would be anything ya'll haven't seen before.

Linguine and Pork with Peanut Sauce. Fun idea, fun to make, not so fun to eat. I kind of liked it, the rest of my family hated it.

Gnocchi with olives, tomatoes and red onions. Disgusting. None of us liked it.

Pork Tacos with cabbage and red peppers. Too tangy, too dry.

Paula Deen's grilled chicken. I liked it, but just not enough to make it again. Plus we made this at my parents and I never got the recipe, lol.

Lemon Lime Cheesecake. Very delicious, but again, I never got the recipe from my mom, and I didn't like the picture!
Cakelets (is that word?) with lemon curd or homemade pudding and berries. I don't exactly know why I didn't post it. It was delicious and definitely pretty. I think it's because I never got the recipe for the cake, plus, you have to have a special pan to make it.
Three Berry Buckle. I'd give this dessert a five out of ten, enough said.
Shrimp and Linguine with Feta and Spinach. I really like this dish, my family HATED it. What do you do?

So there you go! Now with Thanksgiving coming up I better get my act together and whip up some blogworthy recipes to share. Happy weekend!