First up from Tyler's Stirring the Pot, is his California Bacon and Eggs. The recipe begins by making a celery walnut pesto, which I had to make in my blender. Oh yeah, celery and walnuts blended into a pesto in a blender - not a lot of fun! Then I scrubbed some yukon gold potatoes, let them soak to remove the starch and shredded them for hashbrowns. While I was doing that, I was frying up bacon and eggs. It wasn't that it tasted bad, it was just way, way, way too many steps and a real pain, not to mention mess in the kitchen! A definite never make again recipe!
Next up are these ridiculous Caramel Apple Cupcakes that I found in the Taste of Home Winning Recipes cookbook. Oh, I thought they were so cute in the cookbook with their little popsicle sticks sticking out of the top. A combination of boxed spice cake mix and melted caramels for frosting.......what in the world was I thinking? They were a horrible sticky mess and even the kids threw them away!!
Lamb Shank Stew with a Russet Potato Top is another of my worst recipes in 2009. I do like lamb, but this lamb was tough. Red wine was added to the stew which made the barley purple and non appetizing, and the russet potato top was pretty hard. This was the only Tyler Florence recipe from Stirring the Pot that found it's way into the trashcan. Sorry Tyler, this one just wasn't a winner for us!
And the final recipe to make the worst recipe list is this Chicken Spiedini Salad, also from Stirring the Pot. Now, to be fair, no fault can be placed on Tyler Florence for this one! It was all my fault. I tried to grill skewers of chicken and sausage on a dying indoor kitchen grill and it was a real nightmare. My indoor kitchen grill died that night, right in the middle of this recipes, and found it's way into the trashcan.
There you have it. My top four worst recipes of 2009!! Did you have any recipes that didn't work out this year?
Wow! That lamb stew looks like it has eyeballs in it! And celery pesto? What was Tyler thinking? He must of had us on his mind those days and just couldn't focus on his recipes :)
ReplyDeleteHa!! I love that you put the worst recipes of 2009 :D I've tried to forget mine...but there were definitely plenty, LOL!
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say, you got to kiss a few frogs before you find your prince. Its the same with cooking/baking.
ReplyDeleteMay all your attempts in the new year be good one daaaaahling.
*kisses* HH
Well,celery pesto would not have gotten my attention. But I had to laugh - sometimes the mishaps are mine, sometimes the recipes. And do you always rethink later? If a recipe is a ton of work, I think - was it worth it - before I decide to do it again!
ReplyDeleteI guess that is what being a foodie is all about...We discover some great recipes and others just look good in the cookbook.
ReplyDeleteCheers to you!!!
Looking forward to all your recipes in 2010!
Ha! I love this roundup. I remember all of your posts about these recipes actually. Well. We can't win em all. That being said I know you had some fantastic recipes as well. I never blogged about my failures, but there were definitely some of them. Black bean brownies for instance. Never. Again.
ReplyDeleteThe most frustrating recipes never taste very good do they, I remember when you posted about the cupcakes, what a pain. Great post, I will bee watching for the best ones :)
ReplyDeleteOMG what a great list. Celery Walnut Pesto? But when kids won't eat a cupcake that speaks volumes.
ReplyDeleteI am such a weenie that I never posted the losers until recently. Sometimes you have to wonder about the "make work" recipes that find their way into cookbooks. I don't care how long something takes if it's delicious, but I think the celery pesto is one of those dishes that aren't going to ever be all the rage. Great post, Kim.
ReplyDeleteHow neat of you to post the worst recipes of 09. Good post :)
ReplyDeleteyou know..that lamb stew does not look too bad...nor the skewers! But its bold of you to put forth the worst! I have some too...and I keep writing about fiascos all the time..kind of adds fun to the game
ReplyDeletehave a great new year Kim..and keep posting :)
I had fun reading through this.. I cant wait to see your favorites! Maybe Tyler can redeem himself there;)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you too! This is probably the first time I've seen a "Worst of" list! Thanks for sharing. That took some guts. I have to admit-- my kitchen flops usually don't make it onto my blog. However, the two recipes I made recently for the My Girl, Paula! group fall into the "never again" category: Stewed salmon (what was I thinking?) and asparagus casserole.
ReplyDeleteToo funny! Seems like my "failure" label has as many (or more) than any other label on my blog :)
ReplyDeletecracking up at your 2009 "bloopers". I'm sure if I remembered all the failures and flops, there'd be an awful lot more just 4! HAHA Happy New Year
ReplyDeleteOnly four for the year is really good! That lamb dish was not a winner for me either as much as I wanted it to be! ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Poor Tyler didn't fare well in this one!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful New Year!
So cool of you to list not only the good recipes, but the bad as well! I had some mishaps with trying certain things out in my bread machine, but otherwise I would have to say this year was quite the successful year in the kitchen! Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the worst list!! To funny :)
ReplyDeleteOH yes I've had my share of flops. I've found that Nigella is either really, REALLY good or REALLY bad.
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