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Recipe Makeovers - Complicated Recipes Made Simple
Recipe makeovers create new, simpler recipes from complicated old fashioned ones. From cake mixes to frozen vegetables, convenience foods are used to simplify difficult recipes.
A Tale of Three Recipes
The story of how three recipes came to be from one failed attempt. How to fix kitchen flops with creativity.
Recipe Makeover - Carrot Cake
A complicated recipe for carrot cake gets a makeover into a much simpler recipe that still tastes wonderful.
Transforming Recipes: Cabbage Tortellini Salad
See how I made over a layered main dish salad into a simpler combination salad with a few ingredient substitutions and changes.
Shrimp and Black Bean Salad
This delicious salad was created from a much more complicated recipe by using fully cooked shrimp and a purchased salad dressing for lots of flavor with little work.
Old Time Recipes and Their Updated Cousins
For a fun peek at the past, take a look at these recipes I've gathered from old cookbooks - and the updated versions that follow.