Hey mama friend,

There are times when the same old recipes just aren’t cutting it anymore, and you can’t find a new recipe that piques your interest or satisfy your cravings.

In this scenario, it’s time to reinvent your dishes. Knowing just a few different ways to improve your recipes can give your typical recipes new life and different flavors for an entirely new experience without much extra effort.

Ways To Improve Your Recipes

Cook Outside the Lines

Venture outside your comfort zone! Leave the confines of these strict recipes and experiment with your cooking—try new things! Even if it’s a dish you’ve made a million times before, altering it can add plenty of variety that will make it feel fresh and new. Cooking is practically an art of its own, and you can carve yourself a unique identity by developing your own recipes.

For instance, every state in Mexico has a unique take on even the most common recipes, and sharing those various alterations has made food an incredible part of their culture. Use recipes merely as a guideline, not as absolute food law.

Substitute or Add Ingredients

On a similar subject to altering your recipes, one of the different ways to improve your recipes is by simply substituting or adding an ingredient. This can have a profound effect on the final dish. Returning to Mexico as our role model, a great way to add rich flavors and zesty spices to your food is with salsa macha.

This wonderful sauce can be used as a condiment, incorporated into the food as it cooks, or enjoyed as a side dish. Salsa Macha is a shining example of how different ingredients can make an old recipe seem completely new.

Alter the Texture

While the flavor is obviously important for a good recipe, one aspect that goes underappreciated is the texture of our foods. Texture variety keeps our food from becoming bland and one-dimensional, no matter how delicious it might be.

A varied or appealing texture will also make your recipe more visually interesting, which is an important aspect of whetting our appetites and making the food desirable in our minds.

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Love, JessXO