Best/Worst recipes ideas you've had.

I have a husband and six kids with WAY different nutritional needs than mine, but I'm the one that prepares most of the meals so I end up feeling cheated while they are consuming calorie rich foods that I cannot have. As a result, I have done my best to get creative about satisfying my cravings without jumping off the calorie cliff.

On one particular evening, I made my homemade chili. In itself, it's not terrible, but we then like to dump loads of sour cream and cheddar cheese in it, scooping it up with Frito scoops to finish. So I didn't eat the chili that night.

Next day, the chili craving was still there so I took and egg white omelet and filled it with a spoonful of black beans in chili sauce, crumbled turkey sausage, some diced tomatoes, chopped green chilies, and a touch of mozzarella. It actually turned out pretty dang good. It cured my chili craving and filled me up on a lot less calories. I was the queen of the kitchen, a culinary genius.

Still riding the high of my surprised success, I attempted milk sausage gravy the following morning using almond milk. Needless to say, that shot me down pretty quick. I will never try that one again, never in a million years. This is just one of those things that will have to be a moderation/special occasion thing and I'm okay with that.

I still look for ideas on ways to cure my cravings on my own, but I'm great at learning from others' successes and mistakes, so tell me your recipe wins/fails.