Food Failures

beaglady
beaglady Posts: 1,362 Member
edited April 2018 in Food and Nutrition
We’ve all had those bright ideas that just didn’t turn out as well as hoped.

My latest fail was Greek yogurt mixed with PB2, chia seeds and bananas. Not too bad, but I mixed up two separate containers, with the intention of adding banana to the second one right before I ate it. Well, there were no more bananas, and the combination of PB2 and chia made the yogurt into a stiff glumphy paste. Not very good.

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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    i am currently in the process of making extremely pathetic shriveled up sad carrot fries. Aparently baby carrots dont work well at all, No skin to protect moisture loss and the cuts had to be to tiny to begin with. My large bowl of veggies is now a tiny sad little pile
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    edited April 2018
    I made a beautiful creamy tikka masala sauce... then thought "Hmmm, I'd like to add a bit of sweetness!". Dumped 2 tsp of Truvia into it and tasted it... waaay too sweet. Argh. On the bright side, it seems to have mellowed out quite a bit now that it's been in the fridge overnight.
  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    I was making soda bread when I realized my baking soda was way too old for baking, so I googled it and found the ratio to substitute baking powder. Then I got the bright idea to add some agave to make it a little sweet. Nope, nope, nope. The outside was a rock and the inside was gummy, it was not a pleasant experience.
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    I just poured the freshly made chocolate tapioca pudding into the bowl I just had eaten spinach soup from :D

    Ok well. You kinda deserve what you got from that one lol
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    ladyhusker39 wrote: »
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    I just poured the freshly made chocolate tapioca pudding into the bowl I just had eaten spinach soup from :D

    Ok well. You kinda deserve what you got from that one lol
    Yeah, I brought it on myself :#
  • crabbybrianna
    crabbybrianna Posts: 344 Member
    Sometimes I add a little bit of coconut extract to my smoothies, and one day I was out so I decided to add a squirt of pineapple orange banana Tang water enhancer. I added way too much, it was vile.
  • BonnieSeelinger
    BonnieSeelinger Posts: 23 Member
    saragd012 wrote: »
    I was making soda bread when I realized my baking soda was way too old for baking, so I googled it and found the ratio to substitute baking powder. Then I got the bright idea to add some agave to make it a little sweet. Nope, nope, nope. The outside was a rock and the inside was gummy, it was not a pleasant experience.

    Baking soda goes bad????
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    Keto_Vampire wrote: »
    greek yogurt + chocolate anything = failure

    I add cacoa powder to my Greek yoghurt then add some fresh fruit and nuts. Yummo.
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    Greek yogurt + fresh Kiwis

    Sour and a gross consistency.

    My cooking teacher would be disappointed in me. She repeats the old mantra "no kiwi or ananas with milk" pretty much at every lesson. I know why now...
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,895 Member
    I was completely doubting my oven abilities as oven fries would turn out burnt on the outside, yet half raw on the inside. Same with cake and bread. Turned out my oven was broken and running with at least 40 degrees C more than I set it to.
  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    BonnieSeelinger wrote: »
    saragd012 wrote: »
    I was making soda bread when I realized my baking soda was way too old for baking, so I googled it and found the ratio to substitute baking powder. Then I got the bright idea to add some agave to make it a little sweet. Nope, nope, nope. The outside was a rock and the inside was gummy, it was not a pleasant experience.

    Baking soda goes bad????

    I don't know if it goes bad necessarily, but I've found that baked goods don't rise as well when you use really old baking soda. So I will use the older boxes for cleaning instead. In hindsight given how terrible my bread turned out I probably would have been better off sticking with the older baking soda.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    Greek yogurt + fresh Kiwis

    Sour and a gross consistency.

    My cooking teacher would be disappointed in me. She repeats the old mantra "no kiwi or ananas with milk" pretty much at every lesson. I know why now...

    Or grapefruit. I tried that one in my greek yogurt once. Ew.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    kpsyche wrote: »
    Baby formula in my coffee. Trust me, it's NOT good

    I believe you. But WHY did you try this in the first place?!?

    yeah I wanna know that too as it is totally gross :/
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    Greek yogurt + fresh Kiwis

    Sour and a gross consistency.

    My cooking teacher would be disappointed in me. She repeats the old mantra "no kiwi or ananas with milk" pretty much at every lesson. I know why now...

    Or grapefruit. I tried that one in my greek yogurt once. Ew.

    :sick:

    I can just imagine...
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Well, my chocolate seized today :( does that count? I surprised myself because I'm hard to upset, and this upset me.

    A hug from me. Anyone would be upset by that. :disappointed:
  • ladyreva78
    ladyreva78 Posts: 4,080 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    Well, my chocolate seized today :( does that count? I surprised myself because I'm hard to upset, and this upset me.

    A hug from me. Anyone would be upset by that. :disappointed:

    I grabbed the wrong spoon to stir the melted chocolate. A freshly washed one which had water on it. The chocolate was for this sad bunny on the left. I didn't even put effort into that because I was upset. But I'm fine now because the baked milk turned out perfect.
    zh0tkqko4f8g.jpg

    Oh my, but that all does look yummy (even the sad bunny)!
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    I made baking powder biscuits recently. For some reason I grabbed baking soda instead of baking powder. Yeah, those went in the trash.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    ladyreva78 wrote: »
    Greek yogurt + fresh Kiwis

    Sour and a gross consistency.

    My cooking teacher would be disappointed in me. She repeats the old mantra "no kiwi or ananas with milk" pretty much at every lesson. I know why now...

    ? My smoothie breakfast that I have several days each week has 4 oz of kefir and a whole banana, along with other stuff, and everything plays nice together.
  • goatg
    goatg Posts: 1,399 Member
    Keto_Vampire wrote: »
    greek yogurt + chocolate anything = failure

    What blasphemy is this.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    My worst ever was something called "Chippy Fish" - fish fillets battered in a crumbled potato chips & mayo concoction. I thought it sounded different yet promising, but it was just wretched. This was years ago and not a healthier recipe, obviously.

    Dorie Greenspan cookie recipes are normally on point, but the Speculoos were a waste of time & ingredients.

    Overnight oats aren't my thing either. I have tried several different recipes/varieties. I do like to prep Greek yogurt with some oats, fruit, maybe a little ground flax or chia seed, and then mix & eat in the morning. But when it involves more liquid, the oats take on a pasty weird texture I do not like and I feel like I can barely choke it down. Yuck.

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