Last night, I was making my Tofu Parmesan, and the Tofu came out all right.  I decided I wanted to make my own sauce, and that was okay, but I was just so unprepared and didn’t do what I really wanted.  I think the expectations in my head far surpass my ability at this time.  Anyway, I’ve decided to hold off on trying to create any of my own recipes for the time being – at least, I won’t be forcing the issue.

There are a lot of recipes in Vegan with a Vengeance that I want to try, and I think it’ll be a good idea to make some of those pre-defined recipes to see how they turn out.  I figure that I can probably learn a little about cooking by making the recipes from the book.  Hopefully, I can learn that – oh, this and this seem to go together very well, instead of me always blindly putting ingredients together in hopes that they will work.  Now, there’s something to be said about experimenting with ingredients, not knowing how it will turn out, but I think I need a little more cooking experience first.

Instead, I’ve decided that I will be looking for recipes from Vegan with a Vengeance (and possibly the Veganomicon – if I ever purchase it).  I hope to plan a dinner out the previous week to make sure I have everything I need for my Tuesday night dinner, prepping in advance if possible. 

My taste-testing needs lots of work – it’s something I just don’t do and I guess I wouldn’t know what I was looking for yet, wouldn’t know what was missing.  Maybe I’ll taste-test as I go along with these pre-defined recipes to see what each ingredient brings.  In any case, may not be posting any recipes any time soon, although if I start to get the hang of it, I may be altering the existing recipes into something of my own, so I may start posting those recipes once that starts happening…