Prairie Fare: When should you modify a recipe?

Even regional favorites, such as biscuits and gravy, can often be modified to fit dietary needs. (Pixabay photo)
Even regional favorites, such as biscuits and gravy, can often be modified to fit dietary needs. (Pixabay photo)

Some recipes can be tweaked for nutritional purposes, with minimal changes in taste.

“Did you use a recipe?” my husband asked.

I didn’t appreciate the tone of his question.

“I loosely followed a recipe,” I replied. I had made biscuits and sausage gravy, a food he had grown up eating. I didn’t like the gravy as thick as he made it.

We compromised, and the next time I adjusted the gravy thickness a litt…