This is why I don't write a food blog.

Don't these look tasty?

I made them! Well, not those in the picture. In fact, mine turned out nothing like that, but I gave it the ol' college try.

The recipe was found on Pinterest, and I saw that fellow blogger Kristen had the same recipe pinned to her delicious food board as well. We had a handful of the same dishes tagged, so I thought, "Hey! Let's each make something and then write about it!"

I'll tell you now: famous last words.

I decided to make the Mozzarella Sticks for Dummies pictured above.  Just an egg roll wrapper around some string cheese, either deep fried or baked. (Get the full recipe and instructions here.) But then I decided that since I generally like a higher bread-to-cheese ratio, I'd better get something a little heartier than egg roll wrappers.

Cue the foreboding music.

I followed the same instructions: roll up the cheese, pinch the edges shut, bake. And then I took them out of the oven 14 minutes later, ready to scarf them down with some leftover marinara sauce.

They were disgusting. Like, so gross that I couldn't even swallow the bite in my mouth. I spit it back into my hand like a child and threw it away. Imagine mozzarella cheese with butter and you'll know the taste.

Obviously, I have learned to follow the recipe. (You would think I already knew that thanks to all of my Food Network watching, but alas.) I haven't popped over to see how Kristen's food turned out, but I can only imagine it's better than mine.

Have you had any recent culinary goofs? Tried a delicious new recipe? Anybody ever NOT followed the recipe and had good results?