What is a recipe??

Colin (my son) recently had a recipe for some blueberry/lemon cupcakes that he made with his friend Jill. He was without some ingredients and improvised the recipe. He used other ingredients that he thought would work well within the recipe...without going into detail..his version was fantastic....The point here is you can use recipes as a guide and make it great to your liking. Proportions in a recipe are helpful but you can create as you go along...think what would make a dish better or what you like when reading a recipe...This weekend I made 2 fun dishes...your variations on recipes can vary on your abilities in the kitchen and experience....I took a chix breast and rolled asparagus, proscutto, and gruyere cheese inside with a dijon/mustard sauce inside...took the same sauce and put it on top to hold panko bread crumbs sprinkled on top...baked it for 25 min at 400 degrees and put it ontop of egg noodles mixed with spinach with buttermilk bisquits on the side...easy stuff..sprinkled parsley on top....a real easy dish to do...looks great......Colin had a friend that is a vegetarian...so....made an alfredo dish the next night....here we go...some veggie pasta with an alfredo sauce....topped with grilled red and orange peppers-squash, zuchini, onions, cremini mushrooms, broccoli, and peas....topped it with grated parm cheese with kalamata olive bread....yummy!...Brings me to what I have been seeing and applying to my cooking lately...HEALTHY Recipes...I am going to add some whole grain recipes to my blog in the next  post...There are some great cookbooks and shows that are now "re-doing" some great recipes to be health conscious...Julia Child's...Mastering the art of french cooking is one of the greatest cook books I have read..Have you seen the movie "Julie and Julia"? Graham Kerr had a great show of French cooking and now has re-done that cookbook with healthy versions......whole wheats, bulgar, quinoa, etc. are the healthy choices now....lots of recipes (with your variations) are now on the kitchen front. Let's cook healthy!! Use healthy variations in your cooking...it will be great and no one will no the difference if you make it tasty..Paula Deens son is taking her recipes and making them healthy if you watch the cooking channel...I will post some whole grain/healthy recipes on my next blog...Let's talk diets......I am 6'2"..210 lbs...I am going to try the Ideal Protein diet that Sims work is now selling ( a guinia pig of sorts)...no carb/high protein....will let you know how that goes.....Think healthy!!! the best diet in the world is.....1)eat what you want 2)don't be stupid with #1 3) exercise on a regular basis!!!!  Love what you do...cooking or otherwise