I dont cook very often, but when I do, I have a meal prep recipe that I try out. I look over the recipe in the book, copy everything to my notes app, and then try cooking it. After cooking, I review my process, and generally make tweaks to the recipe like changing order of items I cook in, or change the method of how I cook. And because it’s meal prep, I then later note down how long reheating takes in the microwave.