Oh, I sooo know what you mean. The picture on the cover always looks delish, then you read the recipe just to find out that you don't like half of the ingredients in the dish... I always end up having to chance half the recipe to make it suit both dp and I. Soooo anoying!!!

Also I am always disappointed with the amount of good (usable) recipes in those mags. They might have around 30 recipes, but you only like about 3 of them... Waste of money, I tell you! ;-)