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I once waited at a table for 10 minutes in a pizza place near Northwestern University. After watching the waiter walk by numerous times, I finally grabbed him and asked for my check. He grunted and left, returning about 30 seconds later to ask what I had eaten. I pointed out that I had yet to be given a menu and walked out.

36 servings? from a 9x9 pan?
Here's the nutritional breakdown of this deadly recipe:
User Entered Recipe

36 Servings

Amount Per Serving
Calories 186.0
Total Fat 11.4 g
Saturated Fat 4.6 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.6 g
Monounsaturated Fat 4.2 g
Cholesterol 18.8 mg
Sodium 94.4 mg
Potassium 68.2 mg
Total Carbohydrate 21.0 g
Dietary Fiber 1.0 g
Sugars 19.3 g
Protein 1.9 g
Vitamin A 5.3 %
Vitamin B-12 0.1 %
Vitamin B-6 0.8 %
Vitamin C 0.1 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 1.9 %
Calcium 3.7 %
Copper 6.3 %
Folate 0.5 %
Iron 2.0 %
Magnesium 3.5 %
Manganese 17.2 %
Niacin 0.5 %
Pantothenic Acid 0.7 %
Phosphorus 8.2 %
Riboflavin 2.3 %
Selenium 0.9 %
Thiamin 3.0 %
Zinc 3.3 %

Couple of things that I recommend to people who ask me for advice:
1. Recipes can have mistakes in them. Have a good source for them. Read them thoroughly. Not to get too corny but imagine making the dish in your mind as you read the recipe. try to understand it. Typically, you'll find the process you're reading will appear in other recipes. There is a reason they do. It Works! Figure out the concept and apply that to other recipes.
2. Taste as you cook. Taste what adding the listed spices/herbs, wine, butter, cream, etc. does to your dish.
3. Mise en place. Have everything ready before you start.
4. Clean as you cook. Wipe up spills, put things away. Sounds like more work but it keeps your space set up for the process of cooking.
5. Afterwards, get comments...honest ones. Save those recipes and write notes on them to help the next time you make them.
6. Your hands on your best tool in the kitchen. Learn how to use them: how to whisk, how to use a knife, how to peel, pare and prepare.
7. As people wrote above, start with good ingredients.