How to invent recipes yourself

I was doing a bit of research on the Internet for tips on adapting recipes to create new ones and stumbled upon the following interesting articles:

How to invent recipes yourself
How to invent a family recipe

For the competition there must be 3 significant changes to the original recipe in either preparation or ingredient for it to become an original recipe.

Have you ever created your own recipe e.g. adapted a family recipe or one you've seen in a cookbook? How did it turn out? Let us know via the comments.

Next week I'll share a recipe I invented from scratch....bear in mind I'm not a very good cook so its pretty basic.

cheers, webgurl