I love to cook. That's no question. However, since having a couple of rugrats, a work-from-home job and a house to keep track of, my focus on cooking has gotten a bit blurry. I've fallen into the usual rut of making whatever is easy, whatever I have the ingredients for and whatever is cheap. No more!
For the year of 2012, I have set a goal for myself to try a new recipe each week. With my crazy schedule, I don't want to require myself to do this more than once each week. I'm not talking a new casserole or CrockPot creation. While there's nothing wrong with these forms of cooking (I'll be using these the other 6 days of the week) I wanted to challenge myself with a real meal that I'd expect to see on my plate if we went out to eat.
Not only will this stretch my abilities in the kitchen but it'll force my family to broaden their pallets. Isaac is impressionable and if I don't start introducing new things to his plate, he'll have a high chance of becoming more picky with what he will and won't eat. I've tried to keep a broad spectrum of foods available to him, but again, we fall into our ruts and sometimes need a nudge.
I'll be crating these new meals and blogging about them. I'm hoping to have the time to do this every week. Some will work out beautifully and some, I'm sure, will be complete disasters. You'll see it all, the good, the bad and the revolting.
Kids, try this at home!
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