2015 - If Not Now, Then When? - Part 2

Okay, I’ve come up with my list of 50 recipes for 52 weeks of the New Year. 

If during the year I come across other interesting recipes I’d like to try, I’ll switch out a few from the list and add in the others – but only if they are new to me.

So during 2015 I resolve to make new entrees, bread, salads and desserts - all from the recipes and the cookbooks that I’ve collected over many years. 

Here’s the list with items in no particular order:

1.  Gnocchi

     2.  Pierogi

     3.  Pad Thai

     4.  Boiled Dinner

     5.  Scones

     6.  Pasta with Broccoli Rabi and Almonds

     7.  Cabbage Rolls

     8.  Lemon Garlic Chicken

     9.  Pot Roast

   10.  Chicken Stew

   11.  Maple Mustard Salmon

   12.  Sweet Potato Pie

   13.  Pineapple Coconut Bars

   14.  Pulled Pork in a Crock Pot

   15.  Rhubarb Custard Pie

   16.  Turkey/Chicken Pho Soup

   17.  Spanish Bar Cake

   18.  Pineapple Angel Food Cake

   19.  Hot Reuben Dip

   20.  Tomato Basil Cheddar Soup

   21.  Parmesan Chicken With Garlic and Herbs

   22.  Won Ton Soup

   23.  Pan Seared Scallops with Canadian Bacon and Spinach

   24.  Cornmeal Blueberry Scones

   25.  Minestrone

   26.  Marion’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

   27.  Mom’s Chocolate Pudding

   28.  Chicken Cacciatore

   29.  Chicken with Pineapple

   30.  Popovers

   31.  Lemon Bread

   32.  Cranberry Orange Bread

   33.  Chess Pie

   34.  Almond Pie

   35.  Beef Tamale Pie

   36.  Chicken Tortilla Soup

   37.  Asparagus Mushroom Risotto

   38.  Roasted Spring Veggie Medley

   39.  Sweet and Sour Pork

   40.  Beef Stew with Vegetables

   41.  Mac and Cheese with Asparagus

   42.  Baked Broccoli en Casserole

   43.  Stuffed Peppers

   44.  Vegetable Beef Soup

   45.  Beer Biscuits

   46.  Million Dollar Pie

   47.  Quick Beef Casserole Dinner

   48.  Whole Wheat Biscuits

   49.  Carrots and Celery with Pecans

   50.  Chicken Piccata 

     I do hope that I'll discovers some new favorites, and maybe a few new spices and cooking techniques. Check back in late December 2015. I'll post on how well I persevered and on what I learned during this culinary adventure!

2015 - If Not Now, Then When?

While looking through a favorite cookbook, I found one of my Mom’s recipes tucked between the pages, handwritten on the back of an envelope. She had liked that recipe enough to take the time to write it out and to share it.

I thought of the many recipes she had written and shared with me, many that I had never even tried.

Then I thought of the huge stack of cookbooks I’ve collected over the years, and that little wooden box stuffed with recipes written out on index cards, and all the recipes stored on my computer, and even ones I “pinned” on Pinterest. 

Week after week, month after month,  I tend to make the same things over and over – my stand-by entrees, desserts, and salads that the family seems to like, and that I can put together quite easily.

When will I ever get to all those stored-away recipes?  There must be a real treasure trove of culinary delights filed away! If not now, then when? 

So for my “50 in 52” for 2015. I hereby resolve to venture out into new cooking and baking territory. 

Between now and New Year’s I will come up with 50 – yes 50! – tempting recipes (one per week) I have not yet tried. An hour or two a week should be all it takes to discover new dishes, new flavors, new family favorites.

And I may even take the time to write out a few of those recipes by hand... and share with my daughters.