Old Posts - recollected

I discovered some old potential journal entries from the new year, when we first thought of the idea for a cooking blog. I had almost forgotten the things we made back then including biscotti, french onion soup, my first poached egg, stuffed french toast, balsamic apple chutney pork chops and the first attempt of macarons. We were so ambitious, and then fell off the wagon.. sigh..


I think it's the intrigue of cooking for a new place or the start of a cooking goal that keeps the creative juices flowing. Upon moving to the new place in August, we made more new dishes than I have in a year. Some of them included 

• caramelized apricot and balsamic glazed porkchops
• panko breaded lemon garlic chicken
• fresh basil, mozzerella & sliced tomato pizza on naan
• 3 berry jam
• brie and bacon macaroni and cheese
• blts with blue cheese, etc. 

Most of those from Chris improvising, but some from real simple magazine. Unfortunately the urge to cook has died down and the short walk to vito's has overtaken us both. Maybe after the pace of this week is set more in stone, some ideas will pop up for the frozen ground beef, chicken, and pork chops in the freezer. Suggestions?


P.S. I found a cute cooking website called www.shortcutchef.com. She's a cook that takes on the semi homemade cooking strategy - I like it already.


Signing off - Meagan