today began my actual new years resolution. which, for those of you who don't know what my final decision was - it's that i will cook one new meal a week for a year. rules: (1) it cannot include baking and (2) it must have some sort of nutritional value. i've already built in some flexibility so that if i miss one week - no big deal. thanks to cass-hole for suggesting that. it really helps take the pressure off. i'm so afraid of failure (in general) that i was worried, what if i fail to make a meal a week? cass suggested i allow that flexibility so i can instead focus on the purpose of the goal, which is not to achieve some magical 52 dishes. but to familiarize myself with different foods, learn to experiment without fear, and hopefully grow to enjoy preparing meals as much as i love eating.
so (drumroll......) i learned how to cook orange-scented couscous salad with chicken, almonds, cilantro and cucumber. i also learned what coriander tastes like. AND i learned that there are 3,033 counties in the USA (thanks to jos for that last one).
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