I want to make one new "challenge" meal a month. I'm in the process of compiling my list of dishes. I'm hoping this gets me out of my cooking/eating rut and also helps me learn a bit more skill in the kitchen. I created a board on Pinterest and hope to have 12 recipes collected by December 31, 2012.
In searching through the interwebs and more specifically Pinterest, to find these challenge recipes I stumbled across a really cool website - They Draw & Cook. It has beautifully illustrated recipes. I'm dying to try the Pumpkin Mousse. I would also sort of love to have some of these as prints in my kitchen...someday when I have a kitchen.
Another good thing about this self-imposed challenge is that I'm trying out some recipes that I pinned - the simpler ones that are not challenge worthy. Tonight's dinner was porkchops marinated in soy sauce, garlic and honey.
The Pinterest link highlighted one of my many frustrations with Pinterest - it linked to little more than a picture. To be fair, this one at least went to a website, but beyond saying what ingredients were used it wasn't very helpful - there were no measurements listed. I took a guess on how much of the garlic (two heapng teasspoonfuls of the minced garlic), honey (about a teaspoon), and soy sauce (probably about 1/3-1/2 cup of the low sodium). Marinade all day and yum!
Mine looked nothing like the pin, but it tasted wonderful. I had cheesy broccoli as a side and froze the leftover chop. Simple, yummy, filling and leftovers for a dinner yet this week. See, there is a bonus to not living with your spouse - I get the leftovers. :)
