I’ve been experimenting with different ingredients for salads. This coleslaw was made with craisins (dried cranberries) and topped with grape tomatoes. It was delicious.
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I forgot about a recipe I tried for the first time last weekend. My daughter hosted a candle party (at my house) with an Asian food theme. I made two kinds of Fried Wontons 1) Cheese and crab, and 2) Pork.
I finally feel like I’m accomplishing this goal. It’s only the 2nd of the month and already we’re trying out a new recipe!
Tonight it’s pumpkin soup – a simple recipe but sometimes those can be the best.
Also I forgot to mention that last month I made cheese ravioli. Not entirely a new recipe as I’ve helped make it a dozen times (actually probably a lot more), but it was the first time I made it by myself (with only a few phone calls to nonna for assistance…!).
And we almost tried a new recipe the other day. P cooked one of our favourite veggie stir-frys for dinner and as he was serving it up he stated that the recipe didn’t seem to make much. When I looked into the wok I had to keep a straight face when I asked him “where are the noodles???”. It seemed to make enough when those were added….!!
I made prawn pad thai last night for dinner, but I’ll be honest – I don’t think it was that good! P assured me he liked it, but personally I’m in no rush to make it again. It was definately missing something… I don’t think it had enough veggies actually, and the lemon juice really overpowered the whole dish. Maybe I need to experiment more….
At least I tried another recipe though! That’s July covered.
I went over to P’s brothers place last night for a family dinner and brought along dessert. I made a triple chocolate cheesecake and I must say it looked remarkably like the one in the picture!
Everyone said they liked it – they were either being very poilte, or actually did like it. I hope it was the latter!
Additionally, I tried making scones again, but I used a different recipe so technically it counts as a whole new recipe! They were more successful than the last attempt (P ate about a million which is always a good indicator), so I think I’ll stick with that one for the moment.
So I’m now ahead of the game… I might have a chance of ticking this goal off this year!
Just as I posted my last entry, I remembered I made scones the other morning (which amazingly enough I have never done before). So that can be back dated to March…. which means I’ve tried 5 new recipes this year and it’s the 5th month… It’s not quite one a month, but I’m making progress at least!
failed horribly with this goal so far this year! However I made some ground by trying two new recipes this month. The first was a Caramel Slice for P, and the second was a hokkien noodle and pork stir-fry. I could almost claim the latter as two recipes seeing as how I made one batch with pork and the other with vegetarian stir fry strips, but essentially it was the same!
So that is my one for this month and last month… I think I still need to catch up for March and then I’ll be up to date for the year again.








