Goal #

I'm super excited about all my goals (obviously), but one that I'm really having fun with and am reeeally excited about is cooking my way through Emeril's 20-40-60 and Food Network Favorites cookbooks. Patrick is pretty excited as well. :)


I believe there are 253 total recipes. Yes, I plan to cook every. last. one. And yes. There are some weird/exotic things in there. :)

I'm going to try to take a picture of every recipe and review each one for personal future reference.

Before I thought of actually taking pictures....
E: Gaaahlicky Sizzling Shrimp.
Rating: 8/9
Notes: I served it over spaghetti- would like to try it over white rice. Also, definitely needed some good hard-crusted bread to 'sop' up the juices. P's only complaint was that he couldn't really get to the juices.

E: Broiled Zucchini
Rating: 4/5
Notes: Too oily. I didn't use the fresh thyme, and I'll try it again with it. Also, I served with the Sizzling Shrimp. Not a good combo.




E: Kicked Up Tuna Melts
Rating: 9
Notes: Deeeelicious. Christian Loved it! Patrick thought the tuna mixture was too 'wet' for his tastes, but still said they were awesome. Personally, I'd say it wasn't 'wet' at all. :P


FN: Butternut Squash, Apple & Onion Galette with Stilton
Rating: 5
Notes: Needed more of the mustard (my fault on misreading the recipe). Interesting flavor combo. Good crust. Not bad at all, kinda good really, but P & I agreed this one isn't likely to get a repeat performance any time soon.

annnd, yes- the blue cheese melted looked repulsive. :)

Intro

For my 25th birthday, I wanted to give myself a special gift.
A gift of the future and a gift of the present.
A gift of Carpe Diem.

I made a list of 24 things to accomplish while I was 24, but I didn't make said list until about half-way through the year and on top of that, I didn't actually decide on a full 24 things. So. It wasn't terribly 'official'.

But. The Times- they are a-changin'. I started up a list of 25 things, but I was also really intrigued by the idea of doing 101 goals in 1001 days. This way, I can set longer term goals that still have a time limit on them, rather than wallowing about "someday I want to..."

I thought it would be fun to have a blog about my 101 goals, and my progress/accomplishment of each of them. Fun for me, at least. :) Plus, it helps keep things 'official'.