A few weeks ago, I had the brilliant idea to cook my way through the alphabet. The inspiration stemmed from a novel called Alphabet Weekends, the movie “Julie & Julia”, and my own weekend boredom. Although I basically have no spare time whatsoever, I was getting tired of eating the same meals, and I needed motivation to get out of my food rut and try cooking new dishes.
There are only three rules.
(1) One letter per week.
(2) I have to make something I’ve never made before –OR–
(3) If it’s something I have made before, I have to make up my own recipe.
I immediately knew what I’d make for some of the letters. There are multiple ideas I’ve had on the back burner for some time now, but I just haven’t gotten around to attempting them yet. Other letters are going to be slightly harder (X anyone?), and I’ll be racking my brain trying to come up with a dish. Any which way you slice it, my kitchen will be full of pots and pans, appealing aromas, and fantastic food for the next six months.
I love the colors of the chili. They remind me of the beautiful fall leaves this time of year…
Congratulations!! I couldn’t cook anything when Grandpa and I married, but I thought all good wives should do Sunday dinner. One of my first miserable failures was biscuits; that was before Bisquik came about. I have memories of my mother making biscuits every morning. She had a blue and white pan she kept for mixing, and she never measured anything that I can remember.
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Hi Amy. I am thoroughly enjoying this. As soon as we get through with the fall harvest I hope to try some of these. I remember my mom making donuts. Yummy!
This is my favorite recipe for zucchini:
Slice zucchini into matchstick pieces. Dice a few pecans and saute in butter until slightly brown; add zucchini and stir until tender. This only takes a few minutes.
Enjoy!
Hey Girl!
I love this idea, especially if I get to try at least one of them! As far as the ideas for X, check out this website: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_some_foods_that_begin_with_the_letter_X
The first one, xacuti, an Indian dish actually sounds pretty good. Maybe I should try cooking some more too, so that when I get married my husband doesn’t have to suffer too much. =)hehe