Lunging for the finish line.... (50 recipes)

[fitfool]

For the last 4 years, I've had the goal of reading 50 books in a year. I never do quite make it there. Best I've had was 35 books and I think I'll be lucky if I manage to tie that record this year since I have 33 books so far.

Last year I added the goal of making 50 new recipes. Got as far as 46 recipes last year but considering the year I had, that was pretty close. A week ago, I happily added recipe #40 to the list but then realized I was quickly running out of cooking days. Time to start scoping for easy recipes. Time to start counting -everything-. The other day I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with banana slices in it. And yes...I wrote that down as #41. (it tastes great, just be sure to throw it back in the toaster oven for a little bit to get everything nice and toasty.) My list of recipes tried in 2007 stands at 44 right now. I've got 3 more recipes lined up to try.

Thing is, I really only have until Thursday to cook. And then I'll be in NYC and eating out as much as I can. So...any quick and easy recipes to pad out the list? Oh yeah...and I'm snowed in too so I can't even really make it out to the grocery store for ingredients. Google is my friend for recipe ideas then.

Comments

[rogerdoger.livejournal.com]

Ok now I wish I could match you on book reading. Im lucky if I get through 4 or 5.

Did you see my post on the Rosemary couscous chicken. Its an awesome cold chicken salad, yeah probably something cold is not what you want right now. If you want me to go back and find it I will. Once you have the chicken cooked its very easy to make and is really filling. Has like feta and olives and all sorts of yummy stuff.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I'm not a big fan of cold dishes but I made your lentil and couscous soup 3 or 4 times this year. You probably don't have as much time to read since you're working out way more than I manage.