I've made a list of Pre-Baby Goals...fun things I want to do or learn in my free time this summer.
#1. Learn 10 New Recipes
Being married to a chef is awesome. For our first year of marriage, I probably cooked dinner about seven times, total. Fortunately, as "sous chef" I was able to observe Kalan and learn skills that made cooking less stressful...like how to chop an onion in less than a minute. In the past few months, I've started to change my attitude towards cooking--now it's less of a chore and more of a creative quest.
The biggest challenge of cooking for me is knowing what ingredients to buy at the open-air market. For the first year and a half we lived here, I only bought chicken breast or ground pork. All the other meat cuts hanging on open-air hooks were simply too intimidating. Without a grocery store label, I had no idea what they were or how to cook them.
Last week, I decided be brave and try buying a new cut of meat. I looked up a pork roast recipe (as well as a picture of what a pork roast looks like raw). Then I braved the pork stand and pointed to something that looked similar. Guess what? It turned out all right.
My next mission is to buy a fish from the market. For some reason this is even more difficult. Maybe because most of them are still flopping around on the ice as I peruse them! I have to admit that this almond-encrusted salmon we had for dinner last night came from a nearby supermarket...but it was still delicious.
Two new recipes down, eight to go...any suggestions?
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