I’m not one for making resolutions, unlike Minnow, but I do set aside some time to plan a few goals for myself for the coming year. Here are a few of the food-inspired ones I’m hoping to accomplish in the coming months:
- Learn more about cooking and baking with natural sugars versus their processed counterparts and develop recipes using these organic sweeteners.
- Grow one more vegetable than I did last year (hopefully this will be easy to accomplish since my garden gave me a whopping four carrots last year).
- Be gentle with myself when time doesn’t permit me to make a proper meal. No one has ever died from eating apples, popcorn and hot chocolate for dinner.
- Get my tween back into the kitchen to cook with me (hockey has a way of making that difficult, but I’m determined). He eats more than I can cook, and I would like to ensure he’s capable of preparing a good meal for himself.
- Wean said child off Nutella by making my own.
- Eat less meat-based and more vegetarian meals.
- Introduce more ‘superfoods’ to my weekly meal plans.
- Remember to eat lunch! (You would be amazed at how difficult this is for me when I’m working alone at home).
Now it’s your turn. Tell me, what are some of your food-related goals for 2012?
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A few of my food goals are:
1. Learn to cook with quinoa. I have the recipes, am sure the flavour and texture is right for me. I just need to do it.
2. More meal options to include beans and legumes. My picky daughter seems to like these and they are healthier and more environmentally friendly.
3. Use my slow cooker more. I love it when I do use it and come home to dinner basically prepped!
4. I also want to learn how to incorporate natural sweetners into my cooking and baking.
5. Get my daughter involved with meal prep two times a week. How is that for a goal that is specific?
Thanks for your list. It helped to get mine down on paper.
Mic