I feel the need to share the inspiration for this blog to give some background for future posts. :)
My husband has been on a "what's your new year's resolution?" kick. This year, inspired by a co-worker's resolution to run 365 miles last year (averaging 1 mi per day), he has decided to run 150 miles by December 31, 2012 (averaging 3 mi a week). That's a great goal! I support him 100%, but I will not be joining him. A few years ago I tried to train for a 1/2 marathon in an effort to get in shape. By week 4 I had messed up both of my knees and was told by my doctor "not every person has a body designed for running." After six weeks of rehab to repair my knees--point taken. No running for me.
I like the idea of having a resolution and rather than my typical one (
lose weight) which is normally abandoned by January 2, I thought it would be nice to try to pick one I could stick with for the entire year.
Given my new found love for
Pinterest (
seriously addicted), I am inspired to try all of the fun new recipes that I see posted every day. Instead of just pinning them to my Favorite Recipes board, I could actually get in the kitchen and create some of these culinary delights. As the idea continued to blossom, I realized there could be several other benefits including:
- finding some new dinner recipes to add to the regular rotation (not sure how many more times we can eat tacos, spaghetti and sloppy Joe's...)
- impressing my husband with some newly found cooking skills (or giving us food poisoning a few times which might convince him to hire a full-time cook!)
- providing a healthier option for meals (I might lose weight with a resolution after all!)
Thus, my resolution for 2012 was born!
I, Mrs. Nelson, resolute to try one new recipe a week.
Feel free to help by sending me (
newyearrecipes@gmail.com) recipes to try! I will post every week the new recipe I tried and document my experiences -- good/bad, tasty/disgusting, edible/poisonous...
Happy 2012 to everyone!! Here's to a year of new recipes!!
