I keep a wildly detailed tracker of every new recipe I cook in a calendar year.
Hello, food-loving friends!
Some people set reading goals every year.
I, however, set a recipe goal.
No recipes slip through the cracks in my household.
In 2021, I cooked around 70 new recipes.
In 2022, I hit 122.
For 2023, my goal was 150 and I maxed out at 103 ().
I am only human!
Believe me when I say that wedding planning crunch time isn’t conducive to elaborate home cooking.
Instead, it’s a very effective pipeline to takeout and bizarre odds-and-ends meals.
Still, of the 103 new recipes I tried this year, a handful rocked my world.
Like, they’re last mealworthy.
1.Crispy Black Bean Tacos: I made these unbelievably cost-effective tacos at least eight times last year.
Turns out it’s…potato chips.
It gives you the creamiest results ever, and it has become a morning go-to in my household.
7.Kale Salad With Pecorino and Walnuts: Extreme statement incoming this is the perfect salad.
The tweaks over the years have been numerous.
First, I tried slow-baking them in an oven and finishing them on a roaring hot grill.
I tried making themonlyin the oven.
I made many different spice rubs (featuring many other ingredients).
But the version I settled on last year is undeniably unique, if I do say so myself.
Ilovea proper chicken cutlet (who doesn’t?
(Here’s said kitten, along with a BuzzFeed cameo that just makes sense.)
13.Thai Chicken Chop Salad: The salad is top-notch, but the dressing?
This dressing is…god tier.
Make a double or triple batch, y’all.
You’ll need it.
I’m not kidding about the dressing, either.
Make an extra-large batch.
It’s that good.
It maylookfancy, but it only takes a matter of minutes to put together.
the answer would be…yes.
Yes, we did, and it was actually very good.)
19.Strawberry Spoon Cake: I leave you with the only dessert this baking-averse cook enjoys making.
Quality over quantity in this cooking-burnout-free zone.
