The Challenge

For Christmas I received a cookbook written by one of my favorite food bloggers, Deb Perelman. Her blog, smitten kitchen, is one I read all the time. As I looked through the cookbook, I said to my husband, 'I don't know what to make first! It's all delicious!" And thus was born the challenge.
My husband has challenged me to make a new recipe every day in January. And I have accepted.
Here are the rules:
1) At least one item on the menu must be a brand new recipe, not a derivative of something I have made before.
2) That item can be the main course, or a side dish.
3) If I make up a recipe myself it has to have at least 3 different components from anything I have made before.
4) The challenge does not apply if we have company over for dinner that we want to impress -  some people do get to be guinea pigs.
5) Sometimes we can just order pizza. Or thai. A girl needs her red curry. (Though, I have never made that...)
 

This blog will follow the challenge. I'll post pictures and recipes and links. A note: you won't see many recipes featuring meat here. I'm not exactly a vegetarian. I don't eat red meat or pork and I don't eat poultry that often. I'm lactose intolerant, so you won't see much dairy. I do eat fish, eggs and occasional cheese. I only use non-dairy milks. You'll find the majority of the recipes I try are vegetarian or vegan. Some of them will be adapted from recipes with meat, so I'll include that note with the recipe when I make it.
Everyone I've mentioned the challenge to has been excited by it and I'm excited to share it with you. If you have recipes you have always wanted to try, but haven't gotten around to, send them to me and I'll see what I can do.
Let the games begin.