What’s Cooking in January

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I can’t decide what to make on New Year’s Eve. It’s just going to be my hubby and me. I know I want to cook something fun, but what? Should I make pizza? Or a selection of finger foods? What about something sweet? Does anyone have suggestions?

And what about for dinner on New Year’s Day? I don’t think I want to make the traditional collards and black-eyed peas this year. Those aren’t exactly my favorite foods. I was thinking something more along the lines of beans and rice, but I can’t make up my mind.

I hope this indecisiveness isn’t an indication of my frame of mind for 2009.

Visitors to my blog have been all over the place too, looking for everything from lasagna to a simple tomato sauce for pasta, from roasted chicken breasts and vegetables to stir-fry, from sour cream dip to sorbet. I hope whatever you choose to make to celebrate the new year, it turns out fabulous. And that we can all stick to our new year’s resolutions. I suggest soup, the perfect diet food.

Meanwhile, here are just a couple of eye-catching recipes and other things from the web:

Potato pancakes without the frying pan (Bakers’ Banter)
Meyer Lemon Spound Cake (No Recipes)
Simple tips for cooking for babies, still an interest of mine (Wellfedbaby)
January is also the perfect month for planning the garden (The Simple Dollar)
Finally, if you can’t afford the remodel in these economic times, here are some thoughts from Mark Bittman on cooking in a tiny kitchen — it ain’t so bad!

Tagged: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve

7 thoughts on “What’s Cooking in January”

pam 30 December 2008 at 3:12 pm

I can’t decide what I want to make for New Years Eve either! I’ve been tossing ideas around all day. I’m sort of leaning towards chicken and dumplings just because I’ve been craving it. I will be making the black-eyed peas and collard greens on New Years Day because I can’t imagine not making it. Like some sort of sudden bad luck would befall me if I didn’t.