Long time coming

I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that watched "Julie and Julia" and read the book, not necessarily in that order, and then later mused about doing the same thing as Julie. Then, thought again about the giant Julia Child French cookbook and thought maybe that task might take, well, the rest of their life, and maybe a smaller challenge would be better for them. Besides, I'm not a young married woman, but a 12 years into marriage woman with 5 children to care for...a smaller cookbook might be best.

Later, it occurred that it might be fun to work my way through the Pioneer Woman cookbook gifted to me by my loving husband, and that's where the "idea" stayed for a while...a thought.

Occasionally the "thought' came back to me and I wondered if I should give it a whirl, but again and again I shoved the idea back and reminded myself I didn't have time for another "project" what with raising a small army and such.

Tonight, however, I decided to jump in.

The idea - to cook my way through the Pioneer Woman's first cookbook (yes, there's a new one now, I know...I have it....we'll see how well I do with the first one, then get back to that).

The goal - to actually try all the recipes and give them a rating, just for fun. We'll see how many of the children give the recipes a thumbs up, and move on to the next one. Are you ready? I am.

Time table....we'll see. The hope is that I can try at least 1 "main dish", 1 "side", and 1 "dessert each week. The reality will be whatever happens :)

This week, because sticking to the plan isn't always the way things go around here, we plan to try out the Drip Beef (new cookbook, pg. 64), Beef & Bean Burritos (new cookbook, pg. 66), and Dr. Pepper Spicy Pulled Pork (1st cookbook). I know, I said I'd start with the first cookbook, but plans are made to be changed it seems. Everyone ready? Drip Beef in T minus 2 days! Stay tuned!

CatieB