All the New Foods & Drinks I Made This Year!
One of my goals for 2015 was to “make 15 new food or drink items that I’ve never made before”. And I managed to blow this one out of the water, with 19 new food items!
Chocolate buttercream frosting | 1-Jan-2015 |
sweet and spicy pecans and cashews | 12-Jan-2015 |
caramelized onion, mushroom, apple and Gruyère puff pastry bites | 12-Jan-2015 |
cucumbers with salmon whip and dill whip | 12-Jan-2015 |
slow cooker gingered chickpea and tomato stew | 12-Jan-2015 |
cheese puffs | 12-Jan-2015 |
homemade sour mix | 12-Jan-2015 |
Swiss cheese beer bread | 4-Feb-2015 |
potato, cheddar & beer soup | 4-Feb-2015 |
beer marinated pork chops | 4-Feb-2015 |
brown ale potato galette | 12-Mar-2015 |
black bean & mushroom tortilla casserole | 12-Mar-2015 |
spent grain dog biscuits | 28-Mar-2015 |
rice pilaf | 29-Mar-2015 |
BBQ short ribs | 14-Jun-2015 |
grilled potato skins | 4-Jul-2015 |
blondies | 14-Sep-2015 |
ameretti | 23-Dec-2015 |
roasted beets | 24-Dec-2015 |
As you can see from the above list, I started the year off strong by making a new item on New Year’s Day, and then 6 new items on Jan 12 (for my birthday party). I also owe several of these items to the fact that my friend Amy and I started home brewing beer and our first batch was rather undercarbonated so I found some recipes that used beer as an ingredient to use up the under carbonated beer. And just as I typed that I realized that I forgot to include all the beer I made on this list, as they are totally drink items that I’ve never made before!! They are:
- winter ale
- blonde ale
- stout
- hefeweizen
So that’s 23 new items I made this year! Go me!
Woooooo! Except the beer stuff cuz that’s gross. 😛