My cooking resolution is to definitely cook MORE. Since the birth of my daughter a year ago, I have been slacking on the kitchen front... but hope to get back into it full force by spring.

I'm always on the hunt for vegetarian meals my meat-loving/picky eater husband will eat, so that's one of my ongoing food goals.

My other goal is to cook more regularly. In the past, it's far too easy to let changing schedules and stressors throw our at-home, healthy dinner plans out the window. My plan is to stay organized and committed - and hopefully start a blog to help motivate others to do the same!

It's simple and silly, but I am committed to bringing my own lunch to work every day. It's so expensive eating out, plus I can better control portion size this way. It's a small step, but one I think I can manage.

mine is to continue to try new, adventurous recipes as well as traditional favorites to share on my blog; i have a long list of things to cook and bake, i need to start working on them!

(1) cook more and (2) put my new le creuset cast iron skillet (christmas gift) to good use!

My key culinary/cooking/entertaining new year's resolution is to host a dinner party once a month. I'll mix the formality each month going from "super formal" (5 courses) to "super casual" (sliders by the BBQ).

1.) Make my own sourdough starter and 2.) Try to replicate Zingerman's chocolate sourdough bread with it!

Mine is to cook something new every week - I've got about 30 wonderful cookbooks and a whole pile of recipes taken from magazines and papers, but I always fall back on the same recipes.... So to make the most of them I'm going to cook something new each week - this week, it's going to be a Nigel Slater Oxtail stew...

cook a rabbit. (idea for a post!! would love suggestions!!)
perfect my daal.
get a bread starter that we use with on-going loaves going.

To NOT cook animals.

I've recently opened my eyes to the horrors of factory farming. Not to say I'm going vegan - far from it - but I would like to start making some baby steps towards improving the quality, ethics, and sustainability behind the meat and dairy products I consume. I'm going to research my food better, and I hope this will help me pay more attention to what I eat and when, and generally improve my diet and lifestyle, not to mention my morality.

Also I just want to cook more!

Nothing specific as I cook at home most nights. I've gotten better at the intuitive aspect of cooking but would like to be able to fly by the seat of my pants more often.

I am trying to grocery shop only 2x a week.

This will cut down a lot for me and require a lot more planning.

Speacial occasions/dinner parties are excepted.

learn to poach an egg. this is one skill that has long evaded me over the years. it's time i commit.

also! to regularly use my newly gifted Crock Pot, which i just broke in yesterday (with delectable results).

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You know what's interesting, that in other countries, the term "vegetarian meal" is sort of redundant since there are many dishes that other people cook that don't necessarily include a meat product. I grew up eating meat about twice a week average. A lot of our dinners consisted of vegetable stuff as main entrees, like chayote or baby corn stews, soups, avocado salads with rice and beans, (non-meat) stuffed vegetables, egg dishes, etc. For that reason, I don't find it hard to go without eating any kind of meat for that long.

Dunno. I guess I find it hard to grasp the idea that most people in this country eat meat for dinner every day? Or that's the impression I get from every day food discussions on the internet. Don't understand the need to label meals vegetarian if you like all kinds of foods. Dinner is dinner.

Anyway, my cooking resolution is to cook more fish, or better yet, learn how to cook fish better because every time I do, it's too dry or I do something to screw it up and it discourages me from making it at all.

Happy new year everyone!

To cook more than just what takes very little time. Also to cook more soups. I've got a huge library of cookbooks; I need to start using them.

I want to have more sit-down dinners with my BF on the rare nights we're both home. Real dinners, where we sit at the table with real place settings and don't have the TV or the radio on in the background. We've gotten so used to eating separately that it's now our default setting, which is sad.

Otherwise, I want to try a new restaurant every month and a new recipe at least twice as often.

to actually use the recipes that I've flagged in my cooking magazines, cookbooks and ones that I've book marked on my computer!

What a great idea to think of cooking resolutions (and so useful to see others', too). Mine (and the longer I think, the more there'll be, so best be quick!) are:
- To develop (and blog) more recipes (prepare for the brownie onslaught...)
- To enjoy cooking dinner, not just baking (and branch out a bit there as well)
- To brave dough, and try some trickier (and leavened) recipes, and not be afraid of the dreaded baking fail - it's sometimes the only way to improve
- And, definitely, to curb my cookbook buying spree at least until the latest ones are thoroughly christened!

Simplify. Read recipes more thoroughly and plan ahead more. party. Learn to cook a few dishes really well. And buy a few missing pieces in my cooking arsenal to make cooking more enjoyable.

My resolutions are several, but chief among them is learning to tackle Large Hunks of Meat that generate leftovers.

I'd be bummed about ruling out animal products only for specific meals. There are so many great breakfast and lunch meals that contain animal products, and can be source locally and ethically for many in the US. Additionally, depending on the plans for the day, each person will require different nutrients at different times oF the day. I'm a fan of Bittman's, but this particular plan doesn't entirely make sense to me.

I agree with you on the baguette front, and want to make great bread and pizza this year.

I have a few resolutions, but mostly having more friends over, which means more home cooking, and learning to make homemade bread with my stand mixer. The stand mixer finally found a home in the kitchen after sitting in a box for 1.5 years after my wedding and I can't wait to use it!

My goal is to do most of my cooking from scratch. No more boxes and cans. (If I can help it of course)

More healthy food (lunch and dinner that is) and less sugar (as in baking). It'll be tough since I have a sweet tooth.

My resolution is to focus more on making meals. I tend to just make the main dish or a side dish. Also to try more of the many, many recipes I have bookmarked!

Make more bread, especially with my sourdough starter.

Learn to can.

I received an ice cream maker and mozzarella and ricotta cheese kit for Christmas, so I'd like to put both to good use!

After reading others' resolutions I realize I could aim to use my cookbooks more often as well...I usually find recipes online instead.

I'm with austinpeahen. Bring my lunch every day. This helps me plan food buying for the week and is definitely healthier eating. Also learn how to pack lunches other than sandwiches for a man who eats in his truck (no utensils!).

I shortened the list to three:
1.) Reduce and eliminate the use of processed meat products (pork/turkey bacon, hot dogs, lunch meat)
2.) Cook a meal with my husband at least once a week
3.) Eat fish at least once a week

Master tamagoyaki. This gave me fits at New Years. I think I need to break down and buy the rectangular pan, and I think I'll make one every weekend until I have it down. I will definitely need new cooking chopsticks. I didn't discover until New Year's Eve that mine are warped, which made making tempura more of an adventure than it should be. It's very hard to quickly maneuver with warped chopsticks. Who knew.

(FYI it's a kind of Japanese omelette for those who don't know.)

cook more everything. and in turn, update my cooking blog more often (i havent even gotten around to posting thanksgiving, for shaaaame)

Learn to make Sushi! Meaning, sushi that actually sticks and doesn't fall apart instantly.

My aspiration is to have a feast day each month. That is, one meal every month that I put as much time and thought into as I've done with the big holiday meals, like Thanksgiving and Christmas. A thoughtful menu, a good wine pairing, a complementary playlist, candles on the table...that's it but it will feel like every month has a festive bright spot.

Try out retro recipes with my sister for my retro pop culture podcast. This month we're doing a light chili from the 70s just in time for Superbowl weekend.

1) Learn to cook faster and simpler meals which are still healthy and tasty (dinner seems to take us an hour a night which isn't always convenient)

2) Make lots of use of my new KitchenAid stand mixer

3) Slowly reduce any processed food we still eat (there isn't much really as we always cook from scratch)

4) Return the pantry to just a stock of things we use on a regular basis, rather than the temple of random treasures it has become!

Oh, and

5) Learn to make bread.