Culinary Resolutions

[sarahmichigan]

I enjoyed this piece on Culinary resolutions for the New Year:

http://www.livejournal.com/community/nutritionnews/190215.html?#cutid1

But it made me wonder, do most people *really* only have 10 dishes they regularly cook? I find that sad.

I'm a mostly-vegetarian, and so somewhat limited in what I make compared to omnivores. However, in a given 2-month span, I think I probably cook at least 15-20 different dishes, and I often try out new recipes. Let's see what's in my repertoire (I'm only listing stuff somewhat from scratch, no veggie burgers or frozen ravioli, which we also often eat):

1.pasta ala bosca (whole wheat rotini, grilled mushrooms, fake veggie sausage, olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes, parmesan cheese)
2.Lasagna
3.Omelets with cheese and/or veggies
4.Various curried veggie dishes (lentils, chick peas, potatoes, and green peas are favorite ingredients)
5.oven-baked yam "fries" or white potatoe "fries"
6.cheese popovers
7.bean and rice enchiladas
8.breakfast burritos (scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, cheese & salsa in a tortilla)
10.bean and rice burritos
11.cheese & guacamole quesadillas
12.grilled cheese sandwiches
13.various homemade soups, including a recent addition of potato-leek soup
14.homemade macaroni & cheese
15.gratins and frittatas (usually potato with some other veggies)
16.tamale bean pie
17.potato salad
18.cold pasta & veggie salad
19.veggie fried rice
20.whole wheat spaghetti with tomato sauce and fake veggie "meatballs"
21.egg, cheese & bagel sandwiches
22.vegetarian chili
23.veggie and/or tofu stir fry
24.veggie pizza (on homemade wheat dough or on whole wheat pitas)
25.cold tuna-pasta-pea salad

and this doesn't even include home-baked desserts like:
-muffins
-pecan brownies
-choc chip and oatmeal cookies
-apple crisp

Hmm, making this list is giving me some ideas for old favorites I haven't cooked recently. Hey, dionysus1999: wanna make tamale bean pie sometime soon?