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New Year’s resolutions are kind of cliche, aren’t they? Everyone promises to exercise more, start a diet, be nicer. I always tell myself that I’m not going to buy into the hype. If I don’t make any resolutions, I won’t be disappointed in myself when I don’t follow through. But, of course, I always do them anyway. And, this year is no different. However, I’m changing things up a bit, in the hopes of having them stick for once! Following in the footsteps of one of my colleagues, here are eight resolutions for 2008, and because I’m a foodie, they are all food-related.
1. Create and follow a weekly menu.
2. Introduce more routine into our weekly dinners (slow cooker night, make-ahead night, stir fry night)
3. Visit my favorite food site every day for inspiration.
4. Try a new recipe every week.
5. Read my food magazines when they arrive, and ear-mark ideas and recipes.
6. Take my kids’ lunches beyond boring. This is going to take a lot of planning, but we are all tired of PB&J every day.
7. Make my kids’ lunches the night before. I am not at my best at 6:30am, and their lunches reflect this. In order to make #6 stick, I need to get better about working ahead.
8. Buy more local, less processed food, and try to avoid meat if I don’t know its origins.
What are your resolutions for ‘08?
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January 2, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Christine Burger
My “food” type resolutions: make my own coffee in the morning . . . no starbucks (that’s $2.00 a day), have at least milk and bread in the house, eat breakfast in the morning (it’s sometimes 2 in the afternoon before I get around to eating).