Hello 2012! And hello to you for joining me here today :)
Did you make my watermelon granita yesterday and enjoy it at the stroke of midnight? If not, I hope something else scrumptious passed your lips in the first few minutes of this bright new year.
2012 is going to be a big year for this blog and for me personally. Iand#8217;d like to share with you a few of my hopes, dreams and must-doand#8217;s for this year. I love posting these thoughts publicly so that I make myself accountable for the more challenging tasks I set myself!
Cooking and Eating
- Eat even healthier by including more super foods and fish at least twice a week.
- Bake more homemade bread and pizza.
- Finally make the beetroot cured salmon Iand#8217;ve had on my list since 2009. Shameful!
- Use up odds and ends in my pantry and freezer (some of which were gifted to me, others bought too greedily!): pistachio paste, truffle salt, skim milk powder, jelly crystals, half packets of pulses and grains (pearl barley, red lentils)and#8230; the list goes on. I welcome your suggestions!
- Actually cook the things I constantly bookmark on Pinterest.
- Actually cook things from my masses of cookbooks. This is an ongoing battle each year. So many cookbooks, only 365 days in a year and#8211; what a debacle!
- Finally use the Chefs Blowtorch I bought myself for my birthday in 2009 which is still in its packet. Creme brulee here I come!
Fig andamp; Cherry stuff
- Launch a new monthly giveaway. Canand#8217;t reveal too many details right now, but it will start in February.
- Launch new Product of the Month in January. If you would like your brand to be featured, get in touch via the PR Enquiries page.
- Continue to promote and support worthy causes: Live Below the Line, Love Food Hate Waste and others.
- Keep you guys up to date with a regular monthly newsletter. What would you like to see in it? Please help me make it good for you by leaving me a comment.
Personal and Family
- Introduce lots of new foods to Poppy and start teaching her to eat with a fork and spoon. Iand#8217;ll probably write about this on my mummy blog.
- Use my (little) spare time productively with exercise, meditation, relaxation and positive activities.
- Keep my balcony garden and indoor orchid alive. Itand#8217;s hard work for a busy Mum with a very brown thumb!
- Organise more quality alone time for hubby and I, making sure we are properly rested, rejuvenated and connected.
- Move from our flat into a house, probably late in the year. Hopefully with room for a veggie patch! My lifelong dream. More details as the year unfolds.
Thatand#8217;s it for now. What are you planning this year?
{image source: AllDayIWalk on Flickr}
Christie x
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