The Plan

I love to bake, always have. I love to eat, and sweets are by far my favorite. Therefore instead of cooking my way through a book, I will be baking my way through it. If you read the introduction you probably saw the marked difference in the tow cookbooks Ervin and I decided to use for this project. His has over 300 recipes, mine has 16. I gave myself eight weeks, a supposedly easy amount of time for 16 recipes. I am already behind.

I, like Julie of the movie, have a problem finishing things. I considered starting small and if I thought I could do a “real cookbook” then I would pick one of those next. I then proceeded to talk myself into the idea by telling myself that A) We were thinking about getting rid of this book as we had never used it, and B) We would never be able to finish eating a ton of desserts each week, so two a week was a good number.

This past weekend came and went as I have not made anything yet. We did buy the ingredients though so tomorrow night I am going to crank out a batch of cookies, or bars. I haven’t decided which yet. I do have it narrowed down to two recipes, Chocolate Almond Macaroon Bars, or Double Peanut Butter and Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies.

After considering what I will do once I finish this book, I have picked one that has many recipes, to be revealed at a later time. If I only make two a week at that point I will be going through it for at least three years. That will not do. Hence, I have thought of some food relocation options, other than eating them ourselves that is.

We can take them to work. Which is brilliant for Ervin, but everyone at my job is always trying to eat healthy. I will become a pariah if I do that more than once a month.

We can give them to family. Again, this is a good option for Erv’s family, but not for mine due to health reasons.

We can donate them to the local homeless shelter. This works on Saturdays only.

We can mail them to people in the military. I am a member of http://www.soldiersangels.org/. You should check it out.

I can freeze items that are freezable. I am a big fan of freezer cooking. I won’t be doing much of that for the next year though as Erv works his way through his cookbook. Freezing some things should still be doable.

So there is my plan. Now I just need a kick in the behind to get myself started.