A New Years resolution

This year my husband gave me a subscription to the BBC's Good Food Magazine. This magazine has been a bit of an indulgence of mine over the years. I love flicking through it, gazing at the pictures and drooling over the dishes. The problem is that this is often as far as it goes - I never actually make any of the dishes... So this year I am determined to improve on this. My New Years resolution is to try at least three new recipes each month, which should result in 36 new recipes over the year. Some of these will come from my magazine and some will involve delving into cookbooks from my shelves that are opened every now and then and more often than not will fall open to the page with the recipe that is made over and over again. Hopefully this resolution will make me a more adventurous cook!

January has been a success with more than three new recipes attempted!

Tuscan beans with pork chops - yummy!

Fish pie with a spinach topping. Again yummy - but not for a weekday night - a lot of washing up.

Cherry cake with a hint of cinnamon - a big hit in our household, and has been made twice in the month. So that is always a good sign! :) Very nice crumble topping.

Un-pictured - lamb and pearl barley stew - failed in buying the right cut of meat, so it turned into pearl barley and 'can you spot the lamb?' stew. And a pasta dish with a really long name which I can't remember. Contained tuna fish, bread crumb topping and olives with chilli.