I dream of . . . UPDATE

Posted on May 15, 2007

On April 6, 2006, I wrote a post titled “I dream of” that listed several items I wanted to successfully make. Over the past year, I have made some of the items, rejected making others and pondered the difficulties of still others. I thought it might be time to revisit the list, see what I have done and revise.

So check it out, this is the original list (the ones in bold have been accomplished) with my notes:

  1. - Chocolate croissants – I have thought about making this several times and even gathered the ingredients. I did make some with puff pastry that were good. But from scratch is still very daunting.
  2. - Napoleons – Mmm. Need to sit down and do this.
  3. - Black and whites – See above.
  4. - A delicious and super creamy strawberry milkshake – Tried and failed, so far.
  5. - Tortillas (soft) – Check out my method for this here.
  6. - Red clam sauce - The recipe for this isn’t on the website yet, but geez who knew a weird throw together concoction could be the best red clam sauce I have ever had? It was.
  7. - Brown basmati rice that is cooked all the way through (it’s a big problem for me with this type of rice) – I don’t even like brown rice.
  8. - Palek Paneer – This one is really ambitious, since I will have to make the cheese too. And I don’t think I am ready for that.
  9. - Garlic knots (NY pizzeria style) -I tried this, but haven’t perfected it yet.
  10. - Flan – Not sure why this was on here. I am not really a big flan fan.

Now, to revise the list, I am pulling out the ones that have been accomplished as well as the ones I changed my mind about (brown rice, palek paneer, flan) and adding some new ones to the mix. Hopefully this year I will have a better success rate.

Here it goes:

  1. - anything from Julia Child’s French Chef Cookbook
  2. - sandwich bread
  3. - Chocolate croissants
  4. - Napoleons
  5. - Black and whites
  6. - A delicious and super creamy strawberry milkshake
  7. - strawberry jam/preserves
  8. - canning
  9. - a good, light and fluffy homemade pancake
  10. - Garlic knots (NY pizzeria style)
  11. - panna cotta

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4 Responses to “I dream of . . . UPDATE”

  1. akaijen on May 15th, 2007 5:35 pm

    Oh you can totally make paneer! Especially if I can do it. It’s actually not that hard. Saag/Palak Paneer is MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE dish. Let me know if you want me to send you a recipe.

  2. Claire on May 16th, 2007 4:03 am

    I need to revisit my “resolutions” for the kitchen as well. I know a couple that I have either completed or kept up with. I have a good pancake recipe on my site under breakfast if you want to check it out.

  3. Sarah on May 16th, 2007 5:29 am

    Alton Brown’s pancake recipe is really good, slightly involved, but you can do much of it ahead.

  4. Cate on May 17th, 2007 1:53 am

    What?! No more flan? I finally made it last week and really liked it. Now to begin experimenting. ;)

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