So, the truth of the matter is that last year’s challenge, was a bit too ambitious for me. I gave up on blogging pretty early in, and gave up on the challenge not soon after.
However, the week’s I stayed strong with the challenge, gave me new skills and techniques and definitely made me a better cook/baker. I learned to fully appreciate meals when out, especially ones that were pretty complicated to remake; but for the most part, i’ve come to realize I prefer making great meals myself as opposed to going out.
In everything I’ve made, or recreated for myself for the sake of the challenge, only one meal stands out as NOT better than restaurant quality, that being Channa Masala; which I also realized I don’t like in large quantities. Apart from that everything else, I’ve made has been a success!
So, I have been thinking what is a reasonable challenge for me this year (and yes I realize it’s nearly half over) and have finally decided on something. So, one thing I take away from this challenge, is that I enjoy challenges; and especially enjoy ambitious cooking/baking challenges. Something about the “Go big or don’t bother” aspect; which made successes feel much more gratifying and failures being something to learn from. On average this year, I’ve been making at least 1-3 ambitious meals per week; for work, personal and social purposes; so my challenge this year will be to continue with my ambitious meal making and to blog about them at least once every 2 weeks.
That being said, look to the next post for my most recent undertakings.
