The Adventure Begins!

Several years ago, I saw the movie "Julie and Julia", a fun comedy about a young blogger named Julie who takes on the challenge of cooking all of the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook in 365 days.  I immediately thought this was a great idea!  I was ready to buy the cookbook and do the same thing.  However, I have three little kids and I knew that more than half of the dishes I would be making would receive comments similar to "ewww, what IS that?"  I love cooking and really like trying new recipes, but nothing is more discouraging than having your kids complain about a dish they have never tried.  So I quickly dismissed the idea.

Now, many years later, I have revisited this idea.  But I am doing it my way.  I have discovered a fantastic cookbook called Our Best Bites: Mormon Moms in the Kitchen by Sara Wells and Kate Jones.  (Yes, I am a Mormon, but that has nothing to do with why I love this cookbook so much.)  The reason that I love this cookbook is because everyone in my house typically eats everything I try from it.  This, my friends, is huge.  HUGE, I say.

But now I'm taking this cookbook to the next level.  I'm not just going to continue to remake my favorites, I am going to make them all.  Amazon tells me that there are more than 150 recipes, so here we go!

As I create in my kitchen, I will blog about each adventure and recipe.  Now if you're looking for a smartly written blog with beautiful pictures, you need to visit Sara and Kate at OurBestBites.com.  They're truly pros at this.  I am merely a mom who is going to have a little fun with a cookbook, computer, and camera.

The adventure with Sara, Kate, and me...begins in the morning!