So I suppose it would be good to set out some rules, or at least parameters.
• I will cook every single meal
• I will try to cook at least 2 meals a week, more if I can, but if I can’t do any at all one week so what!
• I will follow all the recipes exactly and I’ll only do a substitute if I genuinely can’t get a particular ingredient.
• I will try to cook for others as much as possible (but I may do the odd meal on my own, which will mean I’ll have tomorrow’s lunch and dinner sorted).
• I’ll cook all the meals myself, without assistance from others.
I don’t intend to cook through the book in order. If the book is like 30 Minute Meals it will be separated into sections (pasta, meat, fish, vegetarian etc) and so a bit of variety would be nice. By the way I am making an assumption here because while I write this, the book is yet to be published.
I don’t mind where I cook. Although I suspect I’ll cook most of them in my house, I very often cook with and for friends at their houses and I see no reason not to do that for this project. Having friends round for dinner will help as they can be the photographers and leave me to beat the clock.
Oh and I’ll let you know how long it takes to make (it wouldn’t be as much fun if I didn’t time them). I’ll also let you know how much each meal costs as well.
By the way, when I have done other projects with self imposed rules I have invariably broken the rules. I am however (too?) honest, so if I do break the rules I’ll let you know. Also I’ll try to, no, I will, add a photo of each meal (and may be a few of the cooking process).