Food Friday: A challenge for all of us

This week for Food Friday I am going to issue a challenge. Wait, wait – don’t run away yet.  It’s a good thing! Amateur cooks and seasoned chefs can all participate:

The challenge:

Cook or bake something that you have been buying that you haven’t made before.

For example, have you been buying lasagne because you haven’t made it before?  Dig out a recipe.  Been buying bread? Consider making it from scratch (I promise it’s easier than you think, and if you have a bread maker even easier!)  Cookies from the store? Try a simple recipe.

There are two reasons for this challenge: 1) Sometime conveneince wins, and that’s okay.  But if we can make the time to cook something from scratch, the rewards are plenty – and the taste is wonderful.  Reducing processed, high sugar, high sodium foods is a good thing (even if not possible all the time) 2) I like to try new things.  Don’t worry if it doesn’t work – the fact that you tried is important.

My goal: I am going to try to make mayonnaise.  I love mayo, (well, ‘whipped dressing’ to be more specific) and we use it in salads, sandwiches, muffins even.  So I am going to give it a try from scratch.

Once I made ketchup from scratch.  I haven’t again (it wasn’t that good!) but maybe this summer I’ll give it another try.

Are you in?

What food would you like to try and make? Leave a comment and let me know if you had some success or if you will still be finding it weekly from the store shelves?