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Cooking through a cookbook and blogging about it. . .hmmm, sounds like a GREAT idea!  Maybe I should sell the idea; I’m sure it’s original.  Then again. . .

Even though the idea may not be original, I thought it might be fun to try to cook through the new Immanuel cookbook.  I’m going to attempt (the key word here is attempt) to do a complete meal from the cookbook once a week.  Mostly dinners—occasionally a breakfast or whatever kind of event needs to happen in order to make all the recipes.  Yes, I said ALL.  Again, please keep in mind that the key word is attempt.  This task is slightly daunting to me for a couple of reasons. 

1). The discipline of following a recipe.  When I cook, I tend to throw whatever I have together and make something out of it.  Sometimes it is successful; sometimes it isn’t.  I know that cooking (and especially baking) is a science, and the measurements, times, and temperatures are important; but who wants to measure when you can just pour or shake?  And I substitute almost every time I cook.

2.)  The discipline of journaling about the experience.  I’m not a writer.  I have tried to journal so many times in various ways on various subjects, and I rarely complete any.  Journaling about my Bible study—I  think I lasted a month.  Prayer journals—maybe a week.  Writing down cute stories and sayings of my children—not too successful there either.  I admire those who are writers and those who journal, and I have tried to become one of those types of people.  Maybe this time it will stick.

So why do this at all then?  Good question.  And my only answer is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. . .

Maybe it will introduce new people to each other.  Maybe it will encourage closer fellowship.  Or maybe we’ll all just get well fed.