Nov 7

Written by: Julie
11/7/2009 8:43 AM

I was just reading a blog post about food that cited these statistics: Research says that we cook the same 20 dishes again and again. Well, that would not be the case at my house!

I try new recipes all the time. I am a huge fan of Food Network and watch the shows on there as often as possible. And I subscribe to Bon Appetit magazine which is my favorite magazine of all.

Each month when I get Bon Appetit, I scan through it and take in the pictures and read some of the captions. Then I decide on the first recipe I plan to try out of it. The rest of the month I refer back to the magazine and I cook as many recipes from the pages of Bon Appetit as I can fit in.

True, sometimes there are things in there that I am just not that interested in cooking and so I will pass them by. Recipes that use fennel seeds I tend to leave undone because that is one taste I have never cultivated.

What makes Bon Appetit so good to me is that many of the recipes are quite easy and healthy but the chefs who contribute to the magazine elevate the mundane to the sublime. We don't all have to live on plain grilled chicken breasts and steamed broccoli in order to eat healthy. There is a whole world of delicious food out there and most of it is good for you. Especially when you prepare it at home, from scratch, so that you know exactly what is in your food.

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