Being March 1, 2010, and despite colder than usual temperatures in Kansas City, Spring will begin later this month. I was thinking (yes, scary thought) that Spring is a much better time to make resolutions for the up-coming year than on New Year's Day. January is the middle of winter and you're worn-out from the Holidays. In March, temps are warming-up, days are getting longer and Spring is around the corner. So, March 1st is not only a great opportunity to re-visit resolutions you made back in January, but also a chance to make some new ones as we head into warmer weather, bluer skies, opening day at the ballpark, etc. - a feeling of re-birth if you will. Get the much greener, sun-filled, picture full of hope and optimism? Great! Let's get started with some food and wine resolutions that make sense:
~ Try new wines from new regions, both white and red. See past posts for ideas.
~ Discover new, often easy recipes online. Google anything that you can think of. Try "fish tacos", "beef short ribs","garlic mashed potatoes", etc. Add specific words, methods, or ingredients like "easy", "crock pot", "lemon pepper", "baked", "BBQ", etc. Or look in your pantry, look in the freezer, look in your spice cabinet, combine, then Google. I came-up with "ginger tomatoes chicken breasts". I only got about 581,000 results.
~ Recycle. If you live in the Kansas City area you have access to curbside pick-up (except glass) so check out Ripple Glass for locations to drop-off those empty bottles from all those new wines you'll be trying. For outside Kansas City, to find recycling information check out Earth911.com
Cheers and good luck with your Spring resolutions!
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