I organized my cooking magazines and cookbooks a bit recently.  I'm amazed at how many recipes I have marked to try but still not gotten to actually making.  It seems there are just an enormous number of recipes I want to try but too little time!  It’s both exhilarating and depressing!

The thrill is in the uncharted course of new recipes to try.  But the depressing part is I won't get to them all, some that I do make I'll dislike, and ones that I like I may never make again.  Ahh the worries of a Foodie!

This has gotten me thinking how should I decide what to cook?  One thing I'd love to do is actually make every recipe in one of my cookbooks.  But that's probably over a year of cooking! How would I choose which book to cook through?  Another possibility is to cook every recipe in a magazine. But most magazines have more than a months worth of recipes and again how would I choose which to cook through?  Neither option seems feasible. 

I guess I don't have a solution which is probably why until now Husband and I mostly decide what to cook on a week-by-week basis.  This means that many recipes just never get made simply because something else comes along.  I'd like to think the ones we make are better than the ones we skip but I'm sure we've missed some great ones over time.... c'est la vie!