My new challenge

Hello friends,

I realize its almost the middle of January, but it has taken me a while to come up with my New Year's cooking challenge. Last year I committed to 52 recipes (one weekly), featuring a seasonal ingredient. I managed to see this project to its completion despite having a new baby, dealing with a tough sibling transition, and training for a marathon. I'm so glad to have done this. I learned a lot and I had fun along the way.

This year brings new and more complex challenges. For starters I now have 2 very active children who refuse to nap, which basically translates to ZERO quiet time during the day. Our dinner time is 6pm sharp every night so I don't do a whole lot of cooking in the evenings (who has energy for it anyway?). So, that brings me to this years challenge...

This year I'm going to feature a monthly recreation of a Mexican favorite...veganized. Yes, you heard it right. I won't be crafting up new recipes. I am merely going to find suitable meat and dairy substitutes to the most popular Mexican dishes we eat. I'm committing to a monthly challenge because of my current time constraints. I have to be realistic, cooking while carrying a baby and tending to a toddler is not an easy feat so I hope that I'm able to bring you some useful information and recipes.

My first challenge is to recreate Green Mole or Pipian. It is typically prepared with chicken broth and simmered with shredded chicken. I plan to make mine from scratch, using pumpkin and sesame seeds, peanuts, green chilies and spices and serving it over....not sure yet. Will report later this month :)

Cheers to the New Year! Hope you all have some interesting challenges of your own. Let me know about them if you do.

Lucia


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