Cooking Goals for Age 27

If you read my previous blog, then you know that I set yearly goals for myself that start and end on my birthday. Since I'm now 27 (happy birthday to me!), my new list will be 27 goals to accomplish before I'm 28. I'm putting a foodie spin on the goals this year and all of my goals need to be cooking or food related.

Goals:
1. Use eggplant in a meal. Ever since a horrible experience in college I've been afraid of eggplant. This year I'm going to embrace that weird purple vegetable and make something awesome with it.
2. Bake another pie. I made my first pie ever last year; this year I will make another one!
3. Take another cooking class.
4. One week a month I'll cook only vegetarian meals (ovo/lacto ingredients are acceptable).
5. I will have at least 3 new blog posts a week for the whole year (except when we're on vacation).
6. Host a dinner party for friends. Maybe a themed movie night party?
7. Try a new (to us) restaurant every month.
8. Bake a souffle.
9. Buy more potted herbs for the house.
10. Make Tiramisu completely from scratch
11. Cook a meal with fish at least twice a month.
12. Get an icecream maker and use it! (Halfway done with this goal as I received an icecream maker on Saturday for my birthday!)
13. Make at least one pasta dish from scratch (including the noodles!)
14. Try making my own ricotta and mozzarella cheese.
15. Get a freezer for the garage.
16. Buy an aebelskiver pan and use it!
17. Cook my very first turkey
18. Look into buying a juicer and use it to add more fruits/veggies to our diet
19. Make caramels
20. Make Thai food at home (probably curry and Phad Thai)
21. Make macarons
22. Try making creme fraiche (it's supposed to be ridiculously easy)
23.Sign on with a home delivery service for local organic produce
24. Make homemade jam (I'm thinking blueberry)
25. Make creme brulee (guess I need to buy a torch!)
26. Learn how to use my camera to take better pictures of my meals
27. Try more recipes from my Irish and Norwegian heritage.

Here's to me accomplishing all of these goals before I turn 28!