Recipes

As I mentioned a few days ago here, I recently threw away a few years' worth of newspaper and magazine clippings of recipes.

I find these days that unless I make something within a week or two of seeing it in a magazine or paper, then it is highly likely that I never will get around to making it. 

The only magazines that I have kept have been Donna Hay ones, as to me these seem more like recipe books, with a lot less ads and editorial than normal magazines.

I still like to buy a few recipe books and enjoy browsing through these over and over for inspiration. However, I often find that if I want to learn how to make something new I usually turn to the Internet for ideas and recipes.

I like to imagine that when we have bought our bach* I will leave lots of recipe books there and then spend time actually working my way through the books, acquiring lots of new skills and making lots of new delicious dishes.

Whether or not this will work in reality will be interesting as I can't imagine that local stores in a small beach town will carry a huge array of exotic ingredients. I also may just not have the inclination while I am on holiday. We can only wait and see.

What do you think? Would you use a recipe book while you were on holiday? Or do you think holidays are about simple meals?

I'm having a group of friends over next week. Not the most adventurous group in terms of what they like so I am looking out for new chicken recipes to try. Something that would follow an antipasti platter. Any suggestions. I quite like the look of this Jamie Oliver mustard chicken dish. I'll report back on what I end up making.

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*A bach is a term New Zealanders use to describe a holiday house

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