2025 Food Trends

It's time for all the yearly wrap-ups, and this one being about our food trends. This past year, I cooked mostly from Meal Prep in an Instant. I tended to half the protein in the recipes, as it was more than we needed, but other than that, I seriously recommend the book. We're not finished with it yet, as I cook based on what we have on hand and what we need, rather than the full meal plan each book. Still, this is a resource I would recommend!

I feel into some ruts with other cooking. Dumpling soups had their moment. My husband ate many varieties of lentil soup for his lunches. Muffins somewhat died off. Pumpkin had more than its moment in the sun (and is still easing its way out). I ate overnight oats almost every day. I got somewhat fixated on Pop-tarts, trying five of the boxed kind and making two from scratch. 

After several all day sourdough projects, I decided using discard is my way to do sourdough. With that, I made A LOT of bagels, as well as some other recipes.

I completed 12 Sally's Baking Challenges.

I did a few Fit Foodie Find Cooking Club Challenges and a few from Budget Bytes. (Neither seemed to be regular.)

I am still kind of over cooking. I guess I really like and dislike it at the same time. It is time consuming and tedious, but it also produces great results. There is something so satisfying about saying, "I made this." And so, because it is both duty and delight, it shall continue, unless the Lord somehow deems otherwise.