100 things to cook and/or eat

From scratch even! Cooked = bold, eaten = italics. It's a list from around the internet that I've adjusted to Australia as some of them weren't foods I knew of. Gives me some ideas of what else to cook too.

Breakfast

1. Eggs Benedict
2. Quiche
3. Frittata
4. Waffles
5. Cinnamon Rolls
6. Pancakes
7. Hashbrowns
8. French Toast
9. Bircher muesli
   

Nibbles

1. Pate
2. Oysters
3. Tabbouleh
4. Egg Rolls
5. Fish Cakes
6. Pierogies
7. Falafel
8. Voulevants
9. Salsa Verde
10. Wontons
11. Baba Ganoush
    

Sweets

1. Profieroles
2. Bread Pudding
3. Tart
4. Banana Caramel Pie
5. Cannoli
6. Chocolate Chip Cookies
7. Pumpkin Pie
8. Fruit Juice Jelly
9. Truffles
10. Brownies
11. Chocolate Mousse
12. Sponge Cake
13. Cheesecake
14. Creme Caramel
15. Apple Pie

Side Dishes

1. Brussel Sprouts
2. Mashed Potato
3. Fried Rice
4. Stuffing
5. Potato Pancakes
6. Potato Salad
7. French Fries

Bread

1. Naan
2. Tortillas
3. Croissants
4. Bread
5. Pizza Dough
6. Garlic Bread
7. Beer Bread
8. Zucchini Bread
9. Pita Bread

Soup

1. Chicken Stock
2. Bean Chowder
3. 44 Clove Garlic Soup
4. French Onion Soup

Meat

1. Bangers and Mash
2. Chicken Masala
3. Blackened Chicken
4. Braised Chicken
5. Coq au Vin
6. Beef Roast
7. Meatloaf
8. Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic
9. Baked Whole Fish
10. Sweet and Sour Chicken
11. Stuffed Chicken Breasts
12. Beef Wellington
13. Koto Sto Phyllo
14. Beer Can Chicken
15. Yiros
16. Cornish Game Hens

Pasta

1. Bolognaise
2. Manicotti
3. Homemade Ravioli
4. Homemade Gnocchi
5. Zucchini Strand Spaghetti
6. Stuffed Shells
7. Lasagna

Main Dishes

1. Ratatoille
2. Navy Beans
3. Risotto
4. Curry
5. Paella
6. Tortilla Espanola
7. Sushi
8. Pad Thai
9. Stew
10. Eggplant Parmesan

Other

1. Jam
2. Gravy
3. Ruth Reichl Recipe
4. Quinoa
5. Cheese
6. Dill Pickles
7. Tzatziki
8. Dumplings
9. Bechemel
10. Souffle
11. Tomato Sauce
12. Alfredo Sauce

The BRAN idea - applied to a reallife situation even!

I like the BRAN idea - what are the: Benefits? Risks? Alternatives? what if we do Nothing? Let's pick something like, say, ttc later this year.

Benefits:

• I'm 29 and ManFriend is nearly 30 so now's a good time, and a better time than the future physically and oocyte'ly.
• We are about as Grown Up as we're going to get
  
• We are smart and see that replacing ourselves with a person or two who is also smart and resourceful is a Good Idea.
• Babies are cute and gorgeous and a source of love and fun. Toddlers are cute and squishable and fun. Kids are fabulous and individual. Teenagers are too.
• We want kid(s) and it's something we want to do to complete our lives. We have talked about this.
  

Risks:

• My physical fitness
• Money
• Conflicts between parenting and working/studying
• Needing to move house to set up for a family
  

Alternatives

• Waiting (not really an alternative as age will start to play a part in the risk profile of it, and we don't want to be too old to be having fun with kids!)
• Adopting ($$$$$ and hard in Australia)
• Fostering (hard and $$)
• Not (not an option for us to consider - we both want to, a lot)

Not doing anything

• Awwwwwwwwwww but we want to ;)
• There are 7 years left before I hit what I think of as my deadline (35) so it's not that bad to do nothing