My name is Sarah and I'm addicted to food magazines. Every time I'm in that damn checkout lane at Target or Albertsons I see them. Their smiling faces saying "we know you already know how to make nachos but look at these" and "I know I'll just take up space on your ottoman until you stash me in a cupboard with the rest, but you need me". Just like that I impulse buy my copies of Everyday with Rachel Ray or Food network magazine. I read them cover to cover and on occasion I actually cook something with their recipes, but they're pointless. Any recipe I'd ever need can be found online using the countless recipe sites, pintrest or food blogs. My Lord I even write a food blog. This being said I do eventually do something constructive with these magazines aside from random school projects that require the kids to cut out pictures from them; I make scrapbooks. Every 6 months when I'm tired of moving them around I cut out the recipes and tips I actually think I will use and paste them in scrapbooks. Then I place the books with my cookbook collection and pull them out at the beginning of the month when I plan our menu.
This month I've decided I need a little challenge to pull me out of my current food rut--I will only make dishes I read in magazines. This will ease my guilt about the clutter they cause me and my family will get all new recipes this month. If you are also an addict I suggest doing the same. I know I'll never stop buying these freaking magazines (I've done the math and I've spent around $1500 dollars on magazines in the last 10 years so that's still better than a coke addiction) so I guess I'll be responsible with my habit.
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