Getting Started

 

I love cooking. The more abstract, the better. I got this crazy idea while watching an international cooking video: why not try to cook a meal from every country in the world? I did a Google search, and discovered this meant 195 meals from 195 countries. After getting a list of all the countries, I searched each country to see what the national food was. Some had specific meals, some had a food item the country was known for. (Confession: I did not vet any of the information I got – I literally Googled what the national dish for the country was, and found a recipe. I don’t mean to offend if it is not correct!)

Due to my own dietary restrictions, I found myself unable to make the recipes the way the original recipe was written. So, I decided to try making some of these foods according to my own restrictions. Due to the brilliant idea of my husband, I wanted to document this adventure. Thus, the 41,936,935th food blog was born!

I'm hoping to do one dish per week, but we'll see how that goes :-)  In each post, I will provide the recipe I used, with my modifications. My husband and I will both rate the meal, based on overall taste, spiciness (heat), and flavor (bland vs. packed with flavor). We hope you enjoy this experience with us!

First stop…Peru!