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random recipes #34 – a random recipe

1 November 2013 by Dominic Franks

… i don’t know about you but i’ve been feeling distinctly uninspired of late and with christmas rushing upon us I feel all kitchen thoughts turn to turkey and mince pies and I just want to put the breaks on a little and refresh what i’m doing… plus I have a bit of an unusual idea for christmas random recipes this year and I know i’ve been a bit left-field with themes recently so I thought with one month to go till we get truly festive we should return to our roots with a traditionally random, random recipes… also we’ve had quite a few random recipes virgins of late and I always think it’s good idea to welcome them into the game from the start, as it were… so this month i’d like you to pick a recipe book at random and then randomly open that book to a recipe and then cook that exact recipe…

… I turned with delight to all 67 of my cook books, numbered them all from left to right and then used a random number generator to pick a book… it chose for me number 37 – Save with Jamie by Jamie Oliver… this is actually a relatively new addition to the belleau kitchen bookshelf and i’m not a massive Jamie Oliver fan but the book is packed with loads of money saving recipes, tips o stocking your store cupboard and more importantly some stunning photo’s of food, which always helps get me inspired… and on a random open I find a wonderful recipe for a giant veg rosti… it looks gorgeous and i’m actually very excited about making it!

so here are the rules:
1. randomly select a book from your bookshelf… you can do this any number of ways, I like to count them all, assign each one a number and then randomly draw a book out of the hat but you could throw them all up in the air and select the one that hits you… I leave the selection process to you
2. take that book off the shelf and open it at a random page
3. cook the recipe on this page or if it’s something you’ve cooked before then turn to the very next page and cook that dish… and don’t cheat… do it with a friend in the room who will make you stick to it…
it’s a challenge after all and you’re only cheating yourself… this is specifically designed to take you out of your comfort zone…!
4. you may change the recipe for dietary or monetary or seasonal availability reasons only
5. post it up on your blog, with a link to this page and then email me with a link at dominic(@)belleaukitchen.co.uk so I know you’ve joined in, you can also attach the badge to show people you’re taking part.
6. tweet your entry including the hashtag #randomrecipes and I will retweet all I see
7. challenge deadline is November 28th.
eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Please Do Not Feed The Animals. says

    1 November 2013 at 10:13 am

    Yay. Off to random.org right now.
    Can I put in a plea for using some of our magazine cuttings in the New Year please? 🙂
    Can't wait to see what you have in store for Christmas.

  2. Christian Halfmann says

    1 November 2013 at 11:43 am

    The randomly picking of a book was not too difficult this time with just five books left on the shelf. The only question is: will I get all the ingredients?

  3. Sally Akins says

    1 November 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Count me in for this month, Dom

  4. Karen S Booth says

    1 November 2013 at 5:35 pm

    Great! Just what I need for November before the frenzied festive rush!

  5. Baking Addict says

    1 November 2013 at 7:13 pm

    Hurrah! Back to basics so might just manage an entry this month 🙂

  6. Phil in the Kitchen says

    1 November 2013 at 10:17 pm

    I could do with getting back to basics. Although I like the sound of an alternative Christmas too.

  7. Marmaduke Scarlet says

    1 November 2013 at 10:44 pm

    I've been out of the blogging loop for the past few months but this seems just the thing to get me back on track!

  8. Anonymous says

    2 November 2013 at 1:34 am

    I love food blogs and just found you and “Cooking With Mr. C.” on Facebook. When I find one I like, I follow it. I will tell everyone to check you out and check out “Cooking With Mr. C.” on Facebook. I just “Liked” his page. Happy Holidays. Jean

  9. Elizabeth says

    2 November 2013 at 7:32 am

    I like this month's challenge too. Yep, count me in! 😉

  10. Susan Lindquist says

    2 November 2013 at 12:44 pm

    I love returning to the traditional ways! And these rules keep it really simple … and that's a good thing!

  11. Choclette says

    3 November 2013 at 10:55 am

    Oh goodie, back to basics. Off to Eat Your Books immediately 🙂 Christmas is sounding a little scary.

  12. Alison says

    3 November 2013 at 2:44 pm

    Goes off to be random 🙂

  13. Sally Sellwood says

    28 November 2013 at 6:12 am

    Sorry I haven't entered recently 🙁 too much going on. I will be back x

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