I like to set up goals rather than resolutions, and they don't have to start on January 1. Goals are things one has in mind and don't need to be met (well, except at work, from which I am retired...) Things I hope to accomplish within a given and appropriate time frame.
For instance, I'm planning on starting up quail-raising here by late spring early summer. I am organizing the steps I need to take, and other than planning, and setting things in a preliminary motion, nothing will happen until the snow / ice / freezing temps go away.
I'm all with wasting less food. Indeed this morning I tucked a lot of the leftover veggies from the Vietnamese spring rolls I made for a get together Saturday into an omelet, mostly the more fragile ones. The veggies also promise to make a good salad. Or, two.
I also need to defrost the freezer, best done sometime this week or next, when outdoor temps are below freezing and I can tuck everything into the two coolers, and plunk them outdoors. That's a goal, not a resolution, but simply a need here.
I'm really in the mood to expand my appreciation of Greek cuisine. To that end, I want to make: 1) an authentic Greek salad, 2) Greek moussaka, both vegetarian and meat-based. 3) spanakopita!!!! my very favorite Greek dish with Phyllo. No I don't want to learn how to make phyllo, but simply use it properly to make this dish. (At least, now.) 4) that Greek egg, lemon and orzo (with chicken) soup for which I'd have to look up the spelling.
I really want to figure out how to make Chinese soup dumplings. The soup part and the pork ball inside won't be too complicated, but the dumpling will be - especially making it so that the soup won't spill out while steaming. And making the dumpling skin taste "right". I've gotten picky about that taste since having worked with co-workers from China who'd bring home cooked food in. Restaurants don't always get this "right". This was actually a goal I'd hoped to accomplish last year, but I was too busy sorting out and selling my old house to deal with that.
I'm going to be making Eggs Benedict Florentine. Probably on Portobello caps rather than on bread. Just learned about a potentially "foolproof" method of making Hollandaise from scratch - the store-bought stuff rips up my intestines if I use more than a tablespoon or so. Plus this stuff tastes a ton better!
These are goals that excite me. Seriously. Resolutions sound, well, painful. Even though I really need to ditch about 25 pounds of personal body weight - I plan to do this by largely enjoyable methods. I did it back while I was in the work force - rather than eating the cafeteria food there, I'd 9 out of 10 times every two weeks bring in my own tasty, semi-Paleo meals, which defeated the majority of the cafeteria food taste-wise. Unfortunately here I'm not yet moving around as much as I had to on the job. So... I'll find things I want to do, and such, on my farm. When it is warmer and safer to walk or saunter around outdoors, I'll be doing that - seeing things and moving about that way is far more rewarding than some gym with bad pumped-in "music".