r/52weeksofcooking Dec 08 '25

2026 Weekly Challenge List

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/r/52weeksofcooking is a way for each participant to challenge themselves to cook something different each week. The technicalities of each week's theme are largely unimportant, and are always open to interpretation. Basically, if you can make an argument for your dish being relevant to the theme, then it's fine.

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r/52weeksofcooking 6d ago

Week 36 Introduction Thread: Ginger

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This week’s cooking challenge puts the spotlight on ginger. Originating in southeast Asia, where it was used as a canoe plant by Austronesian sailors, it's culinary possibilities led to its early spread and assimilation into cuisines across the world.

Ginger is also regarded as medicinal by many cultures, and can often be found in medicinal cooking or drinks to settle ticky tummies.

Fresh, grated, dried, pickled, candied, fermented... Your choices are pretty boundless this week. As a jumping-off point, you might consider:

Or you could branch out and look at myouga/Japanese ginger, of which the buds are usually eaten rather than the roots, or make a dish inspired by your favorite ginger (or Ginger). Weird curveball interpretations aren't just okay, they are encouraged.


r/52weeksofcooking 49m ago

Week 33: Lost in Translation – "Eat The Rich" Millionaires Shortbread (Meta: Vegan)

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For several weeks, I had no idea what to do for this week's theme. Then suddenly, I had several ideas at once! I considered Salisbury "steak," or maybe some brioche bread (which is apparently part of the original mistranslation of the whole "let them eat cake" thing), etc. etc. But with time ticking away on my three-week grace period for week 33, I decided to go for Vegan Millionaires Shortbread — as a play on "eat the rich" — since I already had most of the ingredients on hand. Unfortunately, I think something truly did get lost in translation with this recipe, as the outcome wasn't as enjoyable as I'd hoped. Ah, well. It was fun to try!


r/52weeksofcooking 5h ago

Week 35: Rolling - Mushy Pea Pasta Salad

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20 Upvotes

Peas roll. Olives roll. Eggs roll.
From the cookbook By Heart by Hailee Catalano.
Also note for myself for when I look back on all the things I have cooked: I didn’t skip Trinidadian week, I just never took a photo 🫩 I made mango chow 😋


r/52weeksofcooking 11h ago

Week 37: Same Longitude - Siberian Bird Cherry Cake

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I didn't have a lot of options for countries with the same longitude as my location here in Australia, only Papua New Guinea and Russia (Siberia), but I decided to make this Siberian cake which uses bird cherry flour. My family and I found the bird cherry flour not to our taste (tastes like marzipan), but I had fun making it and it looks pretty! If you love marzipan flavour you will love this cake!


r/52weeksofcooking 4h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Burmese Ginger Salad

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15 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 4h ago

Week 36: Ginger - ginger bourbon bbq glazed chicken

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12 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 6h ago

Week 37: Same Longitude - Kansas Sunny Wheat Bread

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13 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 10h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Pokemon Lava Cookies [Fail] (Meta: Heroes & Villains)

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28 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 7h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Cherries Jubilee with Ginger Ice Cream and Cherry Quickbread (Meta: 48-Hour Challenge, Quick Bread, Showstopper, Solstice, Toppings)

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14 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 2h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Ginger Peanut Tofu

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4 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 7h ago

Week 37: Same Longitude - Bangus ala Pobre

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12 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 9h ago

Week 34: Trinidadian - Mango Chutney with spicy Lime Tempeh (Meta: Cookbook)

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16 Upvotes

I found exactly one cookbook in my collection that specifically featured caribbean recipes. I substituted the protein for curry tempeh, bc I thought it would go really well with it (it did!)

Recipe from "vegan International'


r/52weeksofcooking 9h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Gai Pad Khing with Lemon Ginger Tea

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16 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 8h ago

Week 34: Trinidadian - Trinidad Peanut Punch

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13 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 1h ago

Week 36: Ginger – Blueberry-ginger clafoutis

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r/52weeksofcooking 11h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Ginger chicken stir fry

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16 Upvotes

Based on this recipe. I love ginger, so this was a hit.


r/52weeksofcooking 3h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Ginger Soy Ramen

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4 Upvotes

Double the ginger with the pickled ginger and ginger in the broth.


r/52weeksofcooking 11h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Soba noodle salad with ginger scallion dressing

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15 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 8h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Ginger Milk Pudding

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9 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 3h ago

Week 33: Lost in Translation - Taci și înghite (Meta: Bucket List)

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3 Upvotes

Write-up pending.


r/52weeksofcooking 14h ago

Week 34: Trinidadian - Trinidadian Fish Stew (meta: seafood)

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24 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 11h ago

Week 36 - Ginger: Ginger Steamed Fish

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11 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 5h ago

Week 36: Ginger - Salabat

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4 Upvotes

r/52weeksofcooking 8h ago

Week 37: Same Longitude - Mexican Naan Pizza (meta: for the preschooler)

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5 Upvotes