Eggland’s Best Brinner Party: Recap, Recipes and Giveaway!
Posted: June 29, 2011 Filed under: Food, Giveaways, Recipes | Tags: bread, breakfast, brinner, brunch, cheddar, cheese, cooking, egg, eggs, foodblog, french toast, giveaway, parmesan, party, potato, potatoes, recipe, savory 49 Comments »
I come from a set of mixed parents. My mom is of one ilk. My dad another. They have different beliefs. Different philosophies. Different practices.
No, I’m not talking about religion. Or nationality. I’m talking about rule following.
Yes, that’s right. Rule following.
You see, my mother is a devout rule follower. If you tell her that she must stand on this line, with this form, and give it to this person? She’ll be there. Completed form in hand. Because those are the rules.
My dad? Not so much. He might be there. But he would find a shorter line. And give his form to a different person. And have them fill it out. And if that didn’t work? He’d leave. Because why should he stand on a long line, just because someone says so? He’ll figure it out on his own.
And then there’s me. I’d like to think I fall somewhere in the middle. For the most part, I’m totally with my dad on this one. I mean, why should I do something a certain way just because that’s how it’s supposed to be? Who cares? What does that mean anyway?
But for me, (and this is where my dad and I differ) there are some exceptions. When it comes to school or work, I follow the rules. To a ‘t’. Every time. Mostly because I don’t like to get in trouble.
So when Eggland’s Best contacted me to see if I wanted to host a Brinner Party, it was an absolute no brainer. Breakfast…. for dinner? It’s the perfect compromise! You’re supposed to eat breakfast for… well, breakfast… but we would be having it for dinner! What better way to break the “rules” with no chance at all of getting in trouble, than with a delicious meal? Brilliant!
So I called a few friends, invited them over, and it was set. Using the “Brinner in a Box” I received from Eggland’s best, I was able to create a delicious and budget friendly Brinner to remember.
Guest Post: The Manchester Tart
Posted: June 27, 2011 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: baking, butter, coconut, cooking, cornflour, cream, custard, dessert, egg, english, ethnic, flour, foodblog, guest post, manchester, milk, pastry, raspberry, recipe, sugar, vanilla, whipped cream 20 Comments »
Because it’s Monday. Because I love you. And because it’s delicious, today I have a treat in store for you.
Actually, that’s not entirely true. I don’t personally have a treat for you, per se. But Holly does!
Holly, author of My BlogJect, so generously offered to do a guest post for me (and you!) after I posted my27×27 list. I’m so glad she did, because the dessert post she is contributing today is definitely something I never would have made…. because I had never heard of it!
Read on for her post, and the delicious looking Manchester Tart recipe!
Thanks, Holly!
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I approached Dana via her blog stating that I would love to write a guest post for her in order for her to achieve one of her goals on her 27 @ 27 list. Luckily for me, she emailed and said we were on! Hence, me posting here, loud and proud on Dana’s blog.
I was so happy, that I, the relatively novice blogger and unseasoned baker, had a chance to write a guest post on Dana’s wonderful Food for Thought Blog. I did a little celebratory dance to myself, before remembering I still hadn’t yet decided what I wanted to actually guest post about…
I had a few aims for my post; I wanted it to be something that the majority of readers may not have heard of, something very classically British, obviously something baked-good shape (I have a new baking passion) and something I knew is a crowd-pleaser with appeal to the masses! I also wanted to make something that I myself had not baked before. This may sound like an odd way to go about a guest post, but I wanted to relay a typical account of a first attempt at baking this dish. Obviously, in my mind, I had an ambition of it being a perfect baking attempt, but alas, as the continuing post shows, this baking session wasn’t without a few errors, but despite these trials, the results are still delicious (even if I do say so myself)!
Grilled Sweet Potato Chicken Soup
Posted: June 22, 2011 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: allspice, broth, cayenne pepper, chicken, chicken broth, cooking, foodblog, ginger, grill, half and half, healthy, lime, lime juice, onion, recipe, soup, sundried tomato, sweet potato, vegetable broth 30 Comments »
Ok, kids. Today we’re going to talk about seasonal eating. (You like how I put that? We? It makes it seem more inclusive… not like I’m going to be rambling on by myself while you sit there wondering what in the world I’m talking about.)
Right. So, seasonal eating. I’m not talking about it in the traditional sense. Like eating tomatoes in the summer and apples in the fall, or anything like that. What I’m talking about is soup. That’s right, good old s-o-u-p.
You see, I’ve heard some people say that soup is just for the cold winter months. Something you eat to warm up. For comfort. When you don’t mind eating something that sticks to your bones. When you don’t plan on wearing a bikini that weekend.
Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s just not so.
In my book, soup is for every season. I love it. In fact, I have such deep feelings about soup, that when I was younger, I declared that I was going to open a restaurant called “Just Soup.” And all I would sell was… soup. (Yes, even in my younger years I was oh-so-clever.)
Despite the fact that these dreams (shockingly) never came to fruition, I still feel it’s my duty to enlighten the masses. To teach you that soup is an all-weather, all-season option.
So today, get those visions of heavy corn chowder and tomato bisque out of your head. And instead, picture this light, yet still creamy and filling, Grilled Sweet Potato Chicken Soup (adapted from Sweet Bytes Blog). Because really, there’s nothing more summery than lighting up that grill. Even if it’s just to make a big pot of soup.
Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Pie
Posted: June 13, 2011 Filed under: Food, Recipes | Tags: baking, cake, chocolate, cookie, cooking, dessert, easy, foodblog, ice cream, icecream, pie, recipe, Secret Recipe Club 38 Comments »
Today, I have to make a very special shout out…. because it’s Jake’s birthday! Happy birthday to my wonderful fiance!
I knew I wanted to do something special for him, and, to me, special = food. (Duh.) Since today is the reveal day for June’s Secret Recipe Club, I thought it would be fun to combine the two.
I had a lot of fun going through my assigned blog, My Fiance Likes It, So It Must Be Good, searching through the plethora of recipes, and learning more about Peggy.
It’s no shock, that I immediately fell in love with her blog. In fact, Peggy and I have a lot in common. We’re both twenty-something women, recently engaged, with a passion for food! I was thrilled to have been introduced to her.
She had a ton of recipes that would have made the perfect birthday treat for Jake: Cinnamon Roll Cupcakes, Samoa Cupcakes, Strawberry Shortcake, and the list goes on.
There was only one problem: Jake hates cake.
Yes, you read that right. Jake hates cake. It sounds blasphemous, I know. But it’s true. No cake. No cupcakes. And definitely no shortcake.
There’s only one kind of cake Jake likes. And by like I mean love. And by love I mean he wants one at our wedding. And that, my friends, is Ice Cream Cake.
Luckily for me (and Jake), Peggy recently posted a recipe for a delicious looking Coffee Ice Cream Pie. I knew with a few tweaks, this was the perfect choice.
Quinoa and Israeli Couscous Risotto with Spinach and Parmesan and BIG NEWS!
Posted: June 7, 2011 Filed under: About me, Food, Recipes | Tags: carrot, cheese, chicken broth, cooking, couscous, ethnic, foodblog, garlic, healthy, italian, mushroom, onion, parmesan, quinoa, recipe, risotto, spinach 36 Comments »
I know, I knowww. You don’t have to say it. I already know.
I am a bad blogger.
I haven’t posted in a week. And let’s be honest. That last post was L-A-M-E lame. So really, I haven’t posted a good post in over two weeks. Super lame.
But I’m back! And I can assure you that this post is most definitely NOT lame. Because not only do I have a tasty recipe for you, but I have news.
Big news.
HUGE news.
Jake and I are engaged!!!!
Friday night, we went to dinner Nomad, a romantic little Moroccan restaurant in the East Village. It was gorgeous out, so we sat outside in the front of the restaurant. At the end of the meal, Jake got up to go to the “bathroom.” When he came back to the table, the waitress was following close behind him carrying two glasses of champagne. She placed the champagne on the table, and Jake got down on one knee and asked me to marry him! Of course I cried like a baby said yes!
Jake putting the ring on my finger!
We are both so excited, and can’t wait to start planning! (Ok, maybe I’m a little more excited about the planning part of it, but we are both really excited.)
I promise to keep you posted on some of the fun wedding updates throughout the planning process. (Who am I kidding? You are going to be up to your ears in wedding updates by the time our wedding rolls around.)
So I hope this exciting news counteracts any prior lameness. Oh, and this recipe probably doesn’t hurt in the lameness category either.
