It's Friday. Sunny, but cold. The bird baths are full of ice. The week is winding down to a chilly conclusion. My husband just walked through the door with some flowers [scoring serious points] so I thought I'd brew myself a mug of green tea, and take a little time out to browse my favorite food blogs and share some mighty tempting recipes that caught my eye recently. No theme. No agenda. I just wanted to have a little fun.
First stop is Simply Recipes. Elise posted a wonderful bit on Roasted Garlic this week, with photographs so appetizing you can almost smell the rustic delicious scent of all those papery-clad heads baking themselves into sweet oblivion. There's just nothing like roasted garlic. I'm a huge fan. [note to self: this weekend - buy several heads of fresh garlic for roasting] And speaking of roasting, When the Chicken Comes Home to Roast over at Weekly Dish looks like the quintessential choice for a winter weekend menu. I loved Culinary Bookworm's story about the aunts, and most of all, her husband's cooking instructions.
And what to do with leftover chicken? Make the tasty Chicken Salad with Basil and Parmesan I just discovered at Kalyn's Kitchen, a naturally gluten-free recipe. I must be on a pesto kick this week because fresh basil is so hard to come by [which only enhances my craving for it, but let's not get Freudian now, shall we?]. My husband found some basil recently (that obviously endured air travel), and made Ilsa's tantalizing recipe for Lasagna con Pomodorini, Mozzarella e Pesto (at Lucullian Delights) a distinct possibility, if I use gluten-free noodles.
The photograph of Susan's Mexican Pumpkin Soup over at Fatfree Vegan Kitchen had my taste buds at Hello. [This Southwestern inspired recipe is on my Must Make Soon short list.] And I also liked Sweetnicks' take on a Cooking Light dish - Pasta with Smoked Salmon; also doable using brown rice pasta [thank goddess for Tinkyada].
For cravings [and goddess knows, we all get them], there's no better stop on this mini blog tour than The Domestic Goddess - and her No Bake Cheesecake looks totally doable gluten-free, if you use a gluten-free cookie like Pamela's for the chocolate crust. And Brendon at Something in Season has a Dark Chocolate- Dipped Ginger Cake that's gluten-free [ginger + chocolate - how bad could that be?].
And last but never least, my biggest smile came from Maddie the Snow Bunny at Rubber Slippers in Italy. I have fallen in love with Westies this year [our neighbor has a new Westie puppy named Whiskey that I have a total, huge crush on] and Rowena's photo just says it all. Well darlings. Tea is cold. That's it for now. Off to make sure we have corn tortillas for supper. It's Taco Night at Casa Allrich!
And what to do with leftover chicken? Make the tasty Chicken Salad with Basil and Parmesan I just discovered at Kalyn's Kitchen, a naturally gluten-free recipe. I must be on a pesto kick this week because fresh basil is so hard to come by [which only enhances my craving for it, but let's not get Freudian now, shall we?]. My husband found some basil recently (that obviously endured air travel), and made Ilsa's tantalizing recipe for Lasagna con Pomodorini, Mozzarella e Pesto (at Lucullian Delights) a distinct possibility, if I use gluten-free noodles.
The photograph of Susan's Mexican Pumpkin Soup over at Fatfree Vegan Kitchen had my taste buds at Hello. [This Southwestern inspired recipe is on my Must Make Soon short list.] And I also liked Sweetnicks' take on a Cooking Light dish - Pasta with Smoked Salmon; also doable using brown rice pasta [thank goddess for Tinkyada].
For cravings [and goddess knows, we all get them], there's no better stop on this mini blog tour than The Domestic Goddess - and her No Bake Cheesecake looks totally doable gluten-free, if you use a gluten-free cookie like Pamela's for the chocolate crust. And Brendon at Something in Season has a Dark Chocolate- Dipped Ginger Cake that's gluten-free [ginger + chocolate - how bad could that be?].
And last but never least, my biggest smile came from Maddie the Snow Bunny at Rubber Slippers in Italy. I have fallen in love with Westies this year [our neighbor has a new Westie puppy named Whiskey that I have a total, huge crush on] and Rowena's photo just says it all. Well darlings. Tea is cold. That's it for now. Off to make sure we have corn tortillas for supper. It's Taco Night at Casa Allrich!
great blog
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for mentioning my blog and the soup. Hope you get a chance to try it soon. It's good, if I do say so. ;-)
ReplyDeleteKarina,
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this! It's a really fun way to get to know someone, I think, to hear what kind of recipes appeal to them. Great idea.
And thanks for including the roast chicken--my husband will be oh-so-pleased with himself!
Hey, thanks for finding my chicken salad recipe. I miss that fresh basil so much at this time of year! I can't wait for summer.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! And those foods all sound delicious!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous flowers. Did you take the picture?
ReplyDeletePsuedo~ Hey. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSusan ~ We're doing the soup tonight, with black beans, I think. Thanks!
Jennifer~ It was fun. And tell your husband, he needs to cook more. ;-)
Kalyn~ You and me both!
Ivonne~ Thanks!
P~ Yup. Those are the flowers S brought home. I had to photograph them, they were so beautiful. A fun change from food! ;-)
Well finally I got online and read your comment and wondered, "Mini blog tour? Snow Bunny?" And now I see that you too are easily tempted by all of the great recipes that fellow food bloggers post on their sites. My problem is that I actually make a note to try all of the recipes that appeal to me and let me tell you, it would TAKE FOREVER to get through all of them. So I just had to limit myself to one recipe per blogger for any given week. Life is so unfair. ;-)
ReplyDeleteRegarding westies, aha! They are just too irresistable, no? So like, I'm waiting for you to get a westie of your own so we can share pics. I'm already thinking to get a male companion for Maddie. His name is gonna be Laphroaig. ;-)
P.S. You think you could get an image of Whiskey and post it? I can never get enough of westie photos, they are just too darn cute.
ReplyDeleteAloha, Rowena!
ReplyDeleteToo cute is right. I'll try to snap a pic of Whiskey this week. He's getting big.
As for recipes - I'm perpetually tempted by all the fantastic food out there. [I also sit in bed and read cookbooks, completely convinced I'll try all the recipes that call to me. Ha!]
It's the journey, not the destination, right Sistah?