Call Off The Dogs

Hey everyone. Assuming people are still out there.

I’ve been a very lazy blogger lately; I’ve been spending a lot of time with someone pretty great lately, but I want to assure you all that I have been baking, and taking pictures. I have a bunch of catch-up posts that I need to put up here, but first I wanted to just put up with little teaser.

I will be blogging about all of these in the very near future, so hopefully they will entice you to not give up on me yet

I hope all of these have peaked your interest, because I will be back soon with much more details

Blush-worthy

I am shocked an honored that one of the bloggers I greatly admire, Evil Chef Mom, has decided to give me an award!

I haven’t been doing this all that long, but it’s been so much fun and this encouragement just makes it that much better.

So this is how it works:

1. Awarded parties must nominate five people who have not received the award.

2. The blogs that receive the award must serve some purpose.

3. In their post about the award they need to link back to this entry.

4. Awarded parties must post the award banner on their site. The banner must remain linked to this site.

So here are the five incredible bloggers I wish to acknowledge:

1. Kittens in the Kitchen – I haven’t commented that much on her blog, but she always has incredible recipes and one little thing she doesn’t know – her blog is actually one of the reasons I started this in the first place.

2. Straight From the Farm – Heathy and incredibly knowledgable, this woman never fails to inspire me. She has a great blog with incredible recipes and even better pictures and really deserves this award.

3. White on Rice Couple – I can’t believe these two haven’t received this award yet, because their blog is exactly the kind of thing this award was made for. They never fail to over new and helpful information, especially when it comes to the more traditional recipes, and they never fail to inspire.

4. For the Love of Food – Not only does this women constantly offer great recipes, but with the Taste and Create events she hosts with much dedication every month, she brings together other food bloggers that might not run into each other without it. What better purpose could a blogger have?

5. Baking Bites - this wonderful blogger not only offers great recipes that never fail, she also gives out general information that has proven to be irreplacable. This blog is one of the first places I go when I have questions.

Thank you again, Evil Chef Mom, for this award, and for the chance to acknowledge these incredible bloggers, and thank each of you for writing such great blogs.

Phew, now that this is out of the way, I should have more great recipes for you guys soon. Stick around cause I really think you’ll enjoy them :)

Disaster

So Saturday I was in the middle of making my roasted garlic pasta when disaster struck. The stupid pasta machine stopped working! It just won’t turn anymore

I am gonna try to get it fixed or replaced but it’s got me a little bummed as I haven’t had it all that long.

I saved the dough, so once I am done pouting I will try to roll it by hand (though that is not an easy task)

In the meantime, I can tell you that the dough was wonderfully infused with the scent of roasted garlic. I am sure it would have tasted even better. If you want to try it out yourself you can check out the blog on Kittens in the Kitchen where I originally found it.

I will probably post an actual recipe later today because even though most of my weekend sucked (the pasta machine wasn’t the only trouble) not everything turned out badly.

Just a Quick Note

I just wanted to announce that I have joined the Foodie Blogroll!

This is a blogroll especially for those who are passionate about all things food. It’s got over 1,000 (!!) great blogs all about cooking and baking and all that fun stuff we love so much. It’s a great way for foodies and food bloggers to find and connect with each other. So if you are either food blogger, please consider joining. It looks like a great community to be a part of. Please take a look at my sidebar, unfortunately wordpress is evil and won’t let you see the actual blogroll, but you will find the link to join and you can get to the blogroll through them.

http://www.leftoverqueen.com/

That is all. I have lots of great plans for this month (finally, my second month of food blogging!) so I promise to have a tasty recipe for you next time.