YBR-Your Smoking Hot Recipes of July 2011!

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Welcome to another edition of Your Best Recipes, YBR. July has been a record setting month in terms of participants. As you can see this month your photos have been sized down to 200 pixels, this is to help cut down on loading time. I hope you don't experience too long of a wait. I'd also like to Thank each and everyone of you for joining me in making YBR the IT place to showcase your recipes. You guys are the best!

(Listings are in order of submission. The ** indicates those wanted to be included in the Honest Cooking draw.)

And now here are Your Best Recipes of July 2011! Pick your favorites and pay them a visit, say hi and that you saw their mouthwatering recipe on July's YBR.

**Carrie, Witchy Kitchen, Spiced Thyme Chicken and Green Beans with Coconut Rice

**Concetta, Concetta's Cafe, Orange Blossom Dream Cake

Claudia, Whats Cookin Italian Cuisine, Dark Chocolate Baked Donuts with Ganache Style Frosting

**Lizzy, That Skinny Chick Can Bake, Cheesecake Ice Cream with Strawberry Sauce

**Kelly, Eat Yourself Skinny, Blueberry Lemon Bread

**Veronica, My Catholic Kitchen, Pork Barbecue

**Alina, Explora Cuisine, Broken Glass Jello

**Adora, Adora's Box, Low Fat Mango And Lime Frozen Yoghurt

**Julie, Sugarfoot Eats, Spicy Spinach Dip

**Emily, Life on Food, Shrimp and Garlic Scapes

**Sandra, Sandra's Easy Cooking, Chocolate,Cookies and Strawberry Parfait

**Joanne, Winelady Cooks, Angel Food Cake

**Christine, Christine's Pantry, Bread Pizza

**PolaM, An Italian cooking in the Midwest, Pasta with spicy roasted eggplant pesto

**Tiffany, Como Water, Salted-Herbed Watermelon Granita

**Amy, Gastronome Tart, Caribbean Rum Cake

**Heather, girlichef, Fruit and Grains Salad w/ Strawberry Vinaigrette

**Erin, Dinners, Dishes and Desserts, Nutella Cupcakes

**Jill, Dulce Dough, Orange Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

**Emily, Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, Apple and Cheddar Ice Cream

**Kate, Diethood, Skillet-Baked Peach and Cherry Cobbler

**Victoria, Mission: Food, Atayef bil Ashta (Custard-Filled Pancakes)

Patty, Patty's Food, Mini Chocolate Raspberry Love Tartlets

**Alida, Alida's Kitchen, Grilled Peanut Butter Chicken

**Ann M., Cooking Healthy For Me, Open Faced Prosciutto and Plum Sandwich

**Ann, Anncoo Journal, Banana Cheesecake

**Asiya, Chocolate and Chillies, Szechuan Fish

**Marsha, The Harried Cook, Walnut Muffins w/ Coffee Glaze

**Elyse, The Cultural Dish, Blueberry Crostata

**Giulietta, Alterkitchen, Mediterranean riz rouge de Camargue salad

Laura, Family Spice, Strawberry-Rhubarb Creamsicles

**Sandra L., Sweet Sensations, Chocolate Truffle Cake

**Citra, My Home Diary In Turkey, Stuffed Chicken Wings

**Maya, Foodiva's Kitchen, Dragonfruit-Basil Mascarpone Ice Cream

**Manu, Manu's Menu, Hello Kitty Cake Pops

**Tatjana, Tanja's Cooking Corner, Nectarine- Raspberry Clafoutis

Mihaela, De prin lume adunate..., Chocolate macarons with raspberry mascarpone filling

**Julie, Gourmet Getaways, Smokey Steak & Cheese Pizza w Sweet Caramelised Onion

**Jessica, Bacon and Soufflé, Waffled French Toast Pork Sandwich

**Elin, Elinluv's Tidbits Corner, Pasta En Papillote

**Stephanie, Hamburger Eats Me!, Grilled Bruschetta / Spinach Pesto Pizza with Fresh Basil

**Priya, Bon Appetit, Stuffed Pepper with Cracked Wheat Upma

**Laura, Sprint 2 the Table, Better-Than-S'mores Brownies

Alisha ~ Magic of Spice, The Ardent Epicure, French Style Grilled Cheese

Nancy, Spicie Foodie, Chorizo Stuffed Chiles, No Ordinary Chile Relleno

Priscilla, She's Cookin', Zucchini Keftedes with Feta

**Lauren, The Spiced Plate, Kale Mung Bean Patties

Claudia B., The Spiced Plate, Homemade Rainbow Pasta

**R & R, Tadka Pasta , Multigrain Bread Tune-up

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And The Cookbook Winner Is

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Before I announce the winner I would like to thank you all for participating in the giveaway. All of your recipes are fantastic and made my mouth water. But there can only be one winner. So congratulations to Alisha (Magic of Spice) from The Ardent Epicure!! All recipes were judged on originality and how hungry they made me feel.

This is Alisha's (Magic of Spice) phenomenal recipe worthy of many many culinary awards! I love, love it!

- Alisha/Magic of Spice, The Ardent Epicure, Tropical Fajitas

Thank you to the finalist for also submitting your scrumptious recipes.

- Maya, Foodiva's Kitchen, Lemongrass Chilli Lime Ice Cream with Black Sesame Langues de Chat

- Sarah, Spoonful of Delight, Red Meat with Red Chillies

- Maria, Flavors of Mumbai, Mussel Curry Coconut – Spicy Mussel Curry

- Lazaro, Lazaro Cooks, Pork & Beans

- Tadka Pasta, Rainbow Chard in a Mustard Masala

- Lizzy,That Skinny Chick Can Bake! , Tomato Tart with Gruyère

- Marsha, The Harried Cook, Steamed Buns w/ Five Spice Sesame Pork

- Paaka-shaale, Chana masala

- Alisha/Magic of Spice, The Ardent Epicure, Tropical Fajitas

Next up will be July's YBR roundup. See you there!! (If you haven't signed up do so here, July YBR Signup.

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