Awards To Get 2011 Off To A Great Start!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2011 has started off on the right track for all of you. Do you have any new years resolutions? I have a relatively long list that I will be trying my hardest to stick to. One of the resolutions is to try to keep on top of things, because it seems like I'm always playing catchup. The only excuse I have is that there just isn't enough hours in a day/week/month or year to do everything I need and want to do. But I'm going to try my hardest. Keeping with the "staying on top of things" I'm catching up on some awards I received in the past several months. I apologize to those of you who passed these lovely awards on to me for not getting to them sooner, there was just so much happening here.

The first award, One Lovely Blog Award, was given to me by Jamie from Lady Fromage. Thank you Jamie!

The next award, One Lovely Blog Award, was given to me by Lisa from Sweet as Sugar. Thank you Lisa!

Sandra from Sandra's Easy Cooking, passed on her very own lovely award. It's called 'Cause You Are Worth It. Thank you Sandra!

Dimah from Orange Blossom Water gave me the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you Dimah!

And last but not least, Roxana (aka GreenGirl) from A Little Bit of Everything, gave me the One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you Roxana!

I would like to pass on the One Lovely Blog Award and the Versatile Award to the following foodie bloggers. Please stop their blogs and say hello. Recipients if you would like to accept the awards you can right click to save the award images to your computer. If you do not participate in awards, no problem and no hurt feelings.

- Sandra Sandra's Easy Cooking
- Claudia, What's Cooking Italian Style Cuisine

- Julie, Gourmet Getaways

- Maya, Foodiva's Kitchen

- Sommer, Mama With Flavor

- Stella, The Witchy Kitchen

- The Ardent Epicure Team, The Ardent Epicure

- Lynn , Seasoned & Stirred!

-Carolyn, All Day I Dream About Food

- Gina, What's For Dinner Across State Lines

- Trix, Tasty Trix

- Chef Dennis, More Than A Mount Full - A Culinary Journey

- Patty, Patty's Food

On another note I have a recipe and the first photography tutorial lined up, so stay tuned for that. I hope the first week of 2011 will be great and I'm looking forward to all the new recipes of 2011. Best wishes everyone!

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An Award, A Game and and Update

So much to cover today, first the update. So it was brought to my attention that the code to embed the badges for the YBR event were linking to the wrong page. It has been corrected and again you can find the html codes here, YBR codes. Just a clarification, the html codes are so that you can copy the html code for the badge of your choice into your blog. The codes will load the image on to your blog and when they are clicked on will direct the person to the YBR page here on Spicie Foodie. The page will have links to all of the monthly events with your images. If you need any help/clarification, or walk through on how to install the html code please don't hesitate to ask/email me and I'd be glad to help. I have been receiving such delicious photos, don't forget to send me yours by the 30th.

And on to the award. I received the "ONE LOVELY BLOG AWARD" from one of my favorite foodie and bloggers, Alisha from The Ardent Epicure. I'm sure most of you know Alisha, Adam, and Grely, the team from The Ardent Epicure. So you all know that their blog Rocks! They never seize to amaze me with their talent and mouthwatering recipes. Out of the three I've gotten to know Alisha the most, and she is one of the kindest person you will meet. She has never had anything but kind words, outpouring support, encouragement and friendship to give. She is a gem in our food blogger community. From the bottom of my heart thank you Sweetie.

There are so many I would like to pass on the award to, but this is just a very short list of some of my favorite bloggers:
Tanantha : I Just Love My Apron
Stella : The Witchy Kitchen
Jill : The Home Ground Gourmet
Penny : Jeroxie
Liv : Egg Wan's Eastern Food Odyssey
Brie: Le Grand Fromage
Patty: Patty's Food
Connor : Hold The Beef
Ruby: Tomayto Tomaahto
Miriam : The Winter Guest
Heather : Girlchef
Monet : Anecdotes and Apple Cores
Cristina: From BA to Paris
Gina: What's For Dinner Across State Lines
Sommer: A Mama With Flavor

Now the game, Tag I'm it! Raven from the delicious blog RavieNomNoms, tagged me and this is how the game is played: "You answer the 8 questions that were tagged to you. You then create 8 more questions and tag 8 people to answer them. Again, no one has to feel obligated to answer, but it is a good way to get to know your fellow bloggers" Thank you Raven! And everyone please stop by her blog, her recipes are delicious and Raven is such a sweetie.

1. What was your favorite part of this week?
 Oh this is a good one, I've had a couple things. Friday, because I got to see my very good friend Luba. She is a great person and I'm very lucky to have her in my life. Plus she got me away from the computer, which I needed badly. Tuesday, I received a package in the mail that made me very happy and can't wait to share with you guys. And also, well I don't want this to come off as me being egotistical, because I am not at all. But it totally made my day to see my Kuri Squash Corn Muffins mentioned by David Lebovitz http://t.co/PYgEIcJ, such an honor.

2. What do you like to do when you are sick?
Eat soup, drink tea, wrap a warm blanket or scarf around myself. I also like to add a little more whining about how I feel to get some extra attention, I'm evil I know. But I can't help it I have the "Marsha,Marsha!" syndrome of a middle child. For those of you that don't get it, the reference is from a show called The Brady Bunch. The middle child, Jan, was jealous of all of the attention the older child, Marsha, would receive. She felt like she didn't have attention. I have 5 siblings to take away mine :). I love that show!

3. What are you or your kids going to be for Halloween?
I only have one "kid" Panchito, the Scruffy Scrappy Terrier, and he would like to be a bucket of KFC. Original recipe, so Mommy and Daddy will fill it with lots of little original recipe bits. So he can do this↓

4. What is your favorite Holiday? and why? I think Christmas. (But not for the religious aspect, I'm a heathen even though I was raised Christian.) Why? Because for me it's more like a day for being grateful for all the wonderful things in my life. It's not about the material things or commercialization of the holiday. I wouldn't care if I didn't receive one gift. As long as I am with loved ones and they tell me they love me, that's all that matters to me and that is the greatest gift. (Cheesy I know) 


5. What cookbook do you use more than any other?
I think that would have to be my Asian cookbooks that my friend brings me from his Asian trips. Without those I wouldn't have learned so many new great dishes.

6. Are you a coffee or tea drinker?
I love both but sadly I really can't drink coffee anymore. The amount of caffeine in coffee makes me shaky and triggers my Hypoglycemia so I'm a 99% tea drinker. Don't get me wrong I love tea and it's become my comfort drink.

7. If you had to choose one style of food to eat for a month, what would it be? (ie: Italian, Mexican..) Hands-down that would be Mexican. But I mean real, authentic traditional Mexican food. Preferably prepared by my eldest sister and my Mami. Being so far from home I dream and salivate over the thought of all the delicious foods and treats from Mexican cuisine.


8. What got you to start blogging? (I am going to steal this one from Kate) A much needed distraction away from my job. I started blogging just for fun, then it turned into a "Menu" for us and now it's taken a life of it's own with many rewards and bonus in my life because of it.

My Questions:
1. Who taught you or how did you learn to cook?
2. Do you listen to music when you cook? If so what type or who is the artist?
3. What foodie gift are you asking Santa for this year? ( like a new mixer or perhaps a new camera?)
4. What is the most difficult dish you have cooked or baked?
5. Do you have a kitchen disaster that left you in tears then, but now makes you laugh? or perhaps still makes you cry?
6. What is your favorite book? Whether cookbook, biography, novel, ...
7. What is the biggest reward to you from your blog?
8. Do you have a goal or is there something you hope to accomplish with your blog?

Tag and you are it : ( Again there are so many I would like to include, but only allowed 8.)
1. Alisha The Ardent Epicure
2. Stella : The Witchy Kitchen
3. Monet : Anecdotes and Apple Cores
4. Cristina: From BA to Paris
5. Tanantha : I Just Love My Apron
6. Emily : Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
7. Karen : Tasty Trials
8. Patty: Patty's Food

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Warm Shredded Carrot Salad with Carrot Greens (Vegan)

I have a delicious new recipe to share with you today. But first I want to tell you that the YBR event has it's own permanent page with all of the information, linking codes and badges for our lovely monthly event. Check it out, it's up there on the menu bar as YBR. OK so on to the recipe. Did you know that Carrot greens or carrot tops are edible? Yuppers, they are! The other day I picked up a bunch of fresh organic carrots that were on sale with the greens still on them and I got curious, are they edible? I quickly found out that they are and in fact are quite nutritious, rich in vitamins, minerals and proteins. The carrot tops can be used raw or cooked, tossed in salads, used in soups and many other creative ways. I found this great site full of info all about carrot greens and even some recipes, it's called Carrot Museum. On this site they also wrote the following, "The leaves do contain furocoumarins that may cause allergic contact dermatitis from the leaves, especially when wet. Later exposure to the sun may cause mild photodermatitis. (This is NOT the same as 'poisonous' - it will only affect susceptible people with allergies to the plant. Some people have the same reaction to yarrow, ragwort, chamomile etc.)" I handled and cooked the greens, we both ate them and we are both still alive, so no allergies for either of us. The taste is quite strong so I would suggest that you use them sparingly at first or taste to see if it's something you like the taste of. The taste was a little bit bitter and very leafy tasting. I wouldn't say I loved the taste but I also didn't hate it. Anyways, I did really like the warm shredded carrot salad I added the greens to. It was a little sweet and a little garlicky. This is a fast and easy recipe for a great side dish or you could also eat this as a main meal. It is also vegan, healthy and low in calories without skimping on great taste. I served the salad along with steamed white rice and some sauted eggplant for a small vegan meal.

Serves 2
Ingredients:
3 medium carrots, peeled and shredded
carrot leaf greens to taste ( I used a small handful)
1 small red onion, finely chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 inch or 2.5 cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled and finely chopped
3.5 ounces or 100 grams shredded cabbage
1/2 tsp. salt, adjust to taste
pinch of black pepper
1/4 tsp. ground Turmeric
1 Tbs. sunflower oil

1. Heat the oil in a large pan then add the finely chopped red onion and saute until soft. Add the garlic,ginger and saute for 3 minute. Next add the shredded cabbage stir to combine with the pan ingredients, cover and allow the cabbage to soften completely. Once the cabbage is soft add the carrot and carrot leafs stirring to well combine all of the ingredients. Lastly sprinkle in the spices and stir the vegetables well. Continue to cook until the carrots have softened, about another 5 minutes. Serve as a side dish or as a main meal with some steamed white rice, it's delicious as a vegan meal or snack.

Haha, I just noticed that October has been a very orange/yellow food color month here on Spicie Foodie.

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Awards and My First Cookbook Feature

I some great news and some special awards to share today. First the news, I received an email from Foodista notifying me that my recipe was among one of the lucky 100 winners chosen from 1,500 submissions for their cookbook, wohoo! The recipe I submitted was for my Luscious Thai Chicken Pineapple Curry, you can find the recipe in my archive and it's the center photo in my top page banner. The book is set to release on October 19, 2010 and you can pre-order your copy now, this is the Amazon link Foodista Best of Food Blogs Cookbook: 100 Great Recipes, Photographs, and Voices . Here is a little bit more information about the book :

"Andrews McMeel will publishing a beautiful, full-color, internationally distributed cookbook, set for release on October 19, 2010. Born out of the "Blog to Book" panel at the first International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) in 2009, the cookbook celebrates the best food bloggers worldwide."

You can also check out Foodista to see the other winners and congratulate our fellow foodie friends. I'd really like to thank Sheri and the other staff at Foodista for including me in their project.

And now for the awards, Thank you so much Alisha from The Ardent Epicure for all of these lovely awards. I'm sure you all know who Alisha is an know of her delectable site, The Ardent Epicure. Every recipe Alisha shares is a feast to the eyes and on the taste buds. Every time I visit her I end up spending more time reading (and salivating) than I will admit to :) I love that she always uses fresh healthy ingredients and always manages to keep her recipes so eye catching, interesting and have you coming back for seconds and more. Alisha also has a great eye for photography, her drool inducing photos are so full of color (which in case you haven't noticed I love)! Please stop by The Ardent Epicure and say hello one of the sweetest food bloggers you'll meet.



Alisha has passed on these awards to a few of my favorite bloggers( Tanantha & Stella) already so instead of doing this twice I will exclude them and give you some of my other favorite foodie friends.

- Patty http://pattysfood.blogspot.com/
- Liw from http://livwanchinesecookingclass.com/
- Frank from Memori di Angeli http://memoriediangelina.blogspot.com
- Patty who has 2 wonderful sites http://www.pattycake.ca & http://www.bakingishot.com/
- Girlichef http://girlichef.blogspot.com/
- Sook http://www.myfabulousrecipes.com/
- JillAn from http://thehomegrowngourmet.blogspot.com
- Claudia from http://pegasuslegend-whatscookin.blogspot.com/
- Chef Denis http://morethanamountfull.blogspot.com/
- Penny from http://jeroxie.com/addiction/
- Claudia from http://journeyofanitaliancook.blogspot.com/
- Alison from http://alison-trials.blogspot.com/
- Evan from http://sweetebakes.blogspot.com/

And this is a very short list of some of my favorite bloggers :) Hope everyone has a great weekend, I have recipe to share in the coming couple of days.

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DMBLGIT award and Kofola

I'm so excited I have received another award, this time it's from the monthly photography contest DMBLGIT. July's installment was hosted by the lovely Asha from Fork Spoon Knife.

The award was for 3rd Place and I am humbled and honored to have been one of the winners. As always there were some beautiful shots by very talented fellow bloggers and to have been included in the winners list came as a very welcomed surprise. I'm excited because this is my second time winning, you can see the previous one here. The winning shot was from my Almond milk recipe.By the way they need people to host the monthly events, if you are interested please visit SpittoonExtra for more details.

When I saw the email from Asha yesterday I felt like giving myself a little treat. I had a Kofola. What is a Kofola? it is a Czech/Slovak soft drink that is similar to Coca Cola and Pepsi. In fact the drink is the #1 rival to those companies here in the Czech/Slovak lands. Some of you may have noticed that I'm not big on sugar and certainly not on sugar drinks/ soft drinks or as I like to call them sugar water. It's not something I like to drink well, ever. But Kofola was something I had to try. I have been asked by some Czechs if I have ever tasted Kofola and they couldn't believe I had not. You see they are very proud of their uniquely Czech product and they started to tell me a bit about this drink and insisting that I had to try it some time. Well of course it's something that had to go on my list of things to try. I did a little search and here's what I found out : ( per Wikipedia)

"Kofola originated in the Czechoslovak pharmaceutical company Galena in the early 1960s during research targeted at finding a possible use for surplus caffeine produced in the process of coffee roasting. The resulting dark-coloured, sweet-and-sour syrup Kofo became the main ingredient of a new soft drink named Kofola introduced in 1962.
During the 1960s and 1970s Kofola became exceedingly popular in communist Czechoslovakia because it substituted for Western cola-based drinks like Coca-Cola or Pepsi, which were available but priced at more than twice the price of Kofola. Kofo syrup, the main ingredient of Kofola, consists of 14 natural ingredients (such as extracts from apple, cherry, currant, or herbal aroma), sugar, and caramel. In comparison with Pepsi or Coca-Cola it contains 30% less sugar, a little more caffeine (17 mg/100ml, Coca-Cola 15 mg/100ml) and it does not contain phosphoric acid. "

I have to admit for someone who doesn't normally drink or like this type of drink I quite enjoyed Kofola. Though it was still a bit sugary for my taste, it wasn't over the top sweet. It had a slightly fruity flavor with a hint of what I though was cloves - I could be wrong. It was also fun drinking it out of an old fashion glass bottle with a straw. Either way I'm glad I finally tried it even if I can't manage to drink another one I'll remember it fondly. Unfortunately I didn't find any evidence of this drink being available outside of this region. But if you're ever visiting make sure you try the drink, well if you can fit it in with all the beer tasting that takes place here. Czechs are also very proud, as well they should be, of their beers.

Haha maybe the company will come across my blog and get the idea to export it all over the world :) yeah right.

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More Awards and Matcha Madness

Hi everyone, I have a couple of things to share with you. The first is that I am happy to have received more awards in the past couple of weeks, yay!

The first two awards are courtesy of Chef Dennis, from More Than A Mount Full - A Culinary Journey . A great blog that quickly became one of my favorites. Chef Dennis is a super nice and amazing Chef, so stop by and pay him a visit. And here are my awards from him, Thanks Chef Dennis!!

and

The next award I received was from, Thella at I Love. Therefore, I cook. She is fairly new to me but let me tell you she has amazing recipes and it's a blog I'll be sure to visit often and track her progress. Please stop by her blog and show her some love, Thanks Thella!!

The next news I want to share with you is that my kindred spirits buddy, Tanantha from I Just Love My Apron, is showcasing some amazing and beautiful recipes with one of our favorite ingredients, Matcha.



She was sweet enough to include my Matcha Corn Muffins in her Matcha Madness showcase. You must go take a look at the scrumptious recipes that she has included.


I have a couple other Matcha recipes if you are interested in cooling off and enjoying a filling treat! Strawberry Green Tea Smoothie and my Banana Pear Smoothie With a Twist (or two).

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More Awards

Over the past month or so I have received a few more awards. Thank you Liv, Catherine and Biren! I would like to apologize for not publishing these earlier I just wanted to do them all together.

I have received the Happy 101 award (again :) ) from Biren at Roti n rice. Thank you Biren, and please visit her blog for some mouthwatering recipes.

I would like to pass this award on to the following bloggers: (Winners please list 10 things that make you happy when you accept the award on your site)

Conor : http://www.holdthebeef.com/

Chef Dennis : http://morethanamountfull.blogspot.com/

Ruby: http://tomaytotomaaahto.blogspot.com/

Pacheco Patty : http://pattysfood.blogspot.com/

Rick : http://bittersweetsugarandsarcasm.blogspot.com/

Tanatha : http://ijustlovemyapron.blogspot.com/

The next award I received was the Sunshine Award from Liv Wan at "Egg Wan's Eastern Food Odyssey" . Thank you Liv! Please stop by this amazingly talented and extraordinary blogger/Chef's site.


I would like to pass this award on to the following bloggers:
Conor : http://www.holdthebeef.com/

Chef Dennis : http://morethanamountfull.blogspot.com/

Madhuri: http://marecipes.blogspot.com/

Ruby: http://tomaytotomaaahto.blogspot.com/

Pacheco Patty : http://pattysfood.blogspot.com/

Rick : http://bittersweetsugarandsarcasm.blogspot.com/

Tanatha : http://ijustlovemyapron.blogspot.com/

Elin : http://elinluv.blogspot.com/

Lauren : http://www.coffeemuffins.com/



OK and the last award I received came courtesy of Catherine at Living the Gourmet. Thank you Catherine! Please also stop by Catherine's site, she has a fantastic collection of finger-licking recipes. You'll leave hungry :)


I would like to pass this award on to the following bloggers:

Liv Wan : http://livwanchinesecookingclass.com/

http://www.tastehongkong.com/

Conor : http://www.holdthebeef.com/

Chef Dennis : http://morethanamountfull.blogspot.com/

Madhuri: http://marecipes.blogspot.com/

Ruby: http://tomaytotomaaahto.blogspot.com/

Pacheco Patty : http://pattysfood.blogspot.com/

Rick : http://bittersweetsugarandsarcasm.blogspot.com/

Tanatha : http://ijustlovemyapron.blogspot.com/

Elin : http://elinluv.blogspot.com/

Lauren : http://www.coffeemuffins.com/


I highly recommend all of the blogs I have mentioned above, they are all ones I like and visit often. So stop by and hi to them!

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Happy 101 Award -Again & Again!

A couple of days ago I received a message from Elin from Elinluv's Tidbits Corner letting me know she was giving me the Happy 101 Award, that made me Happy :) Then a couple of days later I received another message this time from Liv Wan from Egg Wan's Eastern Food Odyssey , that too made me Happy :) This makes three times that I have been this award and guess what that makes me really happy :)

Elin's blog is one that has been making me droll for a while. Elin is a Mom and has many recipes that are kid friendly, she has quite a collection of all sorts of dishes and baked goodies. Her blog is super cute and her photography is fantastic so please stop by to pay her a visit. Liv's blog is relatively new to our foodie blogging world, so stop by to welcome her. Her blog focuses on Chinese and Taiwanese cooking. Her recipes look so good and her photography is fabulous. Trust me both of these blogs will make you and your bellies very happy!

By accepting the award I am to list things that make me happy and pass the award on to 10 bloggers that make me happy. When I first received this award I shared my 10 things that make me happy, and the list is still pretty much the same. So instead of boring you with 10 more things you can read my previous list and include these too :

~ Finally having some much needed sunshine...... aaaaaaaah!
~ No more 6 am wake up calls from the construction crew out my window, sweet dreams!
~ The mini rose bush my husband surprised me with the other day, so pretty it makes me really happy.

Thank you Elin and Liv for the award!, And the 10 blogs that make me happy and will make you happy ....(in no particular order)

~ Liv Wan - Egg Wan's Eastern Food Odyssey I had added her to my list before she sent me the message :) can I do that? why not , it will maker her happy !
~Natalie - Natalie's Killer Kitchen
~ Natasha from 5star foodie
~ Lauren - Coffee Muffins
~ Heidi -Aromas y Sabores
~ Tam - A Little Bit Burnt
~ Catherine - Living the Gourmet
~ Shamrocks and Shenanigans
~ Memoria -Mangio da Sola
~ Madhuri - Ma Recipes

All of the blogs are wonderful with so many dishes/recipes for all your tastes or needs. All of these Ladies are also super sweet so please stop by to say hello.

Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend with plenty of sunshine and yummy food that will make you very happy!!

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Nominated for 2010 BlogsbyLatinas Award

Hi everyone, just a quick post to ask you all to please Vote for me, I have been nominated for a 2010 BlogsbyLatinas Award! If you would like to participate please go to http://www.BBLAwards.blogspot.com to vote. I/ Spicie Foodie is under the Food/Comida category . Voting ends March 29 and you can only vote once.

Thank you everyone

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Happy 101 Award

A couple of days ago I received a message from, Two Girls Cooking, notifying me that they wanted to give me the Happy 101 Blogging award. Wow, how neat is that two awards in one week! Two Girls Cooking is a blog by, Two Girls who love to cook whom add their own special flare to cooking and baking. Please stop by their site to take a look at their amazing recipes.


When receiving this award I am to share 10 thing with you that make me happy, and of course pass the award on to 10 blogs that I like. These is making me feel a bit self-conscious because the past two post have been all about me,me, me, (hehe). I promise a good recipe will follow very soon:)

1.My husband, he is the most amazing person,husband and my best friend in the world.
2.My Dog, unconditional love and affection every day is hard to beat.
3.My Family
4. The quiet serenity of snow falling on a cold dark night.
5. The learning and exploratory process of cooking.
6. Long walks on a hot sunny summer day.
7. My new iMac
8. Books, loosing myself in a captivating story or poem
9.A glass of red wine ( Syrah/Shiraz, is my favorite at the moment), with a piece of 80% dark chocolate that has blueberry pieces mixed in it.
10. Receiving and giving awards:)

And the 10 blogs I think will make you happy ....(in no particular order)

My Fabulous Recipes , her Kimchi recipe makes me happy

The Brown Eyed Baker , all her yummy baked good.

Tasty Eats At Home , her Chipotle Pork Tinga Tacos

The Winter Guest , oh so many

The Colors of India Cooking , the name says it all

Food-O-grafia , amazing photography(tutorials too) and delicious recipes

Le Grand Fromage , panini de chocolat et brie , you must read

Experimental Culinary Pursuits , Triple Play Pumpkin Gnocchi

Bucatar Maniac , a Romanian foodie blogger

Refrigerator Soup , an amazing site showcasing fabulous foodies and photos.

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Honest Scrap Award!

A couple of days ago I received this "Honest Scrap" honesty award, and I am so excited and honored. A wonderful fellow foodie named, Scott who pens the Fight the Fat Foodie blog is whom awarded this to me. Scott's blog is one of my favorite blogs to read (even if I don't comment often), because it's a real honest and healthy approach to food. He blogs about his struggle with weight gain and how he is living a healthier life style and continuing to loose the weight. Though I don't have a weight issue I still believe in eating as healthy as possible without having to give up all of our favorite foods , Scott and I share this in common. He has so many wonderful recipes that will make your mouth water. My favorite at the moment is his peppered tuna steak with rosemary potatoes, yummy!!Oh yeah, for those of you who are members of Weight Watchers, you'll be thrilled to see that he gives you the WW points. Please stop by Fight the Fat Foodie blog and pay Scott a visit.

Accepting this award means that I have to pass on the award to 10 fellow food bloggers that are honest in their approach to blogging and food. I also have to tell you 10 honest things about myself.



10 honest things about myself....
1. I refused to listen to my Mother when she would try to teach me to cook, she should be proud of me now:)
2. My kitchen is the size of a closet and minimally equipped which makes me scream sometimes from the lack of work space.
3. Some nights I cook 2 different dinners , 1 for my husband and I and 1 special meal for my Dog. (He's spoiled since we don't have children yet.)
4. Sunday night we have roasted chicken because it's my dog's favorite dinner
5. I hate canned peas(fresh, raw or frozen are Ok -just not canned)
6. Fresh parsley makes me cringe and maybe a little bit nauseous
7. Fried food,Chinese restaurants and McDonalds give me horrible heartburn(antacids are a must if I want to eat any of these)
8. My American husband can eat spicier foods than I can, I'm very proud of him:)
9. I have one cabinet in my kitchen dedicated to spices, it's over flowing with them and I think I have an addiction:)
10. I get really angry when I'm hungry or starving and I have to wait to eat or be fed. At a restaurant if food takes too long, or on nights when my husband cooks when dinner is taking too long and I have to wait to eat past our normal 8 dinner time. My poor husband has to hear me complain, but I blame it on my hypoglycemia, really I can't help it:)) Hypoglycemic rage is not a pretty thing, lol .

And now for my 10 Honest Scrap Award.... in no particular order
1. Sense&Serendipity
2. Girl Gone Gourmet
3. In the Kitchen With Nick
4. Peas Love Carrots
5. Taste Hong Kong
6. Rambling Babushka
7. Russian Season
8. Jeroxie -Addictive & Comsuming
9. Simply Scrumptious
10. Cookin' Canuck

Please stop by Scott's blog and all the wonderful blogs above, I promise you like what you see on all of them.

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September DMBLGIT Winner! Originality Category

My first award! Last month I entered one of my photos for the September 2009 Edition of DMBLGIT (Does My Blog Look Good In This? ) contest, that was being hosted by Michelle of Brown Eyed Baker, and I was among the winners. My photos (below) was the winner for the Originality Category. There were some amazing entries and it's quite an honor to have been chosen from all of those lovely photos.


This award is a monthly event held by Andrew of Spittoonextra, and per his site here is a little background information about DMBLGIT, " Does My Blog Look Good In This (DMBLGIT) is a monthly food photography event, called by some as "the grandest foodporn event available" on the web. It is open to all bloggers who have posted a photograph with a food or drink connection. Each monthly round is hosted by a different blogger. Food bloggers submit their best photos from posts they completed during the previous month which are then judged and scored. Winners are made covering three categories (edibility, aesthetics, and originality) plus three overall winners. Each month, a new contest starts, hosted on a different food blogger's site. "

Next months' or October's contest is being held by hosted Astrid from Paulchen’s Foodblog. Maybe you'll enter this month?

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