Blog Surfing

Looking for a no-cook five ingredient dessert? Bake Me More has a recipe for Oreo & Fudge Ice Cream Cake. Also calls it "Never Let Them See You Sweat."

Do you find your self eating your store-bought fruits and vegetables without washing them? I hope your answer was NO, but if your answer was yes, you should check out the Dirty Dozen. It rates the fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest pesticide residue. Thanks to Burp! Where Food Happens.

How do Light and Crispy Shredded Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies sound? There is also a variation using wheat germ and ground flaxseed. Butter Yum uses the shreds left in the bottom of the bag of shredded wheat.

Ezra Pound Cake has a yummy recipe for Parmesan Roasted Broccoli with Pine Nuts. I'm always looking for ways to dress up the veggies without a lot of fat.

Summer arrives next month and this Colorful Black Beans and Rice Salad from Heart N Soul Cooking  

I love these Tovolo Ice Cream Cone Popsicle Molds. They are only $9.99 from Chef Tools. So cute for the kids this summer.

Culinary in the Desert has a beautiful Lime Angel Food Cake with Lime Glaze and Pistachios. If you don't have time to make an angel food cake from scratch, you could use a mix and add grated lime peel to the mix and use this yummy looking glaze and pistachios to the outside.

Recipe Shoebox has a recipe for flubber, yes the kind that you play with like playdough. It sure looks like fun. I was surprised by the ingredients it takes to make it; glue, borax and water.

Smitten Kitchen has a recipe for Cabbage and Lime Salad with Roasted Peanuts that looks really good. It has a nice tangy dressing.

If you enjoy setting a beautiful table and would like see some ideas, check out the tablescapes at Between Naps on the Porch. There is a group of southern ladies that have Tablescape Thursday and you will find lots to look out at the bottom of this blogs first page.

You'll never guess what's in this pie! Check it out at Secrets of a SouthernKitchen . It was a first for me! It might be a southern thing.

Food & Wine has a recipe for Root Vegetable Gratin  that uses sweet potatoes, butternut squash and rutabaga. It has colorful layers and looks like a great meal paired with Asian Pear and Arugula Salad with Goat Cheese. I found this these recipes through Out of the Rabbit Hole.

Recipezaar has a lot of recipes compiled to make Mother's Day special for Mom. Check out those recipes here. If you are a mom, I hope that someone makes some of these for you to enjoy!

Allrecipe also has a group of recipes to help make Mom's day!  

This week's FoodDay featured Hand Pies. They have recipes for the crust, meat pies, rhubarb and a veggie pie. There is also a recipe for Five Spice Game Hens that sound very interesting.