Saturday, September 18, 2010

Blog Surfing

Food.com has Low Fat Oatmeal Muffins that have no added fat. You will also find their Top 25 Kid-Friendly Recipes here.

Taste of Home has Maple Glazed Acorn Squash Crunchy Apple Salad
 and Apple Pancakes with Cider Syrup. It sounds like fall is here!

Cheeky Kitchen posted a recipe for Oatmeal Cookie Granola and it looks really good! I'm putting it on my "Things to Make" list.

Balloons are fun! I love this great idea for a kids balloon party. I found this idea on Inchmark Journal and you can see the details for the invitation here, the balloon pinata here and the party details here.

Simply Vintagegirl has step by step instructions with pictures on how to make lovely fabric flowers. I think they are very pretty and you can find them here.

It always amazes me how somebody gets an idea and figures out how to turn coffee filters into an amazingly beautiful bouquet of roses! You can see the roses here at Aunt Peaches - Making Sunshine on a Shoestring. If you are interested, you can also see a really cute bouquet of coffee filter flowers here at Design Sponge.

I found this amazing ruffle cake over at My Sweet and Saucy. It is a cake made out of ribbon and if you go here you can watch the tutorial video. Even if you aren't interested in making it, you should check out the pictures.

If you still have some fresh peaches hanging around, you might want to make these great looking peach cobbler bars from Une-deus senses.

Another great looking recipe from Baking Bites. These chocolate chip blondies with pistachios and cherries look good. A great way to dress-up a simple blondie.

Tasty Kitchen has a few recipes that caught my eye. The grilled and glazed carrots look very tasty. They are made with honey and balsamic vinegar. You can find a picture and the recipe here. These garlic and lime fajitas look great too. The recipe and picture are here. This recipe for homemade pumpkin pie spice might come in handy in the next couple of months.

Cookin'Canuck has a warm healthy recipe for Mediterranean chicken, bean and pasta soup. If it sounds good for a cool fall day, you can find the recipe here. The prosciutto goat cheese and cherry jam rolls look great too!

A Feast for the Eyes has a recipe for bread and butter pickles made easy. There are step by step instructions with lots of pictures. If you have ever thought about making pickles, you should check it out. 

I had never heard of a Pineberry until today. You can check them out here. They look like albino strawberries and taste like pineapple! I wonder what they will think of next. Thanks to Tablspoon.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Blog Surfing

Tablespoon has 5-Star BBQ Recipes that includes chicken and crisp crust pizza, to name two.

If you like to preserve your garden's abundance for the winter months, Kittencal's Kitchen has instructions and a recipe for canning the perfect Pickled Beets.

Taste of Home is featuring Berry & Yogurt Phyllo Nests that would make a great presentation at a brunch. They are rated quick and healthy. And here you will find a recipe for Apple Praline Pie.

Food.com is featuring a Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake and they say, "This super moist cake weeps pink tears down its tender slices." That sounds very interesting!

How about some Homemade Polka Dot Fruit Roll Ups? If you don't like polka dots, you can make your own design. This came Fix Me A Snack which is a blog created by a mom that got tired of giving her kids crackers and ice cream. You should check it out. You will find a lot of great ideas.

There are so many interesting things to see at Edible Crafts & CraftGossip, I'm having a hard time deciding what to show you. You should check this out, especially if you have kids in your life. Here are few; Edible Fingerpaints, Owl Cupcakes and Christmas 2010 .

From Essential U Blog you will see how to make your own Pomegranate Lime Cocoa Butter Lotion. It would be great to make for the winter and would make a great gift in a pretty container.

Joy of Baking has an Apple Crisp recipe that is one of their most popular recipes.

The Kitchen has 14 make ahead dishes for a holiday weekend and you can find them here. You will find everything from brunch to dinner.

Kittencal's Kitchen has a recipe for Gingersnap Pumpkin Dessert that could make a holiday dessert that looks easy to put together.

From Tasty Kitchen, here is a recipe for Coconut Lime Banana Bread, here is a recipe for Baked Apple Oatmeal, here is a recipe for Cheery Cherry Chocolate Chip Scones, here is a recipe for Low-Carb Citrus Blueberry Muffins, and a recipe for Healthy Apple Butter here. One last recipe for Crock Pot Organic Yogurt.

Hoosier Homemade has a cute Fall Garland using items from your garden and yard.

Have you ever wondered what Ultra Pasturized means. You see it sometimes on heavy whipping cream. Nicole at Baking Bites explains it here.

The Crepes of Wrath has an End of Summer Salad with a Poached Egg.

Mary at One Perfect Bite has a recipe for Stuffed Eggplant, Italian style.

Brown Eyed Baker has 50 Fall Recipes that aren't apple pie. You can check them out here.

Here is a recipe for Spinach Salad with Maple-Dijon Vinaigrette from For the Love of Cooking.

Are you still looking for ways to use all of your zucchini? You might like this Zucchini Skillet Dinner from Krista's Kitchen.