Everyone loves a Give Away #1

without a doubt…. slow roasted tomatoes, courtesy of Orangette.

http://www.bonappetit.com/magazine/2008/09/pomodori_al_forno?changecurrentdate=true&date=2008/08/05

mmmm, so tasty.

These zucchini cupcakes are to DIE for!

http://vanillagarlic.blogspot.com/2007/04/zucchini-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese.html

Long time lurker on your blog and love it!

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I have a partner who won’t eat mushrooms … so I just love preparing mushroom recipes when I have the opportunity (which isn’t that often).
Try Jamie Oliver’s wild mushroom papardelle.
Delicious!

http://tinyurl.com/6nj7cz

Glad you’re feeling better.
Andi

Yay for being up and out of bed!
I have been making this spiced pumpkin bread quite often lately. I half the sugar, use whole wheat flour, and add chopped pecans. It’s really good )!

http://tinyurl.com/5gk96t

The perfect quick supper recipe during the spring to fall months….especially when you have chickens pecking around your back yard!

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/skinny-omelette-recipe.html

Oh, I am so glad you are writing again! My favourite is this, a little spicy, very quick.

http://recipes.chatelaine.com/recipe2/article.jsp?recipeId=9572

But I don’t use the mint or cilantro, because they are gross!

I love Giada’s recipe for Chicken Cacciatore, one of my favorite dishes. http://tinyurl.com/58dw3y

Anything italian has to be good, right?

Yay, for a give away!
How can you pick just one? WIth the coming autumn, right now I’ll choose a pumpkin cheese risotto.
http://tinyurl.com/6phttb

ooooh purdy japanese prints and trims! just what i’ve been trawling the web for this morning! Christina’s flickr of beautiful prints this morning had me dreaming of sewing and the summer dresses i’ve been buying at bargain basement places in the city have me wishing i could sew a zillion pretty dresses for summer (for me and my blythes!) fortunately i’m not a cook and couldn’t pick a recipe to save myself so i consider myself unfortunately OUT OF THE RUNNING. i love the colour and life your blog brings my friends page.

oh, a big batch of hippie cookies for sure – yum!
http://bigandlittlegreen.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/hippie-cookies/

How about soba noodle salad with salmon?
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/780/salmon+and+soba+noodle+salad

I actually have the book, I must admit. I bought it for a gift but liked it too much and kept it!

Hope you’re on the mend, Claire.

Oh how things change in seven and a half years!

I used to love anything with dried apricots in them, but now I love anything with ginger.

This is currently my favourite recipe:

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/13627/gingerbread+love+hearts

My stepson is 6 and is learning to read. We like to make this recipe together and use our alphabet cookie cutters to spell out our happiness we then eat.

I am really sorry to hear about your illness. I hope you begin to feel yourself again.

My favorite recipe is this Asian Honey BBQ Chicken recipe. It is so easy and very tasty.

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/recipes/asian-honey-bbq-chicken-52779.aspx

How delightful! So glad to hear you’re up and about – what a nice thing to do (spread Japanese kawaii love) when you yourself had to miss out on Japan…

My favourite recipe is one for coconut macaroons. So easy and always easy to throw together from what’s in the cupboard.

Thanks Claire – my fingers are crossed!!

http://tinyurl.com/5bavcg

What a nice idea. Now as well as your lovely posts I get to discover a whole lot of new recipes as well!
This is one of my favourites:
http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/05/my-kingdom-for-a-glass-of-milk/

thanks for sharing your blog with the rest of us!

i love this recipe: http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/06/pot-bellies-black-bottoms/

I love all of the pioneer woman’s recipes, but my favorite one I’ve made so far is her lasagna.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_lasagn/

Thanks, Olivia
livviebrooke@yahoo.com

maybe you would like to twist some pretzels?
fun & easy!
http://wwwbirdbath.blogspot.com/2008/10/pretzels.html

glad to hear you’re feeling better.

This is my current internet recipe

http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/10/cheddar-and-elbows-exalted/

It’s great as is, but also delicious by reducing the cheese by 1/2 cup and adding a 1/2 cup of pureed pumpkin.

I just caught a little bit of this on The Food Network, and later in the day bought all the ingredients. So. Yummy. AND, good comfort food for that post-illness funk.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/chicken-pot-pie-recipe2/index.html

Okay, maybe you know this recipe already because it is originally from Australia, but oh, boy! I made them ALL summer long. Delicious!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2008/06/crash-hot-potatoes/

I love your blog! I love your ideas! You are so inspirational .

WOW! That’s a great package!!
Right now my favorite internet recipe is Paula Deans Zucchini bread http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zucchini-bread-recipe/index.html
I’m sure as the season changes and I run out of zucchini I’ll find another fave!

Well, I’m kinda sentimental about your blog, too, since it was the very first one I ever saw oh, what, six years ago?! So very glad you’re back, and feeling well.

My favorite recipe has to be the cutie pops from Bakerella, any of them! Check out the Halloween Spooky Pops!

http://tinyurl.com/5hwzcy

although it’s not a recipe, i love to browse flickr for some beautiful cakes:

http://flickr.com/search/?q=fondant+cakes

for quick fondant [besides buying it at the store], just melt a 16 oz. bag of marshmallows in the microwave, stirring it every 30 seconds. then work some powdered sugar in until you get your desired texture. the less you use, the more shiny it would look. the more you use, the more softer it will appear. also, don’t forget to grease your counter and hands [with vegetable shortening] before working in the sugar as it gets really sticky!

http://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/2007/09/nigella-lawsons.html
These a whirlygig buns are so good! I would be happy to send you some rapid rise yeast if that’s not available down there, regardless of if I win or not!!

My two favourite recipes are both off smitten kitchen blog and both desserts

cheesecake squares: mmmmmmm

http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/02/dulce-de-leche-cheesecake-squares/

and

s’more pie: SO YUM!!

http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/06/smore-pie/

alix – luvyabubye@hotmail.com

My favourite recipe is Chocolate Dream Bars. But my secret twist on this recipe is to freeze the bars after they cool – it makes the brown sugar caramelize in a most delightful way! And I usually mix a little peanut butter in the middle layer (provided I’m making it for people who are not allergic).

I really like the dollhouse and stove in your girls’ room from your previous post. Where did you get them from?

Thank you for all your inspiring posts!

My favourite birthday cake recipe. I love it because the chocolate cake is moist, not too sweet, and the icing tastes like marshmallows.
http://www.kitchenlink.com/cookbooks/2003/1400046653_2.html

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/CINNAMON-ROLLS-WITH-CREAM-CHEESE-GLAZE-241631xd
mm-mmm

I’m glad you’re feeling better. My recipe is for Red Devils Food Cake,from Chris and Keith over on Design Sponge. I made it first to celebrate my daughter and my birthday. I made it again today to satisfy my chocolate craving. Yum.

that give away looks divine.

new fav recipe – Farmgirl Susan’s Green Tomato Relish found here http://digthischick.blogspot.com/2007/10/end-of-sexy-fleshy-passion.html

Yay! A giveaway! I recently posted about a delicious mint ice-cream recipe. It was divine at the end of my summer — perhaps it’ll be just as lovely at the start of yours?

http://www.fucheese.com/blog/?p=97

Of course, I got it from Orangette!

I make this caramel corn recipe all the time if I need something tasty and don’t have much time/energy/ingredients:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Microwave-Caramel-Popcorn/Detail.aspx

Not exactly gourmet, but yummy and great for kids to help make!

Just five minutes ago I was thinking about this recipe http://www.pieknits.com/blog/2008/04/saffron_cookies.html
I saved it ages ago but haven’t yet gotten around to making them, I just think the idea of having saffron in a biscuit is so decadent (and sunny)

I also have this great recipe for a rhubarb and blueberry crumble that I love because there is no sugar in the rhubarb bit (just stuff like blueberries, grape juice and orange zest). But I have no idea where I got it from, somewhere online because I’ve copied it into a word doc…. anyone know where I found it?

There are so many favourites, but this is our current twice-a-week staple – Baked Shrimp (Prawns for us antipodeans) with Fennel and Feta: http://noblepig.com/2008/09/27/lets-eatshall-we.aspx

Glad you are feeling better. I love the KLUTZ line of books. My kids favorite right now is the Hand Art book. Here is my favorite recipe I’ve found recently on the internet(my poor cookbooks are getting very dusty since I find I’m more apt to find a recipe on the net than in a book nowadays).

http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2008/01/swedish-pancake.html

My husband made them the first time I printed it off and it’s now his “signature” recipe. They are really good with rasberry sauce and whip cream.

My current fave on the web is a baked sweet potato custard that i make for my family, but 5yo in particular who does not eat any fruits or veggies. it is sweet potatoes and bananas and some raisins – very healthy, low sugar and she eats 2 bowls of it! I had to make a quadruple batch this weekend as last weekend’s double batch was gone in 2-3 days!

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=164

One of my favourite recipes is a roasted veggie frittata that I made and blogged about here http://www.tooaskew.com/?p=1068.

Really yummy and surprisingly easy to make.

Mmmm, I’ve got my own recipes blog (in Dutch), so it was very hard to chose. I finally decided on an oven dish with apples, potatoes and minced meat:

http://kindjesgroeprecepten.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/gehakt-met-appeltjes/

This is one I have made many times. I became an oven-roasted-garlic convert.
http://creampuffsinvenice.typepad.com/cream_puffs_in_venice/2006/06/rigatoni_with_r.html

Glad to see that you are feeling better. I have been missing your posts.

My favourite recipe is for this orange and almond cake with chocolate ganache that I made to replicate my wedding cake:

http://nopod.blogspot.com/2007/02/orange-almond-cake-with-chocolate.html

Hope that you like it.

http://www.chow.com/recipes/13484
This is a link to Jennifer from The Vegan Lunchbox’s Apple Tofu rice paper rolls – the dipping sauce is fabulous and the whole meal ideal for warmer nights.
Man – a giveaway here is likely to generate over 1500 comments, brace yourself girlfriend!
Take it easy and look after yourself )

Mac and Cheese = love.

http://www.macaronicheeserecipes.com/StoveTop.htm

What a wonderful giveaway. Hope you are feeling better, pneumonia sounds nasty. It’s a pity you couldn’t go to Japan but I’m sure you’ll get to go one day! I would love to go there (I’d end up with a suitcase of cute Japanese things!)

My favourite internet recipe is probably vanilla cupcakes with buttercream icing. Mmmmmm! Simple, but tasty, especially if you add real vanilla bean seeds into the mix

http://52cupcakes.blogspot.com/2005/09/week-21-magnolia-bakery-vanilla.html

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Kylie Kwong’s Crispy-skin duck with blood plum sauce – yum, yum, bubble gum!!!! http://www.abc.net.au/kyliekwong/recipes/s952372.htm

http://tinyurl.com/626rft

My favourite is Chickpea and Apricot cake. It’s yummy, and I always feel very virtuous eating it because of the chickpeas.

My favourite recipe has to be the rich chocolate cake that I found one day on a packet of cocoa. It became our standard birthday cake recipe for may years and it’s amazing with far too much butter cream icing

It also becomes more and more moist if it’s not all eaten in one day

Hi, Thought I’d send you a link to our favourite recipe for a special occasion. Mushroom Wellington from the “Cranks Bible”
veggie cookbook.
It’s perfect for a veggie Christmas with roast veg. Delicious I promise and we use frozen puff pastry so it is easier to prepare.The recipe makes Loads, so if you wanted to feed 4-6 half the recipe is ample. Hope you give it a try.
http://www.nadineabensur.com/vegetarianrecipes/mushroomwellington.html

Glad you are feeling better

duniris@hotmail.com

Thank you for hosting a give a way that involves people posting fav recipes. I’ve found some new great ones.

Love the blog too- I think it was the first I started reading too.

Anyway- My favourite recipe is from Bakerella- her cupcake bites are super yummy & very very cute- great blog too

http://bakerella.blogspot.com/2008/05/cupcake-bites-made-easy.html

my computer is playing games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/yorkshirepudding_67385.shtml

these are homey good things

This truly is the best banana cake

http://starashanramblings.blogspot.com/2007/07/best-banana-cake.html

Glad you are feeling better.

Michelle

supermonkeyshop@gmail.com

Oh, Toblerone cookies. How can you resist?

http://tinyurl.com/5ex6yr

Here’s my favourite from my husband’s blog:
http://thiswillhurtme.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-photo-of-day_23.html

Cake tastes the best when someone else cooks it for you…

Glad to hear you are feeling better, sorry to hear about the cancelled trip!

These are brilliant anda absolutely delicious pan fried

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/plump-pea-dumplings-recipe.html

Alright, here’s one for my ego: my very own pizza recipe. I have no idea how to make the link an actual link… http://mylifeasthegoodtwin.blogspot.com/2008/09/pizza-recipe.html

Mmm… I love this recipe for three reasons

1)So so good
2)Easy and quick
3)Also, I’m an engineer… you’ve got to love a recipe like this:

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/158/Dark-Chocolate-Brownies

Gratuitously self-referential indeed, but only because I felt the original recipe, awesome as it was, needed some tweeking.

Warm Chicken Pasta Salad:

http://achtungspitfire.com/leoniebeta/archives/258

Seriously tasty. I promise.

I love reading your blog and I do it for quite some years… Nice idea to make a give-away for your readers. My favourite recepie is “Pizza Pasta”:
http://mara-zeitspieler.blogspot.com/2008/08/pizza-pasta.html
My friends are crazy about it!
Sweet Greetings from Germany!
Mara Zeitspieler

I was so glad you started blogging again, I missed lurking and reading about you and your family. This was a recipe that let us use a lot of our vege patch produce, except I use lamb instead of beef (more like real moussaka).

http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/17865/beef+grilled+vegetable+moussaka

EGGNOG MINI GIFT CAKES! http://lorraine-redkitchen.blogspot.com/2007/12/christmas-tradition-eggnog-cake.html

Now I’m going to go back through the comments and find new recipes. Thanks for the sweet hook-up.

stacy0804 at yahoo.com

http://www.recipezaar.com/55324

Hi Claire,

I’ve been following your blog for years now, and recommended it to many others. You make beautiful things and I enjoy seeing them on your blog. I feel as though I know you because you draw readers into your life with your writing. I admire the joy through creativity you give your family.

I have a recipe – it’s Nigella’s choco hot pots. Mmmm.
http://www.oprah.com/recipe/food/recipesdesserts/food_20030718_chocolate

Take care, I’ll visit soon,
Carly
itchy_81 at hotmail dot com

http://onceuponaplate.blogspot.com/2008/10/samoas-girl-scout-cookie-clone.html

These are gooey caramel, coconuty, chocolate mock GIRL SCOUT samoas cookies.
P.S. You must LOVE sweet stuff!
Renee
treasuresofjoy@gmail.com

How about a gratuitously self-referential one?

http://springchickdesigns.blogspot.com/2008/09/last-of-tomatoes.html

Thank you!

this is my favourite – reminds me of when i was a kid in switzerland – i love hazelnuts!!!
herzensart.blogspot.com december 8, 2007
gigi

My favorite recipe right now is Linaloo’s apple muffins (note* I added a 1/2 tsp of baking powder to the recipe because I think she missed it in the top part). They are fabulous and turn out great every time. It’s a great blog to check out too!

http://linaloo.typepad.com/linaloo/2008/09/autumn.html

Thanks so much for the thoughtfulness! It is us who appreciate you, though. You are inspiring and remind me that creativity can be a part of everyday life!

I don’t have a specific recipe that stands out at this moment but I did recently come across a cooking blog that has the most delicious sounding recipes: joythebaker.com. I cannot resist cakes and cookies!!

Since this is a great way for you to find new recipes, I’m choosing this yummy lemon ricotta almond cake: http://glutenfreebay.blogspot.com/2006/12/lemon-ricotta-almond-cake.html But I really would have picked your own ‘dahl for the masses’ – I make it often and it’s fed me well since finding it on Kiddley when you first posted it years back.

Well, butternut squash and pears are both in season here in Canada–but likely not for you? It’s a fabulous recipe for Fall when the weather turns chilly. Hope you enjoy it!

Butternut Squash and Pear Soup
http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=7195

Ooo how lovely a giveaway!
Glad to hear you’re better, I have been missing your lovely posts

I found this recipe a month or so ago for Chicken Rissoles that are meant to be extra tasty, and they really are! I am usually quite a picky rissole eater and these are just lovely

http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/Extra-Tasty-Chicken-Rissoles-L1962.html

Wow, this is already turning into a goldmine of recipes. I’ll add a favourite too – these are wonderful chewy slice and bake cookies: http://a-friend-to-knit-with.blogspot.com/2008/02/slice-and-bake_01.html
I actually go back to this blog quite often for more easy and delicious cookie recipes.

The easiest and yummiest – and what we just had for supper tonight!

Chicken with lime and coconut…

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/stir-fried-chicken-with-lime-and-coconut,1347,RC.html

What a sweet giveaway! I recently enjoyed these – easy to make and very tasty.

http://www.oprah.com/recipe/omagazine/recipes/food_200601_pork

I hope you are on the mend

Thanks for sharing, Claire.
it’s easy being a faithful reader with a great blog like yours !

Martha Stewart’s Outrageous Chocolate Cookies
http://tinyurl.com/5ned5h

What a sweet idea! This has inspired me to stop lurking. We are a vegan family, so of course the recipe is vegan:

http://veganyumyum.com/2007/11/aloo-parathas/

Yummy Aloo Parathas!

Yay! You are back and better and what fun, a giveaway!

I love to make little madeleine cakes for little tea parties with my sister.

My favorite online recipe is:

http://coffeetea.about.com/od/sweets/r/madeleine.htm

thank you!

Amber.

My hands down favorite and go to recipe for easy fancy occassion fine dessert-try:

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/LA-BETE-NOIRE-235831

Glad you are feeling better! I do enjoy reading your blog. Here is my favourite healthy cookie/bar recipe:

http://www.allhomemadecookies.com/recipes/healthy/zucchinioatmealcookies.htm

The best internet recipe I’ve found is this one for crepes. I have made it many times; they’re not difficult, and they turn out amazing! I often use less sugar than they ask for, and I leave out the brandy.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/BREAKFAST-CREPES-108134

I’ve been into soups lately, now that it’s getting cold here in Colorado. So here’s a link to a great Tomato Soup:

http://tinyurl.com/5r4l3h

Thank you for Loobylu.com. It has been my favorite blog to visit for a few years now.

I could eat this 7 days a week.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/THAI-CHICKEN-AND-SHRIMP-NOODLE-SALAD-238262

bohrnsenw@comcast.net

Glad you are feeling better. I know how awful pneumonia can be, I got it the week before my wedding. At least I didn’t have to worry about fitting in my wedding dress, I was too sick to stress eat.

Sorry I couldn’t pick just one and this is disgustingly self-promoting, but hey, it’s one of the reasons I started blogging again.

Fish Tacos, Charlie Browns (Chocolate Oatmeal Boiled cookies), and Rosemary Bread

http://www.astrangebird.net/tag/recipes/

Ooh, pretties!

Earl Grey Tea Cookies:
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/recipe-earl-grey-tea-cookies-013268

Well, not to get too nostalgic either, but this blog is important to me, too!

And here is my recipe, just in time for the holidays…

Triple Gingerbread with Crystallized Ginger Icing!

http://tinyurl.com/55nzo2

love the blog and have been following it for years! so glad you’re back after the hiatus. i’ve made these about 5 times and they are always awesome: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/chewy-cherry-oatmeal-cookies

Ohhhhhh this coffee cake recipe, DEFINITELY awesome, I’ve made it about 10 times now….never fails (oh, but I *DO* double the yummy topping portion (not the cake portion though) because I LOOOOVE tons of topping you know

http://southernfood.about.com/od/coffeecakerecipes/r/bl30220a.htm

tuesdayknolle@aol.com

It is hard to pick just one but this recipe is really good and really easy.

http://recipes.pauladeen.com/index.php/recipes/view/southern_fried_chicken/

I feel like I should be sending you free stuff for all the enjoyment I get out of your blog.

Here’s my very favorite (and my family’s too):

http://www.emerils.com/recipe/2659/New-New-Orleans-Pasta

It’s better than anything you can get in a restaurant!

I found this recipe on a fellow blogger’s food blog. It’s for a traditional Indonesian dessert. Pretty tricky to make but it’s well worth it to eat.

http://last-bite.blogspot.com/2008/09/indonesian-traditional-food-biji-salak.html

OOh, I’m excited!!

Ok. Recipe. I love to eat so I have lots!

Minty Brownies! I keep this link on my blog so I’ll always be able to find it to make it – the trick is to lay ‘After Eight’ mints on top when they’re fresh out of the oven and then use a cocktail stick to create a marble effect. GORGEOUS!

http://www.lemonlight.org/weblog/2007/12/minty-brownies.html

Wow, what a fun give away! My favorite recipe site is Picky Palate.
Check out the Pumpkin Spice Blossom cookies at http://www.picky-palate.com/search/label/cookies

I found this this morning and it looks so good!
http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/dessert/recipe-sticky-spiked-doubleapple-cake-with-a-brown-sugarbrandy-sauce-066619

Hey there!
I must admit I’m not the noraml poster, but more of a lurker so I’m very much welcoming the challenge of picking a fav recipe!
Had a hard time picking, so I thought I’d select something nice and seasonably British!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/sloe
ginandblackberry_89779.shtml

Loving the blog btw and glad to hear yer on the mend!
Thanks everso for all the inspiration

It has been such a treat to have your return to the blog world.

I love this recipe for gingerbread men. The cookies are softer than most recipes so they don’t always hold their shape very well, but I think they make up for it with taste.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Storybook-Gingerbread-Men/Detail.aspx

Delicious and easy to make chocolate cake.
http://www.crianzanatural.com/detreceta.asp?idr=8
Thank you for your blog!

I love giveaways!

I don’t have a favorite recipe online but I saw this one today and can’t wait to try it out. It is for Root Beer Brownies and Brownies are one of my favorite things.

http://bakingbites.com/2008/10/root-beer-brownies

I tried– VERY VERY HARD– to come up with just one recipe from this site…but I can’t. I’ve made dozens of things off it and they’re all delicious beyond all reason. The Marlboro Man’s Favorite Sandwich, however, is fantastic, as are all the desserts…
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/

*wants to go home and cook now*

I’m so sorry you missed out on going to Japan. Here is my favourite recipe. Messy, yummy and oh so addictive. Cake balls. Great for kids to help with too.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cake-Balls/Detail.aspx

Such fun and pretty looking fabric!

Hi Claire,

Glad to hear you are feeling better. What a great list of recipes you’ll have after this! I’ll add to the list: http://www.recipezaar.com/133387. I originally found this 6 minute chocolate cake from Amanda at Soulemama, but the link to that one is not working. We made it this year for my husband’s birthday and it was amazing! We did a real butter cream instead of the glaze and it was devoured. Enjoy!

What a wonderful giveaway – how could we resist. I have been a long time reader and love your blog. I am however not the best cook so thank heavens for the internet eh! I have the sweetest tooth on earth so it has to Mars Bar Slice – this recipe from the wonderful Exclusively Food blog.

http://www.exclusivelyfood.com.au/2006/07/mars-bar-slice-recipe.html

glad you are feeling better
Amanda
mooandboo1@optusnet.com.au

These are seriously the best crab cakes – and easiest to make EVER!!!!

http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/recipes/recipedetail_wp.php?Alias=RE_WP3057

http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2008/10/sour-cream-appl.html

Best. Apple. Pie. EVER!

What a generous giveaway! You have been one of my biggest inspirations, so it’s nice to hear about what inspires you!

I have been reading your blog for a couple of years now, and find it very inspiring!

Here is my favourite recipe. I use it all the time to make cupcakes for my daughters various social activities, and because well, I just love cupcakes! They are super easy and everyone loves them.

Luckily I found it online (I am a bit of a cookbook person myself).

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=1261

My fav recipe is all of them on http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com. It has everything you could imagine. It’s regular people food.

Good read, thanks for the information, it was really informative.

I make Nigella’s chocolate gingerbread every Christmas. Moist, gingery, chocolate goodness.

http://www.nigella.com/recipes/recipe.asp?article=362

Free form fruit pie —> http://tinyurl.com/5f3z4w

Easy peasey, and with summer’s glut of stone fruit just around the corner the variations are endlessly delicious!!

ps pick me pick me!! I looove japanese notions and fabric and have been coveting that book!

Thanks!

These granola bars are the best!!

http://tinyurl.com/Chewy-Granola-Bars

Easy! Banoffee pie! So far I have yet to find anyone in Oz that makes it properly, it’s so simple and so delicious!

http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/Recipes/OldFavourites/UltimateBanoffeePie.htm

Love the blog. And glad to hear you’re up and around

recipe:
http://tinyurl.com/5t83bl

email:
chrishel00@yahoo.com

-Randi

We have an apple tree in our yard and since it’s fall over on this side of the globe, we’ve got a bunch of apples to eat. My sister sent me this recipe which we have made at least six time in the last three weeks! I add some chopped nuts and the muffins are just perfectly yummy!

http://www.kingarthurflour.com/shop/RecipeDisplay?RID=R755

Cheers!

Annri

Try both these websites for beautiful presentation & inspiration and recipes to die for:
http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/2008/10/roasted-apple-and-vanilla-bean-souffle.html
and this -
http://tartelette.blogspot.com/2008/10/bittersweet-chocolate-and-cardamom.html

Hi Claire -

How fun! I’ve already found some amazing recipes by clicking randomly on people’s links.

Mine is as follows… I’ve also listed the ingredients and recipe, just in case the link doesn’t work for everyone. (You may need to be a Wagamama member). ENJOY – it’s utterly scrumptious! xxx

*lemongrass and chilli creme caramel*

http://www.wagamama.com/members/page/NDg=

Introducing rice to crème brulée may seem like a sacrilege to some yet the inherent creaminess of the rice works wonders both for flavour and texture. you can play around with other rices too, italian arborio produces a richer, more rounded result and basmati has its fans

you will need
200ml (7fl oz) milk
2 lemongrass stalks, outer leaves removed, slightly bashed
1 dried red chilli
2 tablespoons sake
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
50g (2oz) white sugar
1 egg and 2 yolks
2 x 150ml (¼ pint) ramekin dishes for the caramel
4 tablespoons water
50g (2oz) white sugar

instructions

put the milk, lemongrass, chilli, sake, cinnamon stick and star anise in a pan and place over a low heat for 15 minutes, without letting it come to the boil. turn off the heat and leave to infuse

preheat the oven to 150°c/300°f/gas 2. first prepare the caramel. put the water and the sugar in a small pan over a very low heat, without boiling, until dissolved. turn up the heat and boil until golden. carefully pour into the bottom of the ramekins

whisk the sugar, egg and yolks in a mixing bowl until light. strain the unfused milk on to the eggs, mix well and pour over the caramel. place the ramekins in a roasting tray on the middle of the shelf of the oven and fill the tray with enough boiling water to reach halfway up the sides of the ramekins. bake for 40-45 minutes until set, with a slight wobble, but not coloured. allow to cool completely in the roasting tray. turn out on to 2 plates and serve

My favourite recipe: Lime-glazed cookies!

http://desertculinary.blogspot.com/2005/07/lime-glazed-cookies.html

Thanks for the years of fabulous blog-reading!

xo Kirsten

so easy almost healthy banana cake, made while holding baby.
http://www.recipezaar.com/67256

Because I love ginger (and I hope you do too! )

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Big-Soft-Ginger-Cookies/Detail.aspx

I’ve cooked less than ten times in the three years my daughter’s been in my life, but I’m a junkie for this food blog: http://everybodylikessandwiches.blogspot.com/

Every Christmas I make this panaforte- for eating and gifts. I like a Christmas ritual.
http://www.cuisine.com.au/recipe/Panforte

My favorite: Pumpkin curry soup! Especially this time of year(in the midwest states), as the seasons change and it starts to get cold…
http://www.mom-mom.com/curried_pumpkin_soup.htm

Your’s was the first blog I ever read – I sent a link to my friend saying how cool your site was and she wrote back – It’s a blog Lu! I’m really glad you’re feeling better.
Anyhow here’s a recipe that’s on the healthy side but one I’ve been addicted to lately:

http://dinnerwithjulie.com/2008/02/05/day-36-granola-on-the-plane/

i really like Bill Granger’s ‘Healthy Brownies’. i seem to go on about them all the time even thoguh i have only made them once. but they were good, and any recipe that makes me feel better about eating brownies is good in my books!

http://www.smh.com.au/news/recipes/wholesome-lunchbox-snacks/2006/10/02/1159641253951.html

How about this ice cream cake? The variations at the end are the best part:

http://candlestring.blogspot.com/2006/07/oreo-ice-cream-cake-tutorial.html

Good to see you writing your blog again.

flourless chocolate cake

Hi! It’s been too long since I’ve been for a visit. It’s been nice catching up, your family is beautiful, as are your creations.

How fun to find a recipe of mine here in your comments!!

I really enjoy your blog. I’m not much of a baker, but I had this cake made for a recent baby shower.

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=9dc0cf06cd80f010VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

Ooooh! Gotta enter this contest! Love your blog and the gorgeous bunnies!
I love lemon bars!
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/DOUBLE-LEMON-BARS-2209

This is my favourite recipe for chocolate chip cookies – they are absolutely delicious and it is very easy to eat several in one sitting!

http://www.traderecipes.net/2006/01/26/chocolate-chip-cookies/

The recipe is on my blog its so delishous you use coconut flour …its these yummy moist brownies with chocolate cream cheese icing its so yummy

http://joyfulhomemaker.blogspot.com/2008/08/low-carb-chocolate-brownie.html

and PICK ME PICK ME

mashellym@gmail.com

I am so loving lemonade scones at the moment. So easy!

http://aww.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=43183

Wow with all these comments you’ll have the best recipe collection ever! Glad you’re on the mend and thanks for your generous give away. You’re blog always makes me smile x
caroline.lazenby@talk21.com

a great twist on the brownie:

http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/chefs/hugh-fearnley-whittingstall/chocolate-and-beetroot-brownies-recipe_p_1.html

How about some Compost Soup!
http://soulemama.typepad.com/soulemama/2008/03/how-i-make-dinn.html

ohmigoodness! I love the Japanese prints so much! Thanks for having this wonderful giveaway!
As for the recipe… I’m partial towards recipes which are fast and easy to whip up. I have an excuse – I am a student =P and have little time to fit books, crafting AND cooking (so cooking is not priority, although snacking is). Hehe. So here’s my favourite: http://www.taste.co.nz/home/recipedetail.aspx?ArticleID=3051
It’s simple, fast and yummy-licious. =)

My daughter has that book, we love it.

Try this awesome pie!! Banana and toffee all mixed into one!

Banoffee Pie

http://www.nestle.co.uk/OurBrands/Recipes/OldFavourites/UltimateBanoffeePie.htm

trixandeli@hotmail.com

This one, absolutely, hands-down – it is the best soup you’ll ever eat. http://www.sundrybuzz.com/2006/10/14/creamy-squash-soup-recipe/

Anything from http://www.deliciousdays.com/... LOVE that site. Totally deserving of a rich cup of coffee and a quiet house to stroll through their site.

Your illustrations are so adorable! I would love that book for myself (although I am sure my 6 yr old would too!).
I have been loving this quinoa recipe to bring to gatherings (both vegetarian & gluten free):

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/QUINOA-AND-BLACK-BEAN-SALAD-12245

I love reading your blog, I rarely have time in my busy life to keep up with my own, and it rarely does what I want it to do. I am a mother and a crafter, therefore I am.

My current favorite online recipe is for black light jello. Our girl scouts are going to have it at a glow in the dark party.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Edible-Glowing-UV-Reactive-JELLO/

Alton Brown’s hot wings. We make these all the time and the kids love them (they eat theirs with BBQ sauce).

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/good-eats/buffalo-wings-recipe/index.html

Ummmmm actually my favourite internet recepie was yours for torilla soup.

http://loobylu.com/archives/000086.htm

You also had one for a mean brocolli and sweet potatoe soup which is so easy to russle up and I still have it memorised. I can’t find it on your site now.

I am glad your still writing.

It’s just starting to cool off a bit here in San Diego, and I’ve managed to catch a cold, so I made a nice batch of stew yesterday. I loosely followed a recipe in the Joy of Cooking, but this one I found online looks very similar to what I did: http://fortheloveofcooking-recipes.blogspot.com/2008/09/beef-stew.html

Quite tasty, if I do say so myself!

I was so glad to see you return after your hiatus! I wish that I had a recipe to link tofor my favorite dish! It is actually my family’s favorite dish.

Tater tot hot-dish (casserole, but “hot-dish” is a Minnesota word!)
1 pound of ground beef (or turkey) with a finely chopped onion. browned well
1 can of cream of mushroom soup 1/2 a can of water.
Stir together and pour into a baking dish and top with frozen tater tots.

Bake at about 400 degrees F for 45 – 60 minutes or until the tater tots are golden brown.

Easy, but always a hit at the Biggs house.

I’m going to be self-referential, too.

My favorite cheesecake is one I developed for a baking contest: Peanut Butter Brownie Bottom Cheesecake

I absolutely adore your site and your designs.

My favorite recipe off the internet right now is… Spiced Chocolate Peanut Butter. Really simple and yummy.

http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2006/10/spiced_chocolate_peanut_butter.php

oops- I missed the requirement the first time!
I like Chocolate Gobs this time of year…

http://www.cooks.com/rec/doc/0,171,154179-250196,00.html

It’s the season for apple picking – and cider donuts! I don’t use a round cutter – I just cut them into one inch squares (with squares there’s no re-rolling the dough, and I like them small!)

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/CIDER-MINI-DOUGHNUTS-240597

Giveaways are always so fun! Love ‘em….

My favourite cookie is Snickerdoodles. Here’s the recipe:
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Snickerdoodles-I/Detail.aspx

I’ll be making lots this Christmas to give away to family and friends.

Hmmmmm, my fave recipe? Well, this is embarrasing because I am a terrible cook and I am now just looking online to find recipes to improve my children’s lives …. I will post one that I want to try…
http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/soy-ginger-chicken?autonomy_kw=slow%20cooker%20recipe&rsc=image_5

Your site was one of the first craftyblogs I started reading years ago when I discovered this whole craft world on the web!

I don’t have a link, but my favorite thing to do right now is slice an acorn squash in half, scoop out the seeds and fill it with a mixture of chopped apples, golden raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and a drizzle of honey. Bake in a dish with some water at 350 degrees until the squash flesh is soft but not too dry. It’s like eating pumpkin pie for dinner! I pair it with a nice salad. Yum!

Hi! And thank-YOU for all the years of reading and inspiration you’ve given me!

I couldn’t possibly pick an absolute favourite, but this recipe for wholemeal banana bread is being made at least once a week in our house at the moment. Where the recipe says vanilla yoghurt I just substitute whatever natural yoghurt we have in the fridge at the time. Which usually is a natural yoghurt mixed with passionfruit, which makes the bread extra-yummy!

http://tinyurl.com/63h5jr

What a great idea! I’m going to browse your comments for recipes!

Melanie
xx

I really love this recipe via Smitten Kitchen: Alex’s chicken and mushroom marsala.

http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/03/alexs-chicken-and-mushroom-marsala/

Definitely these dark toblerone chocolate cookies:

http://www.waitrose.com/recipe/Giant_Toblerone_Cookies.aspx

I’m a huge fan of your blog and having a blog myself, I understand waht you wrote about visitors. Hurray for pretty blogs!

O my goodness i purchased the set you illustrated for my nieces birthday the other month…i didn’t realise..well done it’s gorgeous!

Anyway i love Gails fudgy wudgy cookies…immmm
http://geegeedomdivas.blogspot.com/2007/02/yummy-cookies-kids-will-love-to-help.html

She made us a batch once-yummo!

http://curiousbird.typepad.com/curious_bird/2008/09/homemade-granola.html

Love this recipe for granola, not your typical granola. Wonderful!

babytroutdog@hotmail.com

Besides a fun giveaway, you have also created a treasure trove of favorite recipes! I can’t wait to try some of these, but where to begin?
Here’s my favorite recipe, given to me by a college roommate from her mom.
http://pomly.livejournal.com/17295.html
I’ve made it countless times and it’s always so good. Enjoy!

I read your entry, thought about which recipe to post and by the time I’d returned you’d practically gathered a recipe book! Like many others, i’m a long term reader, grateful for the inspirational blog and unable to resist the possibility of peeking at such a pretty package as you’ve compiled…
Here’s a thoroughly trustable, emphatically brilliant recipe, that chances are you already know:
Stephanie Alexander’s Lemon Tart, copied at the following blog:
http://ourredhouse.blogspot.com/2007/07/lemon-tart.html
(note the red house blog is a stranger to me; i just searched for a recipe i know oh so well!)

Must admit that when it comes to cooking actual meals I pretty much suck (and hubby will vouch for that too!). But I do love baking and making desserts. I love, love ichigo daifuku and am planning to make a whole batch of these using this excellent tutorial: http://www.instructables.com/id/Ichigo-Daifuku-Japanese-Sweet-bean-and-Strawberr/

Glad to hear that you are feeling much better

I do love the Pioneer Woman and Elise of Simply Recipes, but here’s what I am craving right now:
My Chicken Corn Chowder
http://www.thisclassicallife.com/weblog/index.php/archives/185

HI CLAIRE, THIS IS A RECIPE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY. IT LOOKS SO DELICIOUS AND IS HEALTHY. IF YOU GET TO MAKE IT BEFORE ME, LET ME KNOW HOW IT IS! :0)

http://EatBetterAmerica.com/recipes/recipe.aspx?Id=46146

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND! MICHELLE

Now that I finally made a trip to the post office and posted a wee package to Australia today; I feel I can comment and leave my two cents for ya.
This recipe and the book it came from has saved my life!
It’s a big hit with everyone and the cupcakes are so tasty no one misses the dairy at all!!! I make a batch and stick them in the freezer (without frosting) and whenever I need to bring my kiddo a treat at a friend’s dairy filled birthday party, I can easily defrost a couple and make a quick frosting and off we go!

VEGAN CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

http://www.chow.com/recipes/10794

So sorry to hear you missed your trip to Japan and have been so ill—what a bummer! Wishing you a wonderful trip in your future soon!

Wow, I have been reading for over 5 years and this is my first ever post! Was sad when you had a break last year but am so happy you are back!

My favourite online recipe has to be Portugese Tarts:

http://tinyurl.com/5cmdbe

I’ve been a long time lurker and reader of your wonderful blog.

Glad your feeling better

I’ve been slowly going down all your comments for this post and checking out everyone’s favourite recipes its been so much fun.

This recipe is from another blog I lurk on…lol…these potato skins are so yummy my teenagers love these.

http://anewchelseamorning.blogspot.com/2007/01/party-potato-skins.html

Take care of yourself
Janet

Wow look at all your comments! great idea though now i have hundreds of recipe links to check out & i love a good recipe. you have inspired me to start my own blog & what i really need is a simple recipe to make it as pretty as yours LOL.
Try these coffee choc friands YUM

http://www.chefstoolbox.com.au/recipes.aspx?recRec=34

Hiya! I’m another lurker. I love reading craft blogs & it has inspired me to get going on a few projects.
Having little girls there are so many pretty things to make for them!
I didn’t know you had done illustrations for a Klutz book. I love them! I have the pretty purses one put away for a rainy day. I’d just love to win your giveaway!
Here is a gorgeous cupcake recipe.
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/1217/pretty+cupcakes

Take care!

With a glut of courgettes you can’t beat this recipe, I originally found it on a self sufficiency blog but this is the same recipe:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/bluecourgettesoup_1948.shtml

Add all ingredients bar the cream and freeze bucket loads to get you through the dark months.

Thanks too for all the inspiration you continue to give. You may remember I emailed you post my m/c after you gave birth to Amelia and you sent a lovely reply? Your blog enabled me to cope with babies at such a sad time. Well now i have 4, yes 4 boys. All born within 40 months and ending up with identical twins. I feel I’ve taken a journey that I didnt expect and has been really tough, but your blog has been a kind of parallel journey which i really appreciate. Glad you are on the mend. Sorry to blurt.

The pear and ginger cake from page 153 of Marie Claire Fresh is both delicious AND completely idiotproof. You can get it here: http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A_pY7UrsdzEC

(Actually everything I’ve tried from this book has turned out great.)

This isn’t much of a recipe, but it’s so easy and fun with kids that I thought I’d pass it along.

Make your own butter!

http://www.cookuk.co.uk/children/butter.htm

Love your blog! And I love giveaways. Tee hee!

http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/

This is a great cake and a fun website if you have never been there

Here are a couple of my favorite soups: the first is for those of us up here having a beautiful autumn and the second is for y’all down there having a lovely, (I hope) springtime ; ).

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/recipedetail.cfm?objectid=4236CCB2-EA96-45FB-AD7965B57DF0F145

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/recipedetail.cfm?objectid=65E5D19B-1D63-452A-8062BF95B3475F3A

Thanks for your generous giveaway~~all the best to you!

(sorry if this is a double-post – last try got unexpected error page)

anyway, thanks for your writing and sharing

best internet recipe:
http://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2008/01/chocolatecovere.html

matzo crack – caramelised, crunchy, chocolate smothered…delicious!

I love canninng apple pie filling. All those potential pies lined up in the pantry make me happy.

http://kathi-mygarden.blogspot.com/2007/10/making-apple-pie-filling-to-can.html

http://alimento-nz.blogspot.com/2006/09/aimees-birthday-cake-2.html has to be my favourite easy to make chocolate cake! It’s on my recipe blog, which sadly needs updating!

right now I’m going to say that my favorite internet recipe is the one I’m most excited to try next, and that is the deep, dark salted caramel sauce from the Smitten Kitchen: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/10/paris-a-deep-dark-salted-butter-caramel-sauce/

and you’re right – everyone does love a give away!

THis one is a take on the NY Cheesecake.
this recipe is interesting because there are rather scientific cheesecake questions and explanations in the comments.
My little tip would be to add heaps more lemon zest and a little orange zest too. Also substitute a bit of the cream cheese for sour cream and even add in a little cooked potato for a more Eastern Euro vibe. Plus vanilla. Add lots of vanilla essence.

http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/89/Cheesecake-Plain-New-York-Style

I love the site organization..the choice of colors are great…keep up the good job.
My favorite treat and recipe..BRIGADEIRO…yummy
http://www.maria-brazil.org/brigadeiros.htm

I love this: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/recipes/breakfast-recipes/bacon-and-cheese-frittata/article.html
Yum!