♥♥Recipe Loving ♥♥ and a Giveaway!

We all have a good bag of favorites and over 2 dozen bookmarked recipes that we like to go back to every now and then; either to feed our eyes with or our tummies. My food craze has sent me to having over 60-70 bookmarked recipes that I often just end up looking at to muster some motivation.

Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to mingle, get to know and really be influenced by incredible people, chefs and friends. I have chosen a handful of my favorites at the moment created by some talented women.These ladies know their food, they understand the complexities of taste and are more than knowledgable when it comes to pairing different flavors together and they were kind enough to let me re-share these with you.

In no specific order;

Firstly, there is this delicious wreath; no not a decoration piece (although its well worth displaying this for its sheer visual appeal); but its a Garlic, herb and parmesan wreath by a dear friend and blogger Ms Sally Prosser, blog: My Custard Pie. The reason this is on my list is because I have been dying to bake bread for the longest time and it has been on my list of resolutions for this year. Christmas is only 2-3 months away (funny how quickly this year has vanished) so enough reason to practice this recipe before the year fizzles away.

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The Lankan Bug; Go on winners spread your Merriness

If this cookbook is sitting in your kitchen I can assure you will be thinking, cooking and eating Lankan for a long long time. Thats the kind of spell it had put me under honestly. I went through my prized possession which I thankfully bought 2 of, eyeballed every single page, the photographs, the inspirational cuisine, the interesting spurts of writing scattered evenly; and I was injected with the Lankan bug. I cooked and dreamt of Lankan food for a whole 2 weeks. Not necessarily any specific recipes, but I had a natural reflex to reach for the freshly grated coconut while stirring any of my brewing gravy’s; I constantly tried to manipulate fruits to stand in my dish as veggies and everything had a spiced craze to it. Continue reading