Weekend Herb blogging # 169 - Recap
Monday, February 09, 2009
Posted by Dee
Here is the much awaited round up for Weekend Herb Blogging # 169. Thank you Kalyn and Haalo for giving us this wonderful opportunity to host and thanks to all the dear participants who have made this a success. We have received 25 entries and here are all of them.
This week's host for WHB # 170 is Cheryl of Gluten Free Goodness
The recap is in the order of the emails received.
Meeta has definitely re invented the wheel by making over this classic dish . It definitely looks mouth watering!
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Fettucine with spicy lamb sausage meatballs
Dhanggit gets rid of temptation by yielding it with this crispy , golden pork with apples " lechon style"
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Roast Pork with fried apples
Pamela turns some tired looking zucchini and carrot lying in the fridge into this fantastic mouthwatering cake!
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Carrot Zucchini Cake
Anna turns a simple warm potato salad into a light meal by itself by making a rich addition of her father's home smoked trout to it.
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Smoked Trout and warm potato salad
Chriesi talks about the goodness of artichokes and sends a wonderful risotto made with baby artichokes our way ! This is definitely a keeper !
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Risotto ai carciofi
Suganya goes back to her childhood and makes her favorite dish Pennywort pepper gravy. It looks mouthwatering to me !
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Pennywort Pepper Gravy
Joanne comes to us with this simple , yet endearing healthy side dish which goes well with her lasagna. I sure can gobble those up in a jiffy !
Peas with Honey and Lemon-pepper
Pam sprouts some broccoli seeds into nutritional powerhouses and yes I do agree with her that its the current hottest thing out there!
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Sprouts
ts and js make these beautiful and unique lime macapuno bars for us and one new thing to know about is the mutant coconut !
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Lime macapuno bars
Ning gets us this delicious, hot and flavorful and hearty chinese seafood and wintermelon soup
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Seafood and wintermelon soup
Joelen throws in a few random ingredients for dinner and whips up this fantastic meal of mushroom and sundried tomato stuffed chicken , keeping in mind all those weight watchers !
Mushroom and sundried tomato stuffed chicken
Kalyn gets us a great Phase One food recipe for the south beach dieters, Its an asy-to-make hearty and wholesome Twice-Baked Spaghetti Squash with Pesto and Parmesan is definitely something which she will be making again.
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Twice-Baked Spaghetti Squash with Pesto and Parmesan
Marija shares with us a recipe of Venezuelan Pickled eggplant salad from Manolla , a sweet beautiful Venezuelan lady with whom she and her family are acquainted with...
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Venezuelan Pickled Eggplant Salad
Rachel, the talented gardener, talks to us about planting, storing and using the double agents in her garden , Cilantro and Dill. She has some great storage and cooking tips to share with us.
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Cilantro Seeds
Brii gets us some yummylicious swedish sweets which are simple and easy to make. I am counting on this recipe to help me cook up something quick.
Swedish Sweets
Scott sends us a healthy , delicious asian inspired green salad whipped up with his kitchen grown cress and herbs.
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Mixed Cress and Herb Salad
Kits Chow shares with us a spinach and tofu soup made of light vegetable broth which looks delicious and quite filling.
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Spinach and Tofu Soup
Laurie shares with us an innovative and hearty seafood and vegetable stew . She used Poivron rouge , a moroccon spice. Quite an informative post and a hearty looking stew!
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Seafood and vegetable stew
Haalo gets us a wonderful starter or a lunch recipe with this yummy looking carmelized endive tart. It is indeed a treat to our eyes !
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Carmelized Endive Tart
Poonam gets us a dish called Daal Palak, Lentils with Spinach . Simple yet heartwarming and surely falls into comfort food category. She serves it with a simple Aloo - methi Bhaji( Potato and fenugreek leaves stir fry)
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Daal paalak
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Aloo Methi Bhaaji
Cinzia gets us a Softly glazed and fantastically fresh, yet simple and a very special Carrot vichy to us. Check out this recipe guys! It looks delicious!
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Carrot Vichy
Organically cooked gets us
lahanorizo (cabbage rice) , a greek recipe. Now I know what to do with the head of cabbage , that I always conveniently tend to forget !
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Lahanorizo
Liz gets us a dessert she invented just before a dinner party and she calls it frozen citrus cream with candied thyme. Tell me, Can you resist that ? I definitely cannot !!!
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Frozen Citrus Cream with candied thyme
I get to the recap , tandoori asparagus, a healthy dish with a popular Indian dressing / marinade !
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Tandoori Asparagus
Please feel free to leave a comment or write to me, In case I missed someone's entries or have a wrong link. Hope you guys enjoy the recap.
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Really great roundup Dee!! Thanks for all your efforts - they're appreciated!