I'm a Featured Blogger!

See my badge to the left! Sophia of The Back Burner, the companion blog to Key Ingredient, blogged about my shrimp skewers. Click here to read her post and here to read the original.

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted. I've actually made some great dishes recently, but time has gotten away from me. Some things have changed in my world and the time it takes to upload pictures and write a blog has been put on the back burner for a while. Hopefully I'll be back soon. It is spring after all and summer is on the way, which means my grill is primed and ready. You know how much I love to grill! Check back soon for a new recipe. In the meantime, check out The Back Burner. It's great!!

Love Makes the World Go 'Round

The blogging world that is! :) I was given the "I Love You This Much" award from Dela at Not Your Mama's Southern Cooking. She is so sweet and I used to see her every day at lunch (we work together) until she changed jobs and now I never see her. :( How sad!

Now I'm supposed to give this award to 10 other bloggers I love, but love is a strong word to me so I am just choosing the blogs I love to read the most. The blogs I check out regularly, pretty much on a daily basis and I don't have time to read 10 blogs regularly. So here you go:

First and foremost, I give this award to my sister, who has a new blog called Mommy Meals. She just got started so make sure you bookmark it and check back as she adds more recipes (and hopefully some pictures of my nephew because he is seriously the cutest thing EVER!) She is a great mom and a great cook!

I'm also giving this award back to Dela because I love reading her blog too! You probably aren't supposed to give it to people who've already received it, but I think that just shows them that a lot of people love them. And what is wrong with that? Plus, are the blogging police going to come get me for not following the rules???

I also check out Kate's Paved with Good Intentions and Nicole's Art and Aioli regularly. I guess I need to branch out and start reading more blogs. I'll work on that. ;)

Blogging with a Purpose

Nicole at Art and Aioli bestowed upon me the Blogging with a Purpose award. This is my first blog award and I couldn't be more flattered! It is slightly crazy to me that anyone even reads the thoughts and recipes I put out into cyberspace, much less actually enjoys it. Don't worry, I'm not getting a big head though. ;) Thanks Nicole for giving me this award!

Now I get to pass on this award on to 5 others.

• The Home Cook at A Taste of Home Cooking: I just realized when I was tagging her for this award that I don’t know her actual name. All her posts are as “The Home Cook.” Anyway, I love reading her blog! Her food is all about cooking for her family and friends and she uses ingredients I usually have around my house. That in and of itself is blogging for a purpose in my book!

• Leslie at Definitely Not Martha: Her tagline says it all. “The daily struggles of the domestic un-goddess.” Her food looks pretty domestic goddess-like to me though! She is hilarious and I love to check in and see when she has a new post. Leslie has great recipes and her posts are always entertaining to read. Each post is like a story and she uses a lot of step by step pictures with her recipes.

• Jaime at Good Eats ‘N Sweet Treats: I just recently discovered Jaime’s blog and I have really enjoyed reading her past entries. I’ve already used some her suggestions in making Chicken Tikka Masala and I can’t wait to try out more of her recipes. She loves to bake and since that is an area where I am severely lacking I am taking notes!

• Emiline at Visions of Sugar Plum: First and foremost I am impressed with the fact that Emiline writes her own recipes. Whereas I throw some things together and call it a dish, she actually writes REAL recipes…like baked goods…where you have to have accurate measurements. I am totally in awe of this skill! Her pictures are equally impressive and always make me hungry, even if it’s something my picky self wouldn’t normally eat. ;)

• Celeste at Sugar & Spice: Celeste is another Alabama girl! Her blog is full of great recipes. She is straight forward and to the point. Her posts are less about stories and background and more about the food. She makes a point to make sure you have all the details about the dishes she has made. Her pictures are also awesome!!!

Award-winners, here's what you should do:
1. nominate 5 blogs which haven't had this award before
2. each of the blogs must have a purpose
3.the nominated blogs must make a link back to this page
4. the logo from the award must be put on their blog and it must link back to this blog!