We are honored to receive and accept the One Lovely Blog Award from Caroline, author of the blog, Engineer and an Oven. Please visit her blog for some amazing recipes. A few that caught our eyes:Tom Yum Quinoa and Lemongrass Shrimp (A Thai dish)
Rules for accepting the award:
1. Post linking back to the person that gave you the award
2. Share 7 random things about yourself
3. Award 15 recently discovered blogs
4. Drop them a note and tell them about it.
2. Share 7 random things about yourself
3. Award 15 recently discovered blogs
4. Drop them a note and tell them about it.
7 Random Things About Us:
- We mentioned last week that we were celebrating 12 years of marriage. We met during my junior year, The Chef’s senior year, in college. When The Chef first asked me out, he told me it would be an honor to take me out. Who could say no to that?! The honor has truly been mine to have shared all of these years with him.
- It’s no secret that we love food. Our favorite date is eating out at one of our favorite restaurants… or trying a new one! Through the 15 years we have been together, our top two favorites are Carrabba’s and The Mustard Seed. The Well-Fed Son loves eating out as much as we do. His favorites right now are Cracker Barrel, Moe’s, and McDonalds.
- The Chef has been in 35 out of 50 states in the US. I, on the other hand, had not been outside of the southeastern United States, aside from traveling to Washington, D.C a couple of times, until we adopted our son from Vietnam. This was also The Chef’s first international trip, as well as my first experience flying!
- We have moved more often during our marriage than a military family, having lived in a grand total of 10 different homes. That is way more moving than we would have liked to have done these past 12 years, to say the least.
- We both have shopped in the children’s department for clothes as adults. The Chef bought a pair of 28-inch waist jeans in college, and I have bought girls’ shoes before. My feet are a size 4.5, which can be challenging to find.
- We attended college in a mountain climate and both of us prefer the cooler weather. We lived there for two years after getting married and have lived in areas with very warm climates ever since.
- We also have always lived in tourist areas. The benefit of this is that it usually means there is plenty of entertainment, but the down side is that it usually means the cost of living is high.
The 15 blogs that we’ve recently discovered that we’d like to award (although not required, we tried to select blogs that have not received the award before):
A Little Nosh - Check out her great idea and recipes to celebrate the Royal Wedding: Tea Party
A Spoonful of Thyme - With two years of recipes, you are sure to find some great ones to try! Two I’d love to try: Individual Cheesecakes with Blueberry Sauce and Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan.
Bizzy B. Bakes - These Nutty Sweet Potato Puffs sound perfect for our family.
Brenda’s Canadian Kitchen - I have not had a grilled cheese sandwich in way too long. Her Grilled Cheese with Pulled Pork sandwich recipe looks and sounds wonderful.
Cookie Droplets, Etc. - We love trying cuisines from other cultures. This is a blog written by a Filipino. Her Braised Pork: Filipino Humba sounds delicious.
Cookin’ Canuck - Many creative, tasty recipes, such as Shrimp, Cucumber and Curry Cream Cheese Canapes and Avocado, Tomato and Cotija Cheese Salad for Cinco de Mayo.
Designs by Gollum - Written by published author, Michael Lee West. She hosts a wonderful weekly recipe potluck party, Foodie Friday. We discovered this event after having named ours the same and so decided to change ours. She was so gracious in email conversation about it all. I love her tablescapes also.
The Falconer’s Wife - One thing I’ve enjoyed about blogging that was unexpected when we started has been opportunities to learn a lot of new things from all the various blogs there are! This blog is a great example of this. (It was down for maintenance so I was unable to include any specific examples.)
Man, Wife and Dog - An informative and entertaining blog on marriage topics. If everyone were this passionate about their marriage, the word divorce could be removed from the dictionary! Love it. Check out her Love Homework series.
My Life in Food - I can hardly wait to try her No Bake Chocolate Raspberry Cream Pie.
Pininkie - An arts and crafts blog written by a talented artist. Check out her step-by-step tutorial for creating fabric designs using Spoonflower.
Serve One Another in Love - A Christian Blog with many topics, including Building a Better Marriage and Christian Parenting. I love the Prayer Request page.
Syrup and Biscuits - We love anything lemon, so we’ll definitely be trying her Old Fashioned Lemon Icebox Pie in the near future.
Toqua’s Crafts - Check out her pine needle baskets! They remind me of the sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, SC. Love the How to Make a Dollhouse out of Drawers post, too. Adorable.
Blogging and connecting with others who share similar interests has enriched our lives in ways we had not anticipated. Blogging enables people who may never meet in person to learn from one another and to touch each others’ lives on many different levels. To all of the gifted bloggers sharing from your life experiences, thank you.
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About the Author
Adopted at age 2, grew up in the Charlotte, NC area. Obtained Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Appalachian State University. Loves being a Mom of two and taste-testing Chef John's culinary creations and sharing them with readers.
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