What better way to start off the New Year than to strut your food photography stuff for Lou Manna! Lou is running a fantastic contest he is calling the “Best Looking Food of 2009 contest” that offers...

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Corned Beef amp; Veggies 3 - 4 carrots, cut in 3 in. pieces, half 1 1/2 c. water 1 med. rutabaga or 2 turnips, cut in 2-in. pieces small cabbage 3 - 4 lb. corned beef brisket 3 med. onions,...br/ br/ Please visit the site to see the rest. Thank you pa href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?a=ij2LAs"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?i=ij2LAs" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=CtLkup.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=CtLkup.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=EkMQzK.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=EkMQzK.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=mpePvg.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=mpePvg.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=lL3tqS.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=lL3tqS.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=ePz4Zv.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=ePz4Zv.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=aWu7Tf.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=aWu7Tf.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=FQCrtQ.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=FQCrtQ.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=QzLUj2.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=QzLUj2.P" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/rAdD/~4/500845677" height="1" width="1"/

 

This guacamole is famous from wall-to-wall — in my house! ;-)  Rachel used to hate avocados (and guacamole) but ever since I started making her my “Famous” guacamole she has been loving avocados more and more!  That is a good thing because I LOVE avocados.  In fact, they are probably one of my favorite foods!  Now I will divulge my secret recipe — here’s what I do.

Ingredients:

• 4 avocados
• 1 large tomato
• 2 teaspoons salt
• freshly ground pepper
• juice of 1/2 small lemon
• juice of 1/2 small lime
• 1/4 cup freshly chopped cilantro

Method:

1. Cut avocados in half, remove seed, then scoop out fruit into a medium bowl.
2. Mash avocados with a large utensil until they are at a slightly creamy, but still rustic consistency
3. Chop tomatoes into small cubes
4. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, lemon juice, lime juice and chopped cilantro to avocados and stir well
5. Add more salt and pepper to taste or even a little chili powder (1/8 teaspoon or more) for a kick.

Serve it with chips or on top of nachos or in burritos.  This will make enough for 8 to 10 servings.  I hope you enjoy it!

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img src="http://www.101cookbooks.com/mt-static/images/food/101cookbooks_newyear09.jpg" / pI spent the better part of the past ten days carefully placing everything in my kitchen into moving boxes. Every plate. Every mixing bowl. Every single quirky, mismatched baking pan. I know some of you might be sad to see the a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/mt-static/images/food/mykitchen.jpg"yellow cupboards/a go, but I've been ready for a more neutral-toned kitchen for quite some time. And so the painters arrived on a Monday. And by the end of day Wednesday, Christmas Eve, my kitchen was cloud white. And by 3 a.m. Christmas morning I was too sick with the stomach flu to set foot in it. I missed Christmas (and the better part of the following two days) entirely./p pimg border="0" width="475" src="http://www.101cookbooks.com/mt-static/images/food/101cookbooks_newyear09_2.jpg" alt="101 Cookbooks" //p pIt was a rough way to send off 2008, but I'm feeling a lot better now. I suppose the upside of it all is that I had some time to think about the coming year. Time to think about how to make it meaningful and fulfilling. I flipped through a few old journals and notebooks, trying to remember what resolutions I've made in the past. And while it turns out I'm not big on resolutions, I seem to express many of the same sentiments year after year. To make an effort to see more of the world I live in. To make an effort to collaborate on projects with interesting, innovative individuals. And to spend more time with my family. These are the big themes for me./p pAs far as the minutiae of day to day life? I do my best to walk not drive, eat healthy, shop local, go jogging, try new things, meet new people, be kind, turn off lights, say yes more often than I say no, help others, read, and drink lots of water. I succeed a lot of the time, and I fail a lot of the time too. I do the best I can on any given day, any given moment. Ten years ago I was doing very few of these things, yet somehow, little by little, they have all become part of the fabric of my life. /p pOne of the first things I want to do as we start another year is to thank you. I feel very fortunate to have this site as a creative outlet. It has helped me grow as a cook, a writer, as a photographer, designer, and as someone who has always been curious about the ways technology can intersect and enhance the creative process for individuals. I'm continually surprised and delighted by what you bring to this site - your comments, ideas, suggestions, your emails to me, a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/101cookbooks/"the photos you post/a. I hope you continue to come visit in the coming year with your good ideas, good feedback, and (because there are plenty of times we need it ) a bit of good humor./p pWishing each of you a happy, healthy, and peaceful new year, Heidi/p pI'm curious - what are your resolutions, or what are you focused on as we head into 2009? /p ba href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/a-fresh-coat-of-paint-recipe.html"Continue reading A Fresh Coat of Paint.../a/b pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/vQcb-w-I7YwXSISsjhfGkgSGZ7w/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/vQcb-w-I7YwXSISsjhfGkgSGZ7w/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.101cookbooks.com/~f/101Cookbooks?a=XoECvdYA"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/101Cookbooks?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.101cookbooks.com/~f/101Cookbooks?a=ktL00XCk"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/101Cookbooks?i=ktL00XCk" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.101cookbooks.com/~f/101Cookbooks?a=T4rXVk7B"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/101Cookbooks?i=T4rXVk7B" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/101Cookbooks/~4/KpBTEdT6Mfs" height="1" width="1"/

Apple Corned Beef More Recipes 1 corned beef brisket 1 qt. apple juice 1 c. brown sugar 1 T. prepared mustard 8 sm. red potatoes 2 med. carrots, in chunks 1 onion, peel, and cut in eighths 1/2 head...br/ br/ Please visit the site to see the rest. Thank you pa href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?a=5cnprG"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?i=5cnprG" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=mCtCSB.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=mCtCSB.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=b8tbej.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=b8tbej.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=M6yKQZ.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=M6yKQZ.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=V1Mw49.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=V1Mw49.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=gfPIwS.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=gfPIwS.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=GeLOWN.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=GeLOWN.P" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=FYGrDF.p"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=FYGrDF.p" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=EG7iLJ.P"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=EG7iLJ.P" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/rAdD/~4/500130455" height="1" width="1"/

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup with Sausage 8 oz. smoked sausage, cut lengthwise, then cut into 1/2" slices 1 pkg. (16 oz.) dried split peas, sorted, rinsed and drained 3 medium carrots, peeled and...br/ br/ Please visit the site to see the rest. Thank you pa href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?a=rSxzFc"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/blogspot/rAdD?i=rSxzFc" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=N9LJnK.O"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=N9LJnK.O" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=U6kIml.o"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=U6kIml.o" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=dmIrzZ.O"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=dmIrzZ.O" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=9JwYYY.o"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=9JwYYY.o" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=klbUQS.O"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=klbUQS.O" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=KT5ZHb.O"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=KT5ZHb.O" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=0Kgjt8.o"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=0Kgjt8.o" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?a=0jk8lL.O"img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/blogspot/rAdD?i=0jk8lL.O" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/rAdD/~4/499697370" height="1" width="1"/

It was certainly a delicious year around Casa Foodie! We wanted to share (again) our favorite recipes of the year. We hope you all have a safe, happy, and delicious 2009!

January
Blackberry-Pinot Noir Glazed Meatballs
Mollie’s Perfect Pasta Dough

February
Peanut Butter Dulce de Leche Brownies
Wedge Salad with Chianti Vinaigrette

March
Orange Layer Charlotte with Buttercream Frosting and Fresh Berries
Snickery Squares

April
Savory Bleu Cheese and Bacon Cake
Margarita-Glazed Madeleines

May
Chocolate Overdose Cake
Carnitas

June
Kerbey-style Queso
Carrot Ginger Layer Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting

July
Slow Chocolate Chip Cookies
Three-day Weekend Berry Trifle

August
Roasted Jalapeno Hummus
Pink Lemonade-Glazed Madeleines

September
Raspberry Muffins
Foodie Groom’s Buttermilk Pancakes

October
Butternut Squash Soup with Ravioli and Sage-Roasted Walnuts
Prosciutto-wrapped Grissini with Homemade Pesto Aioli

November
Pumpkin Tart
Cranberry-Walnut Muffins

December
5-Layer Lasagna
Swirly White and Bittersweet Chocolate Peppermint Bark

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