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More food blogging research has led me to a new site called Tastespotting which allows visitors to browse recipes and food articles based on the visual aspect of the recipe.  It is my new favorite site and simple to use….  Just look through their homepage and if you see something that interests you, click on it.

“Founded on the idea that we eat first with our eyes, TasteSpotting is our obsessive, compulsive collection of eye-catching images that link to something deliciously interesting on the other side.”

I posted my happy pepper post on their site and that day I received over 300 visitors, and here I am basically writing to myself.

Some of my favoirte recipes from this week:

Butternut Squash with Pecans and Blue Cheese from Tea and Wheaten Bread

Peach Gnocchi in a Champagne sauce from 101 Cookbooks

Green Lemonade from The Toddler Cafe (don’t let the blog name fool you, there are plenty of easy adult recipes here too… Or at least easy to make recipes for newbies like me).  The images on this site are some of the most eye catching out of any food blog, a perfect site to be promoted on TasteSpotting (see picture above for the Green Lemonade).

I will be trying out the Green Lemonade drink this week…

Ever since I started at The MacKenzie Agency, I have been immersed in the culinary world. The office is surrounded with products from some of our clients such as Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker, Lundberg Family Farms, and the Gourmet Olive Oils of Spain, not to mention the wine that is in the wine fridge in our kitchen.

Part of a research project that I had to do today was to research some of the many flood blogs that are out there.  In addition to making me hungry, the research also gave me some ideas of what I will be creating for my aunt’s birthday dinner this weekend.  The four recipes that stood out are below. I am not sure if they go together, but they all made my mouth water and more importantly are very simple for me to make.

Instant Potato Gnocchi from Cooking with Amy

Stuffed Squash Blossoms from the Barefoot Witch

Macaroni and Goat Cheese from Ile de France

Blackberry Cream Frosting from Coconut Lime