A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if A friend was taking a trip to Ireland and asked if I wanted her to bring me back anything. Would you believe me if I told you I asked for salt? I love picking up different varieties, whether we’re traveling or I’m just visiting a new shop. Maddie grabbed me a super cute one from her trip to Paris last year, and the Magic Unicorn Salt I get locally is another favorite. What’s yours?
One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
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ISO Your Creativity {Foods from Chile}

April 22, 2013 · Ad-Free, Narrative

Apr 22, 2013
So when I opened the box from the folks at Foods from Chile, I felt like I had walked into my very own episode of Food Network’s Chopped. Or Ready… Set… Cook with Sissy Biggers. Anyone remember that show? Man, I miss that one. We should start a petition. Or something.

Through a project with KitchenPLAY and Foods from Chile, I need to create a recipe using the below ingredients (some, all, or even just one). It’s quite an eclectic mix of food, and who knew that there were so many delicious Chilean specialties? I always think spicy when I think of Chilean foods, but their claims to food fame is way more than that…

The ingredients they sent? Fish is pretty well represented with packages of smoked trout, smoked salmon, and mussels in olive oil (oh! mussels! how do I love thee?).  Also fresh fruit is in abundance with two kinds of grapes, a plum, blueberries, raisins, and prunes, along with a bottle of blueberry juice and fig chutney with merken. Finishing out the crate was some dried red chili pepper and toasted coriander, a bottle of extra-virgin olive oil (hello healthy fats!), and an avocado tool and apron.

Now here is where I need your help … Click on over to Kitchen PLAY and hit me with your best shot. I need ideas on a recipe to create with these Foods from Chile. Thankfully, not every ingredient has to be used, which is a big relief because I can’t imagine the recipe that could make all of these ingredients play together in one dish. If I or one of the other bloggers participating use your idea as my inspiration, you’ll get your very own bag of goodies containing Foods from Chile (valued at $30)! You have until 11:59 p.m. on April 25th.  We will all be posting the winning final dishes on May 7th.

And! Also on May 7th at 7:00 p.m., join our Twitter party where we chat about all the awesome Chilean foods we know and love, and we’ll talk about the recipes we made. And you’ll have more chances to win as we give away five more gift crates packed with Chilean food goodies!  RSVP for the Twitterfest right here.

Ready … set … inspire me!

PS Your fun fact that you’ll need for the upcoming Twitter party … did you know that Chile is the largest producer and exporter of blueberries in the world?

This post is sponsored by Kitchen PLAY and Foods from Chile. All opinions are my own, but I bet you knew that already.

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Comments

  1. Joanne says

    April 23, 2013 at 6:49 am

    Whoa fun! It does sort of seem like a chopped episode…but at least you don’t have to use everything!
    Joanne recently posted..Recipe: Asparagus, Tomato, and Onion Farinata

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  2. Sarah W. Caron (Sarah's Cucina Bella) says

    April 23, 2013 at 9:07 am

    I left an idea! It’s supposed to be on the Kitchen PLAY website, right? Cause that’s where I left it. This is so fun!

    Reply
  3. Terri says

    April 23, 2013 at 11:20 am

    I just left my idea on the Kitchen Play site…Smoked Trout dip with Avocado, dried red chili flakes and an olive oil drizzle..hmm, i might have to try and make that myself at home…with some garlic or sea salt pita chips

    Reply

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✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
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