I was so excited to learn that I made it to Round Two of Foodbuzz’s Project Food Blog! 😀 Now the competition gets more fierce – out of the 400 who made it to Round Two, only 200 make it to Round Three!
So what is Challenge Two?
“Any food blogger worth their salt can make a classic dish sing, but can they go outside their comfort zone and tackle a foreign cuisine?”
Here is the tricky part – I have to submit my recipe tomorrow! I am actually leaning towards Nepalese cuisine – since it has some of the same spices as Indian food – and you all know how I love my chicken tikka masala! 😀
Yesterday I had my first honey crisp apple of the season – I paid $2 for it as Whole Foods, but I was fine with that because they are so worth it. Worst.Apple.Ever. It was so tart, I couldn’t even eat two slices of it!
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Even though it was really windy yesterday, I decided to walk at lunch – I ran an errand to the grocery store and ended up walking for 60 minutes!
I got stuck by a train for a few minutes – isn’t it weird how there is no barrier from the sidewalk to the train??
Ever since Tony’s birthday lunch attempt to go to a good deli didn’t work out, I have had corned beef on the brain! I picked up 1/4 pound of it at lunch, I had all the rest of the ingredients at home: fat free thousand island dressing was the base, then shredded corned beef, sauerkraut (that had been drained) and swiss cheese on top. Oh, and I also sprinkled caraway seeds over the top – that made it extra delicious!
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I am still trying to find a crust that Tony likes – I like a crispy crust, he wants slightly crispy, but chewy too. Maybe next time I’ll keep his pizza on the pizza pan the whole time and maybe lower the temperature?
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We slept in until 9:30 this morning and we were both hungry so we went out for breakfast and went to the grocery store – it feels weird blogging at 1:15 in the afternoon!
So come on back tomorrow for submission for Round Two! And thanks again for everyone who voted for me during the first round!
Is there a cuisine you have yet to try at home?
Ooo- I hope you do make something Nepalese. I have a lot of clients from Nepal right now and always love trying their dishes!
there are so many cuisines i don’t even attempt at home – lucky for me i live in a city where the ethnic foods are plentiful and cheap! congrats on round 2!
Congrats! That is great news. We went apple picking last weekend and picked a few honeycrisps! I love those too.
Sorry your expensive apple did not WOW you. As for new cuisine to try at home, I have done a few in our from scratch weekends, but I think I have yet to cook a traditional Azorean meal…cause I can just got out for it!
The Reuben pizza looks & sounds great! Hubby and I had a date night tonight, and we got Reuben egg rolls, which were unique and very tasty!
Congratulations on making it to round two! You’ll do great in the second round!!! One cuisine I haven’t experimented with much is Greek food. Good luck in the next round, and I can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with!
Woo hoo! Congrats! I can’t wait to see what you come up with for round 2!
Yummy looking food. I have never made Thai or Indian food at home but I like both of them.
Congrats on making it to round 2!!! Can’t wait to see your recipe!
Congrats on round 1, wish you the best in Round 2!!!!!
Yeah on making it to round 2!!!
I knew you would, I can’t wait to hear what you make!
Congrats to you for getting to two! (a little poetry to celebrate) The reuben pizza looks yummy EXCEPT I hate caraway seeds! Isn’t that weird? Me who would eat shit on a shingle hates caraway seeds. But I may try it without. We love corned beef, swiss and kraut. Can’t wait to hear that you move on to the next tier:)
This comment made me laugh out loud Leslie! 😀
I’m so excited that you made it to round 2! Good luck! Sorry about that honeycrisp–what a shame! I love them too. About the train–I was driving in the rain once and didn’t notice the flashing lights on a train track and drove over it, only to see a train barreling at me as I crossed. It was terrifying! Until then I’d never seen a train track that didn’t have a bar that came down to stop traffic. They are becoming more popular. Man, your reuben pizza looks so good I’m about to reach through the screen to snatch it–sprinkling the caraway seeds over the top was a brilliant touch!.
Ooops…obviously I want to stock up on Honey Crisp APPLES not appeals. I guess after years of working in a law firm that was bound to happen ….
I’m looking forward to our annual trip to the orchard to stock up on my favorite Honey Crisp appeals. They are so expensive in the stores around here but the orchard has them at the same price as all the other apples. I hope I get some sweet ones 😉
Good luck in round two.
Hey Biz… Congrats… You know you had my vote!
As to cuisine I don’t do. I am doing an Asian meal… I have Vietnamese Spring rolls finished (too easy to turn in as my recipe, but are really pretty as garnishes).
I am also making Hong Kong 5-Spice butter cookies, served at British hotels for High tea (pain in the ass, as the batter melts too easy, time I roll it out, cut a few cookies, the rest of the dough is too soft to work with. So I am doing 6 at a time, and I have enough dough to make 4 dozen)
My main course will be my recipe for the contest, an Okinawan Soba, which is a kind of pork belly noodle soup. Supposedly the most popular dish on the island where there are more 100 year old people (percentage wise) than any where else on Earth.
Glad you made it, and you know you will have my vote for round two
Dave
You’ll have my vote Dave! 😀
I am making roti, a spicy Dal soup and for my main course, chicken momo – a Nepalese steamed dumpling with a spicy dipping sauce 😀
Congratulations!
There are lots of cuisines I have and have not tried at home. Lately it has been Indian food. Yum.
You must carry a camera around with you everywheres you go. You take some really good pictures. I’m in school right now studying photography and I love it. You make foods that I don’t even like look yummy. I’ll definitely be back to read more of your posts.
Yep – pretty much have it with me 24/7 – the benefits of having a point and shoot camera! 😀
Woohoo, congratulations on making it to round two!!! You are so worthy of winning this competition – I’m excited for you! And with you coming up with a Reuben pizza – well, that just shows how much you think outside the box – love it!
Congrats on making it to the next round! You know that you’ve got my vote. I’m interested to see what you come up with for the next round!
YAY! congrats, you so deserve to move on in the competition…here’s to the next round!!