Showing posts with label closet cooking blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label closet cooking blog. Show all posts

Sharing a Little Blogger Love

Sunday, February 14, 2010



Happy Valentine's Day Ladies! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful weekend with your sweet, precious spouses, families, kids, friends and/or loves!

Yesterday, I was thinking back to a special moment many years ago. My dad (whom I'm very close with) did such a sweet thing for me one Valentine's Day. I was single, had broken up with a long term boyfriend and most certainly wasn't expecting anything, especially not flowers from anyone. My dad knew it would be a rather uneventful day for me and surprised me by popping over to the house with some pink sweetheart roses for me. It was a reminder that sometimes the best thing you can do on Valentine's day is brighten the day for someone who may not experience all of the giddy love and celebration that others are enjoying.

I wanted to share a little love with you all today, blogger style. I thought I'd share with you my top 5 Favorite go-to blogs. These are the five blogs that I read and visit nearly every single day. I hope you will check them out and may enjoy them as much as I have.

My Favorite Blogs:

1. Young House Love- I heart this blog! Why? Because,Sherry and John are a young couple who purchased a charming, older home in Virginia and blog every single day (sometimes multiple times per day) on the ins and outs of decor, their home renovation projects, their new baby nursery for their little 'beanette' on the way and their cute little pup named 'burger'. Oh, and they have some pretty sweet giveaways too. If you love do-it-youself decor projects and witty humor you'll love Young House Love!

2. Fashion Under $100- May of you have been asking for more fashion posts via the blog poll in my sidebar. One site I'm loving right now for great outfits under $100, celebrity wardrobe requests on a dime and fab finds under fifty dollars is this one. You might remember how I dedicated a whole fall fashion post to it HERE. You can even write in with your requests for reunion attire, what to wear on your next hot date, etc.

3. Rare & Beautiful Treasures-Erin is a sweet gal who like the Young House Love couple, is also pregnant, blogging about baby treasures, the wondeful celebrations and details in everyday life as well as some stunning inspirational decor images too! Erin writes beautiful and inspirational posts that always pull on my heart and make me reflect.

4. Copy Cat Chic- If you love great home design but can't afford the designer price tags, then this blog is for you! Reichel takes finds from Potterybarn, Restoration Hardware, Horchow and the like and shows you (in most cases) a great knock off for a fraction of the price! She too will take on reader requests so send her some furniture or accessories you love (but can't afford) and she'll do the rest!

5. Closet Cooking- You may remember me featuring Kevin's blog on my Fabulous Fare post. I stumbled across this blog completely by accident many months ago and was delighted to find so many creative and delicious-looking recipes. I also thought it was neat that he's a blogger from my hometown. :) You will have a blast whipping up some fun, new recipes after visiting this blog. Over 2300 followers can't be wrong!

How about you? Do you have a favorite blog that you'd like to share with us? Let's continue to share the love. Have a wonderful long weekend!


Fabulous Fare

Tuesday, September 15, 2009



With the nearing of fall and the routines that come with kids back to school and regular work schedules, I thought I'd share a little something amazing that I found, that I think all of you will love and find useful.

If you're bored with mealtime and have been wanting to try a new recipe, or have been craving some sweet treats, have I found the blog for you-it's called Closet cooking! I don't just love it because the chef extraordinaire is a Toronto native like myself but because everything he makes just looks so darn yummy and is super creative!



Photo courtesy of Closet Cooking Blog


I love that this recipe embraces both the essence of summer with peaches and the flavors of fall with maple sugar. What a yummy treat!







Photo courtesy of Closet Cooking Blog


For all you eggplant lovers, forget eggplant parmasean, try something new with this panini! What a fun way to get your children to try eggplant. All smothered in maranara and cheesy goodness, they're bound to love it!




Photo courtesy of Closet Cooking Blog



Instead of pizza, try this fun tomato tart made with phyllo dough for a light and tasty treat!

In case you are wondering, the blog post header photo is Roasted Strawberry Balsamic Ice Cream which is anything but ordinary.

There are too many amazing recipes to list here, so if you're in the mood to do something different, I encourage you to check out Kevin's blog for some inspiring fare. You'll never have to wonder again what to make for dinner.

Happy Cooking!