a stylish blogger award

A Stylish Blogger Award

Many thanks to Christina at Christina’s Taste Test Project for my Stylish Blog Award! What a nice surprise to receive it! I think you would like her blog and her recipes so be sure to look around her site at http://itsakeeper.wordpress.com/  I've printed her recipe for braciole and also for her Uncle Carmine’s Sicilian Cauliflower.

The rules for the award are:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded you this.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered great bloggers.
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their award.

Here 7 things about me:

I am addicted to my dog….. you can see why!  He’s totally spoiled…..

My favorite book is Pride and Prejudice …. I’m also addicted to Mr. Darcy, but then again, who isn’t?

I am the music director at my church. You can click on my Butterscotch Cheesecake post and see me in action there directing one of the bell choirs. I play the piano and guitar. Here I am in a little band we had for Vacation Bible School one year. How about that bandanna, eh? 

I speak Spanish, well almost- I’m pretty rusty these days! I was a Spanish major in college and taught Spanish for years. I've traveled to Mexico many times (for vacation, school and mission work), Spain, and Argentina. Now I teach middle school Language Arts, Geography and American History. 

I have the best husband who I totally love! We have been married for 25 years so I guess I can reveal that I’m 50 years old – ouch! We have three fantastic children-two in college and one in high school. My youngest son is becoming a great photographer.
         

      I’ve been taking photos of my cooking since the early days of cooking. I remember taking a picture of a beautiful meal of scallops with red cabbage, pasta and cream sauce very early in my cooking. Wish I could find that photo! Somewhere around here we also have a picture of a loaf of bread I made which turned out so horrible that we actually used it as a door stop. The only problem- our dog kept chewing on it and dragging it around the house. It was really heavy!  Here’s an old photo of my first sushi.

 Since it’s Thanksgiving, I will say I’m thankful for my faith, family, friends, warm home, good health and so much more. 

Now to share the award:

The Weekend Gourmet – Wendy has great recipes and really nice photos! I made her Tuscan Bean Dip for Thanksgiving and it was great.

Sweet as Sugar Cookies – Lisa is a beautiful baker – She’s baking her way to Christmas right now

Baking Serendipity – I just started following this blog. From pies to pastries, cookies to cupcakes, you’ll find it there.

An Opera Singer in the Kitchen- This is a vegan blog. I am not a vegan. I am not even a vegetarian. But I am a lover of music and of good food. I also love my fellow Michigan bloggers!

Liv Life – Just posted on this great blog: Orange Butter Cookies with Grand Marnier Glaze… I mean, come on! YUM

bottomless kitchen – I think their headline says it all: “EAT GOOD FOOD. Food is an essential ingredient to living a positive and healthy lifestyle.” I agree.

What Megan’s Making- Another Michigan blogger and wonderful baker – Megan did a fantastic series on pumpkin recently.

It started with one…. A local blogger – the first blog I followed! Sara is cooking her way through her huge stack of cookbooks…… aren’t we all?