The Liebster Blog Award is to recognize your favorite up-and-coming bloggers who have fewer than 200 subscribers, and my good friend, Charles from Five Euro Food was kind enough to give it to me! Thank you Charles! I am most touched particularly when you said “Anyone who made their own croissants from scratch deserves a nomination in my book!” — I like that a lot! But now I need to lay off making (and eating) the croissants, otherwise I will have to buy new clothes for our upcoming trip (hmmmmmmm….)
Rules are:
- Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you. Check, see above.
- Reveal your top 5 bloggers and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog. Check, see below
- Copy and paste the award on your blog. Check, see above.
The five bloggers I nominate are:
Oishii – Michael does a lot of recipe testing, and is working on his photography.
The Big Fat Noodle looks for anything positive as inspiration. Has lived in far parts of the world, but now resides in Surrey UK.
Bunny. Eats. Design. A graphic designer living in Auckland, NZ. with her hubby and bunny.
Bits and Breadcrumbs, Betsey is another graphic designer who loves to cook (notice a trend?)
Rosemary and the Goat. I really liked the name of her blog.
My brother’s wife Wendy, just bought a lovely new fire-ring; it helps to contain the fire in the fire pit. My nephew Jack LOVES making fires. JT is very good at making fires since he practically grew up at the cottage, he helped Jack make this fire so we could cook lunch on it. Lunch on Sunday was hot dogs (I haven’t had a real hot dog in 20 years, I usually opt for the veggy dog!). We roasted the dogs over the fire, it was such fun. I’d forgotten how the skin gets all tense that it pops when you bite into it!
Sunday morning I had made fried eggs in pepper rings (Flower Power Eggs from Donna’s Tasty Kitchen) so I had a lot of peppers left over. We needed an hors d’œuvre and I thought why not fire roasted peppers? We had an amazing fire, perfect embers; I roasted each pepper until the skins blackened and bubbled, took quite some time, but well worth the effort. The skin came off reasonably easily, and I sliced them into long strips.
A few crumbles of sheeps milk feta, a drizzle of olive oil, a minute or two under the broiler, and you have a gorgeous hors d’œuvre! It’s an iPhone photo, not the best, but you can see how beautiful the colours were. The smoke from the fire really came through, it was very tasty!
Here are a couple of great photos of the beautiful fall colours.
You’re more than welcome Eva – love your pics of the blogs, especially “Rosemary and the Goat” – haha 😀 I love roasted peppers – I think it was the blogger “Ping” at ping’s pickings who recently made a post dedicated to these red, awesome bundles of deliciousness. I spent some time enthusing with her on this point there too. They’re so good – I love the pictures you took too. iPhone or not, they convey the feelings of good times and good surroundings, and that’s what’s important! Those chairs around the fire look really cosy 🙂
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Thanks Charles. It was a weekend of a lot of eating and drinking. By the way, your tuppkaka was a hit! I’ve made it again for tonight’s dinner party. It’s my new favourite dessert!
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Congratulations on your award! And having your meal cooked from a fire pit sounds “cool”! The hot dog must be really crunchy and bitey, delicious! And the photos of fall are beautiful, I have always wish to experience fall, just once! Here’s wishing you a great Fall Season! 🙂
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Fall or autumn is truly lovely; it’s particularly nice to have the change in seasons. Stay tuned for my lively snow photos; they are guaranteed to awe and shock at the same time!
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Congratulations on the award, Eva…it’s WELL deserved! I love the pictures, the fire ring and the fact that you ate a hotdog! I also LOVE the pepper bruschetta you made…delish! Congrats again! Keep up the amazing work!
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Thank you Ann. I never imagined how rewarding blogging can be.
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I love your photos of the fall leaves Eva. 🙂 Congrats on another award! It’s well-deserved. And I haven’t had a grilled hot dog in ages. I’ll have to remember to do that next summer. 🙂
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Hi Eva–thanks!–you are too kind. I love your autumn photos. It is a gorgeous time of year. Enjoy!
– Michael
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Really was the most perfect autumn. Two year’s ago it snowed 😦
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Eva, what a fun-looking fire ring…makes me want to build one and roast some hot dogs over it, too! Congratulations on your award, and thank you so much for nominating me as well….truly an honor.
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Thanks Betsy, it was a blast. I hope you have as much fun with the award as I did!
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Congrats on your award and on having your first real hot dog in 20 years! You certainly picked the best way to prepare it, on an open fire. All in all, it looks like you found a perfect way to spend a Fall afternoon.
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Thanks John, I’m not trying to sound snobby, I haven’t eaten hot dogs for this long because they haven’t agreed with me; I’m OK now! And it was super fun!
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The photos are really beautiful. Cooking over a fire – what a great way to dine.
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Thank you Charlie-Louie. It was quite a fun weekend.
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