Catch the Spoon

Little did I know when I volunteered to host this week’s carnival that I would be spending the weekend in bed with the most flu-like set of flu-like symptoms I’ve had in a long time…fortunately for the recipe carnival audience, this kind of virus doesn’t spread through the interwebs. Without further ado, I present to you this week’s Carnival of the Recipes, in order of submission, and with a side of acetaminophen.

• Amanda at Best Kept Recipes: Baked Apple French Toast and THE Brownies
• Chef Andrew at Recipe Bank: Crock Pot Beef Stew
• Marsha at A Weight Lifted: Asparagus and Walnut Puffs
• Linsey at Parenting Squad: Meatloaves with Style
• Laura at Laura Williams’ Musings: Spaghetti Casserole
• Chief Family Officer: Cooking Light’s Waldorf Salad
• Stephanie at Stop the Ride: Fudgy Homemade Brownies
• Deb at Increase Metabolism & Live Healthy: Zesty Bread and Butter Pickles
• Lovelyn at The Art of Balanced Living: Peppery Vegetarian Pot Stickers
• World Famous Recipes: Four Bean Salad
• Slow Cooker Recipes: Crock Pot Spicy Beef and Potatoes
• Pancake Recipes: French Vanilla Breakfast Cake
• World Famous Recipes: Quick Seafood Paella
• Diabetic Recipes: Spinach and Noodles
• Thelly at Chicken Recipes: Cheerful Chicken Salad
• Kathee at Famous Recipes: Comanche Chicksaw Plum Bars
• Chicken Recipes: Chicken Salad Sombreros
• Nerd Mom at Nerd Family Food: Pasta Alfredo Bake
• Expat Chef: Vegetable Meat Shepherd’s Pies
• Shawn Lea at Everything and Nothing: Chicken Spaghetti
• Lionel at Lookin’ at Cookin’: Tangy Rice Salad
• Christine at Me, My Kid, and Life: Green Salad with Mozzarella and Walnuts
• GS at Bossystyle BBQ: Buffalo Bombs
• And my humble submission: Black Tea Chicken

Any entries that did not include recipes were not included here – this is, after all, the carnival of recipes.

Next week’s carnival will be hosted at Food History. For information about past and future carnivals, visit the Blog Carnival listing or Shawn Lea’s carnival page.

Check out this week’s Carnival of the Recipes hosted at Everything and Nothing – it’s the Quotable Cook edition!

It seems like everyone had a party in this building last night. It was loud, and parking was crazy, but a good time seems to have been had by all.

On the first floor, Pat had a the girls over for a poker game. Kathee brought potato skins, and Amanda contributed spicy wings. Annette brought pasta to go with her spicy tomato sauce, but by the end of the night they smeared it on every edible item they could find. I dropped by for a minute with my barbecue chicken pizza, but they were all too distracted by Tom’s wide selection of jello shots and Jennie’s watermelon tonic to notice.

On the second floor, Shannon threw another of his fabulous dinner parties. Suzanne started off the meal with her cream of tomato soup. Shannon offered not one, but two main courses; Natalie enjoyed the lamb shank, while Mer had the beef bourguignon. Everyone enjoyed Marsha’s apple beet medley. Joel went a little overboard and brought his three cabbage side dishes, but nobody really minded. Shawn was in charge of the cocktails, but she couldn’t decide what to make, so she brought the whole bar (which Hillbilly Willy took immediate advantage of and made a vat of hillbilly punch).

Downstairs in the coffee bar, the local sorority held their annual all-night Sugar Rush, where they binged on desserts instead of alcohol. Amanda stunned everyone with her chocolate peanut butter pie, Melanie brought a “to die for” black forest gateaux, and Bonnie arrived with her famous pecan clusters. The beverages were donated by two local businesses: Slow Cooker Recipes provided the mulled cider, and Diabetic Recipes threw in some sugar-free berry lemonade to counteract all those sweets. The surprise of the night came when Matt crashed the party, but he made up for it by baking some fresh chewy chocolate chip cookies, and they made him an honorary Delta Chi sister.

Me? I sat at home and had the perfect drink with Triticale. Before I turned in for the night, I perused some of the fine things this ol’ series of tubes has to offer, like the Extreme Makeover: Leftovers Edition and the new Kosher Cooking Carnival, which reminded me that I need to make Horsewoman’s sweet dairy kugel soon.

This morning’s community brunch in our courtyard was noticeably quieter than usual, but no less crowded. Fortunately, there were enough potato pancakes and breakfast scramble to go around, and Maureen threw together some breakfast pizza for good measure. Delta Chi Sucrose filtered in a little later and celebrated the end of their Sugar Rush with some trendy cocktails (and an insulin chaser). The resident Fit Buff dropped by during his morning jog to remind us of 13 steps to a heart-healthy diet; we made note of #11, and handed him just one glass of Bill’s sangria.

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Thanks to everyone for participating in this week’s carnival! The next edition will be hosted by Wee Wifey on October 13th. Be sure to submit your recipe for the Cereal Killers edition and check out the full list of upcoming editions.

UPDATE: Samantha showed up a little late to the party, but her beer dog looks well worth the wait!

Next week, Catch the Spoon will be hosting the Carnival of the Recipes! The theme will be “drunk food” — recipes to eat during a poker game or cocktail hour, recipes that feature alcohol, morning-after “hangover breakfasts”, and, of course, cocktails. Submit your recipe links through this handy dandy form at Blog Carnival. If you don’t have a blog of your own, but you have a recipe you’d like to contribute, you can submit it through my contact form. The deadline for submissions is Saturday (9/22) at 1:00 PM.

Tune in next Sunday for all the yummy, drunken goodness!