This week went by fast. March is going by fast! I am not too upset by it, I am ready for warmer weather to be honest. I got about 30 tomato plants planted yesterday, and about 20 varying types of peppers, from chile and jalapeno, to bell. I am going to get the rest of the garden in this week and hopefully nothing will mess it up. That is a big hopefully, because between flooding, raccoons, and marauding chickens sometimes my garden doesn’t make it.

I have been too busy to begin milking the goats, but by next week should be happily making chevre.

Anyway…Easter is early this year, and if you haven’t looked at your calendar, you might want to, because it is next Sunday. I plan on devoting the week next week to Easter goodies so don’t go away!

But for today…hmmmm…Saturday Surfing. Ready?

Everyone loves chocolate Easter eggs, and these from The Kitchen, at Apartment Therapy, are more than just incredible. Imagine, GOLD eggs with chocolate inside! Check out the instructions for cleaning out the egg, filling it with chocolate, and painting it gold.

Eating Out Loud also has eggs, but these are beautiful, marblized Chinese tea eggs.

If you are into coloring your eggs with organic dyes, completely organic dyes, what about spinach, beet and other natural items? Check out The Green Guide for a tutorial on how to make your own, organic egg dyes from food items. Very cool.

Inge makes these incredible sounding Hot Cross Buns on Vanielje Kitchen. I know I send you there alot, but seriously, have you ever seen ANYTHING there that wasn’t fantastic?

A Slice of Cherry Pie is having an Easter Cake Bake and you can get in on it if you hurry. The round-up ends March 31

Kevin from Closet Cooking has an awesome Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Banana Bread if you are looking for something delicious to serve with Easter Brunch.

David Lebovitz is always doing somethign amazing. Sometimes, in certain moods, I think he has somehow stolen the life that I had once envisioned for myself and is now living it in Paris. WHich is o.k..because he probably does not want to be restoring a 100 year old house, homeschooling, and attempting sustainable farming on small, microscopic acreage. So I read his posts and live vicariously. He has an incredible sounding bacon ice cream on his blog this week Now before you assume I have lost my mind let me tell you that the combined flavors of sweet/salty and my favorites…chocolate covered pretzels, pretzel and white chocolate ice cream…and on and on. So if you think that I am fazed by this you are wrong. I think it sounds wonderful for two reasons:

1. the flavors sound fantastic
2. my family will never try it so it will all be mine. I am making it soon. I promise!

And the Eggs has a great ham glaze recipe posted, and the unusual sight of a Rabbi carving ham…hmmmm…..

An unusual looking pineapple upside down cake is featured at Flowers in the Kitchen. It is truly one of the prettiest I have seen, done in a bundt pan.

I just discovered a blog called Cabbage Roses and Cupcakes. Now, first let me say that the big, full, heirloom cabbage roses are featured nor only in my garden, but as many places in my house as I can fit them given that the girls are far outnumbered here. So the title made me instantly at home. And then in looking at the recipes I came upon the Pistachio, Cardamom and Lime Cake. Not only does that sound fantastic..but HEY, it sounds fantastic! I have not had time to check out the other things there but I am sure that it is worth spending a few days perusing the site.

I have been doing some spring tea type baking on Kettle and Cup this past week. Check out the Starbucks Vanilla Scones and the Lavender Tea Cake with Vanilla Icing 

Have a great weekend!

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O.k…well…

The Foodie Blogroll has changed. I have it up on Apron Strings and Simmering Things, because I don’t have creative license to what goes in the sidebars here…but I consider Baking Delights part of the blogroll. I can’t remember how many foodie blogs are on it now but there are a ton….and new ones every day.

One of the new ones is A Pot of Tea and a Biscuit. Welcome to the foodie blog roll, Sylvie! She has an awesome recipe for curried chicken parcels, which I am also pretty sure you could make ahead and use as part of your Once A Month Cooking line up.

If you think you have seen cupcakes, let me tell you..you have NOT seen cupcakes until you visit All Things Cupcake. Absolutely a cupcake feast for the eyes.

Look what I found on Home Gourmets! Hidden Chocolate Tarts. I would like to hide some of these away, myself!

Check out my cruller recipe on Apron Strings. It really came out awesome and I am ready to make some more! I liked the way that I shaped them, and so did the kids.

Stop by More Than Burnt Toast and congratulate Valli for winning the Royal Foodie Joust for February! She made Citrus Spice-Rubbed Baby Back Ribs…and…ummm…wow.

At Mrs Sac’s Purple Kitchen, Melissa cooks up an awesome version of one of my favorites, chicken tortilla soup.

Piggy’s Cooking Journal is not just a great food blog. The design of it and images are aesthetically perfect. She is part of the Tuesdays with Dorie crew and made some fantastic looking snickery bars this week.

Pixie is another one of my must read bloggers. She is magically amazing, as she has already eaten breakfast for tomorrow…oh wait..she is on the other side of the world!! Anyway..she creates Bagels on her blog, You Say Tomato..I Say Tomato

At Cafe Lynnylou Lynne makes a spiced blueberry grunt…did I mention my adoration of all things blueberry?

Dharm cracks me up…Call it sexist but a guy who cooks intrigues me…because…well…other than the grill, Marc would starve to death without me. We have a system..he keeps gas and oil in the car and I keep food in his belly. It has worked for 28 years…ANYWAY..

Dharm at Dad~Baker & Chef creates his grandmother’s recipe for Caramel Custard and it looks fabulous. Apparently his grandma made it for them when they were sick..I would have been sick constantly I think!

Check out the cake balls on Megan’s blog, which is aptly named, Megans Cookin. They look fantastic.

Laurie at the Quirky Cupcake announced the ingredient for March, which is Marshmallow. If you are going ot take part get your entry in by the 28th.

The Way the Cookie Crumbles is not a blog that I have ever visited before…so I head over there to see what’s up…and what’s up is..Oh my gosh…raspberry bars. Did I mention that raspberries are also adored by yours truly? So when I stopped licking the screen……

and went on to Jen at Canadian Baker only to find….Cranberry Pear bars.

So I am done..I have gained 20 lbs looking at this stuff. Everything looks good, and now I am craving food…

Hey, if you have a food blog, and you haven’t ever commented leave a comment! I like blog visiting on Saturdays and I would love to see what you are doing.

Have a great weekend and don’t forget to spring forward to night with the clocks. I dislike this time change..I prefer the autumn one, by the way, but no one asked me.

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From yesterday? I posted a link to it? Yeah. That one.

Well guess what? Over at the Passionate Cook they have extended, YES EXTENDED,  the deadline. For me personally, this means that I am going to make another one of a different sort…but for you, if you want to get in on the WTSIM…. roundups, well now is a good time to do it.

I will post the next one I decide to make soon.

So, what is a terrine anyway? Well, a terrine is originally a French meat dish.  It is the rustic version of pate, the meat is not as finely ground, usually. It is baked in a bain-marie,  often with layers of meats, and then cooled, and pressed with weights.

Today’s terrine can be anything from original meat, to vegetable or even chocolate, as I made on Kettle & Cup .

So….watch Ratatouille to get in the mood, grab your chef’s knife and try your hand at terrine. I think you will enjoy the challenge.

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for the crust:
1 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter, melted
1/4 cup (1 3/4 oz) sugar
1/3 cup (1 oz) unsweetened cocoa powder
1 large egg
1 cup (3 oz) sweetened flaked coconut
1/2 cup (2 oz) chopped walnuts
1 t vanilla extract
2 cups (10 oz) graham cracker crumbs

for the filling:
1 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 t vanilla extract
2 T instant vanilla pudding mix
2 T milk

for the frosting:
1 cup (6 oz) chopped dark chocolate
2 T (1 oz) unsalted butter

-for the crust: Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. Grease a 9×9-inch or 11×7-inch pan and line the bottom with parchment. Combine melted butter, sugar and cocoa in a bowl, then mix in the egg. Stir in the coconut, chopped nuts, vanilla and graham cracker crumbs. Press into the botton of the prepared pan and bake for about 10 minutes. Cool crust completely before filling and frosting.

-for the filling: Cream the butter by hand in a medium bowl and add in 1 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla. In a separate small bowl, stir the milk and pudding mix together, then add to the butter mixture. Add in the remaining powdered sugar and beat vigorously until free of lumps. Spread over the cooled crust and refrigerate until cold (half an hour is good).

-for the frosting: Melt the chocolate and butter together using a double boiler or the microwave, stirring until smooth. Spread and smooth over the chilled bars and refrigerate until set (another half hour or so). Cut with a sharp knife (heat your knife if you have trouble with the chocolate cracking).

A new blog to me is <a href=”blessusolord.blogspot.com” >Bless Us  O Lord</a> and Barbara seems to be my  kind of blogger..she has 4 kids and I loved her entry for Make My Kid Eat.

  O.k..the timer on the computer is about up..Library..blech!

 Check out the blogs and be blessed!!

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