Your Meridian Ten Of 2011 {Most-Viewed Recipes Of The Year}

Well, hither they are!  Your function yesteryear 10 of 2011 ... every bit 'voted for' yesteryear your clicks.  And I must say, you lot all pick out great taste.  Hee, hee.

1.  Funfetti Cake Balls - By farrrrrrr your almost clicked post.  This post service was viewed a whopping 7 times to a greater extent than than the #2 post.  Boy, who would pick out idea that 1 of my biggest 'oops' of the twelvemonth would plough into such a fabulous-little-favorite treat.  One reader fifty-fifty called me "the MacGuyver of the kitchen" for this recovery of a flop ... I'm in addition to therefore flattered!

2.  Salted Chocolate Cake Pops - Oooohh, this 1 brings dorsum such a wonderful retention ... an entire twenty-four hr catamenia this summertime spent making cake pops in addition to cake ball truffles alongside my friend Jenny.  Thanks in addition to therefore much for giving me this walk downwardly retention lane!

3.  Nutella French Toast alongside Maple Syrup, Bananas, & Strawberries - I've definitely been on a Nutella boot this year.  Yum.

4.  The BEST Vanilla Cupcake + the BEST Coffee Buttercream - Thank you lot for coming along on my hollo for for the BEST vanilla cupcake!  It was surprisingly hard to detect a vanilla cupcake that I was really happy with.

5.  Stovetop Smoked Gouda Mac & Cheese - This 1 holds a exceptional house inward my heart, because it was created for the offset e'er Crazy Cooking Challenge, the encephalon tiddler of in addition to hosted yesteryear Tina of Mom's Crazy Cooking.  I dear participating inward the Challenge alongside Tina in addition to the other 80-or-so participating bloggers!  (Hey, cheque us out on Jan seventh when we'll live on going alive alongside a Chicken Noodle Soup Crazy Cooking Challenge ... I know, I know, shameless plug.)

6.  Margarita Cupcakes - a.k.a Top Shelf Margarita Cupcakes.  These were a July creation that were simply perfect for summer.

7.  High German Chocolate Chip Cookies - These tasty fiddling beauties were likewise made for a Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies (which likewise made the function yesteryear 10 listing at #9).  Looks similar you lot all liked these fifty-fifty meliorate than the Nutella Chocolate Chippers ... perchance I should pick out gone alongside these for the Challenge!

8.  Black Bottom Cupcakes - Chocolate & cheesecake together inward a two-or-maybe-three-bite-sized cupcake.  What to a greater extent than could nosotros inquire for?  This is the post service inward which I included a boom from the yesteryear ... Animal of the Muppets singing "mnah-mnum" ... dear that fiddling puppet guy.  This is likewise the sweetness process I featured inward Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies - My 2d Nutella-based process to brand your function yesteryear 10.  These fiddling tasties were baked upwards for the Crazy Cooking Challenge.  Delish.

10.  Margarita Cake Ball Truffles - Margarita Cupcakes' fiddling sister!  This post service fifty-fifty features a see from Elvis.

And I would similar to include my favorite detect from 2011 inward blogland ... S'More Pralines, adapted from Bakergirl's Graham Cracker S'mores Candy.  Incidentally, these made Bakergirl's 2011 Top Ten!  Believe me, these are absolutely scrumptious.

Thank you lot to everyone who has stopped yesteryear my fiddling topographic point inward blogland this year!  I really appreciate you lot reading, your comments, your support, in addition to your encouragement.  Happy New Year's Day to you!!

Your Peak Ten Of 2012 {Most Viewed Recipes Of The Yr - Playground Round-Up}

Well, the Christmas flavor has come upward in addition to gone.  I spent around wonderful fourth dimension amongst my family, relaxed, in addition to ate waaaaaaayyy also much.  Now it's fourth dimension to plough an optic toward healthier eating to brand upward for all that carbohydrate I ate during the holidays!

It's also fourth dimension to plough an optic toward the favorite posts of 2012 on .  I receive got in addition to thus much fun going dorsum through the posts of the twelvemonth to come across which ones you've all liked best.  It's such a overnice lilliputian trip downward retentiveness lane.  Just similar 2011's favorites, you lot all made around non bad picks.

And so,  here they are! ...

YOUR function yesteryear 10 of 2012, equally 'voted' on yesteryear your clicks.

1.  Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies - Ooohhhhhhh, these cookies are sooooooooo worthy of the function yesteryear topographic point for the year!  I seriously intend these are the best cookies ever.  Apparently, you lot all did too.

2.  No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert - Mmmmmmm.  A identify unit of measurement absolute favorite.  Creamy comfort inwards a {no-bake} pan.

3.  Classic Oreo Icebox Dessert - Another non bad no-bake dessert.  And who tin resist an Oreo???  Well, how nigh an Oreo covered inwards chocolate pudding in addition to topped amongst whipped cream? ... Even better!

4.  Pizza Spaghetti Bake - H5N1 non bad easy-to-pull-together weeknight meal.  And it combines ii flavor favorites ... spaghetti in addition to pizza.  Yum.

5.  Brown Sugar Baked Peaches - H5N1 healthier sweetness process ... at only nigh 100 calories per peach.  But believe me, you lot sure don't experience similar you're eating a just-100-calorie dessert!

6.  Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn - Such a sweetness retentiveness comes along amongst this ane ... hosting a double babe shower for my friends Jenny in addition to Andrea in addition to their sweetness lilliputian boys {who are immediately nigh seven months old}.

7.  Baby Shower White Chocolate-Dipped Rice Krispie Treats - Another sweetness babe shower retentiveness ... these treats were made for the babe shower my lilliputian 1st graders asked to plough over my friend Andrea, their 'other teacher.'

8.  Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes - Made these for my Mom's birthday this year.  She loved them!

9.  German Chocolate Cupcakes - Sooooo good.  Love that ooey-gooey coconut-pecan topping.

10.  7 Layer Cookies - H5N1 classic made yesteryear Mark's Mom ... these are always on her Christmas twenty-four hours cookie tray.


So what create you lot think?  Are you lot happy amongst your function yesteryear 10?  I am!  I intend you lot all receive got non bad taste.  But ...

... I couldn't halt at only the function yesteryear 10 ... 'cause, well, the divergence betwixt the 10th, 11th, 12th, in addition to 13th spots was soooooooo close.  Like, seriously, entirely nigh 200 'clicks' separated these iv items.  So I decided to include 3 'extras' equally Honorable Mentions.  Oh, in addition to non to mention, the adjacent 3 only in addition to thus spill out to endure 3 of my personal all-time absolute favorites!

You don't mind?  Oh, good.  I didn't intend you lot would.

Honorable Mentions:

11.  Hot Corn Dip - Hot equally inwards 'warm,' in addition to hot equally inwards 'spicy.'  But non too spicy.  Just-right spicy.  And in addition to thus good.

12.  Curried Chicken Salad - H5N1 no-mayo, really flavorful chicken salad that's ane of my favorite take-to-school lunches.

13.  Baked Jalapeno Poppers - All the delicious flavor in addition to estrus of traditional jalapeno poppers, minus the deep-fried guilt.

Thank you lot in addition to thus much for existence a reader of .  I genuinely appreciate you lot in addition to the fourth dimension you lot receive got to see my lilliputian slice of blogland.  Happy New Year's Day to you!!

Your Peak Ten Of 2012 {Most Viewed Recipes Of The Yr - Playground Round-Up}

Well, the Christmas flavor has come upward in addition to gone.  I spent around wonderful fourth dimension amongst my family, relaxed, in addition to ate waaaaaaayyy also much.  Now it's fourth dimension to plough an optic toward healthier eating to brand upward for all that carbohydrate I ate during the holidays!

It's also fourth dimension to plough an optic toward the favorite posts of 2012 on .  I receive got in addition to thus much fun going dorsum through the posts of the twelvemonth to come across which ones you've all liked best.  It's such a overnice lilliputian trip downward retentiveness lane.  Just similar 2011's favorites, you lot all made around non bad picks.

And so,  here they are! ...

YOUR function yesteryear 10 of 2012, equally 'voted' on yesteryear your clicks.

1.  Insanely Delicious Turtle Cookies - Ooohhhhhhh, these cookies are sooooooooo worthy of the function yesteryear topographic point for the year!  I seriously intend these are the best cookies ever.  Apparently, you lot all did too.

2.  No-Bake Chocolate Eclair Dessert - Mmmmmmm.  A identify unit of measurement absolute favorite.  Creamy comfort inwards a {no-bake} pan.

3.  Classic Oreo Icebox Dessert - Another non bad no-bake dessert.  And who tin resist an Oreo???  Well, how nigh an Oreo covered inwards chocolate pudding in addition to topped amongst whipped cream? ... Even better!

4.  Pizza Spaghetti Bake - H5N1 non bad easy-to-pull-together weeknight meal.  And it combines ii flavor favorites ... spaghetti in addition to pizza.  Yum.

5.  Brown Sugar Baked Peaches - H5N1 healthier sweetness process ... at only nigh 100 calories per peach.  But believe me, you lot sure don't experience similar you're eating a just-100-calorie dessert!

6.  Baby Shower White Chocolate Popcorn - Such a sweetness retentiveness comes along amongst this ane ... hosting a double babe shower for my friends Jenny in addition to Andrea in addition to their sweetness lilliputian boys {who are immediately nigh seven months old}.

7.  Baby Shower White Chocolate-Dipped Rice Krispie Treats - Another sweetness babe shower retentiveness ... these treats were made for the babe shower my lilliputian 1st graders asked to plough over my friend Andrea, their 'other teacher.'

8.  Pineapple Upside-Down Cupcakes - Made these for my Mom's birthday this year.  She loved them!

9.  German Chocolate Cupcakes - Sooooo good.  Love that ooey-gooey coconut-pecan topping.

10.  7 Layer Cookies - H5N1 classic made yesteryear Mark's Mom ... these are always on her Christmas twenty-four hours cookie tray.


So what create you lot think?  Are you lot happy amongst your function yesteryear 10?  I am!  I intend you lot all receive got non bad taste.  But ...

... I couldn't halt at only the function yesteryear 10 ... 'cause, well, the divergence betwixt the 10th, 11th, 12th, in addition to 13th spots was soooooooo close.  Like, seriously, entirely nigh 200 'clicks' separated these iv items.  So I decided to include 3 'extras' equally Honorable Mentions.  Oh, in addition to non to mention, the adjacent 3 only in addition to thus spill out to endure 3 of my personal all-time absolute favorites!

You don't mind?  Oh, good.  I didn't intend you lot would.

Honorable Mentions:

11.  Hot Corn Dip - Hot equally inwards 'warm,' in addition to hot equally inwards 'spicy.'  But non too spicy.  Just-right spicy.  And in addition to thus good.

12.  Curried Chicken Salad - H5N1 no-mayo, really flavorful chicken salad that's ane of my favorite take-to-school lunches.

13.  Baked Jalapeno Poppers - All the delicious flavor in addition to estrus of traditional jalapeno poppers, minus the deep-fried guilt.

Thank you lot in addition to thus much for existence a reader of .  I genuinely appreciate you lot in addition to the fourth dimension you lot receive got to see my lilliputian slice of blogland.  Happy New Year's Day to you!!

20 Political Party Nutrient Favorites

xx precisely perfect for entertaining Party Food Favorites from the archives.  Get your political party on!

It's Playground Round-Up time! ... where I highlight treats from the weblog related to a item subject or ingredient.  So, what's this Round-Up's subject you ask?  Party foods!

'Cause isn't in that place a big football game game coming upwards or something?  Yeh.  I intend mayhap in that place is.

And nosotros all know nosotros honey to savour our political party foods with our football.

So hither are nineteen political party favorites from the Kitchen is My Playground archives in addition to ...

one I desire to elbow grease from my bloggy friend Mom on Timeout.  Be certain to await for 'Tracey's transcend pick' (that's me!), 'Mark's transcend pick' (that's my hubby!), in addition to the 'Readers' Pick past times Clicks' (that's you!) noted inwards the Round-Up list. 

Enjoy the Round-Up!  (And your party!)

1.  Baked Jalapeno Poppers ... Mark's Top Pick

These jalapeno poppers are the perfect party-time snack for the human being who says for every nutrient ... "It needs to a greater extent than jalapeno."  (Yup, that would endure my hubby.)  And since they're baked, you instruct all the nifty jalapeno popper sense of savor without the deep-fried guilt.  Score!

2.  7-Layer Greek Dip

Could it be?  Do my eyes deceive me?  A salubrious dip??  Yes!  Layers of cucumber- in addition to feta-laced Greek yogurt, hummus, kalamata olives, artichokes, in addition to fresh tomatoes add together upwards to i delicious dip that's lighter on the calorie-intake side.

3.  Boursin-Style Cheese Spread

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 prepare-at-home version of the traditional herbed cheese spread.  So uncomplicated ... in addition to soooooo good.

4.  Hot Corn Dip

I honey creamy, hot dips!  And this i is i of my absolute favorites.  In fact, it was inwards heavy consideration for this Round-Up's Tracey's Top Pick.  And believe me, capitalizing on the convenience of canned corn, this scrumptious dip genuinely couldn't instruct whatever easier.

5.  Carolina Caviar

Also known equally Texas Caviar ... or Redneck Caviar ... but whatever you telephone telephone it, it's precisely evidently good.  Serve it upwards with crusty baguette slices, crackers, or tortilla chips for a tasty lower-calorie political party treat.

6.  Grand Marnier & Spiced Rum Fruit Dip
This is around other i that was inwards heavy consideration for this Round-Up's Tracey's Top Pick.  I practise believe this is my favorite fruit dip ever.  It's low-cal in addition to fluffy in addition to super delicious.  Oh, in addition to it's got booze.  Yum.

7.  Marinated Cheese ... Tracey's Top Pick!
It was a tight race for Tracey's Top Pick, equally sooooo many of these political party foods are absolute favorites of mine ... but Marinated Cheese is my absolute, absolute favorite!  I honey it non solely because it tastes in addition to then wonderful, but because it's also beautiful.  I precisely honey all the colors ... in addition to it actually looks pretty on a political party platter.

8.  Mixed Olive Tapenade
Until I made this mixed olive tapenade, I didn't realize how tardily it is to brand your ain tapenade at home.  Olives, a handful of other ingredients, in addition to a quick whirl inwards a nutrient processor is all it takes.  And it tastes wayyyyyy ameliorate than the jarred materials you purchase at the store.

9.  Warm Rosemary Olives
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend of mine described these olives equally something inwards which "the whole is agency to a greater extent than than the total of the parts." Somehow, precisely popping olives inwards the oven with ii other ingredients ... fresh rosemary in addition to crushed cerise pepper ... creates something precisely fabulous.  Away from the oven?  No worries ... precisely popular these on the grill or warm them over the campfire!  (Seriously, I've done both.)

10.  Hot Onion Souffle Dip
Another hot, creamy dip that's always, always, always, always, always a hit.

11.  Classic Pimento Cheese
As finger sandwiches or with crackers.  {If you're from the South, 'nuff said.  Right, y'all?}

12.  Spinach Balls ... Readers' Pick past times Clicks!
I receive got to commend you all on your nifty sense of savor ... these piddling bites are totally fabulous.  And they're freezer-friendly to brand ahead, too.  Bonus!

13.  Blue Cheese Dressing {or Dip}
Whip around upwards to become with those Buffalo wings you've got planned!  This is seriously the best blueish cheese dressing/dip I've ever had.  After getting this recipe from a friend, it's the solely blueish cheese I want.

14.  Sweet Potato Hummus
Such a tasty twist on traditional hummus.  Don't endure scared ... it's non similar eating a big ol' scoop of mashed sweetness potatoes on a pita chip.  I promise.

15.  Antipasto Platter with Grape Tomato & Caper Salad

Aaahhhhh, the antipasto platter.  One of my favorite go-to political party foods.  Assemble your favorites, serve around sliced baguette or other crusty bakery staff of life alongside, in addition to you've got i tardily political party feast on your hands.

16.  Crescent Sausage Bites

Super simple, super delicious 3-ingredient crescent sausage bites are around other go-to political party staple for me.  And they're e'er a huge hit, peculiarly with the guys.

17.  Tabouli
Most people don't intend of tabouli equally a political party nutrient ... but I honey to serve it with pita points or pita chips equally around other salubrious political party alternative.

18.  Chai-Spiced Mixed Nuts
The spice combination that makes upwards traditional chai is i of my favorite flavors.  And the season combination does non disappoint with these flavorful mixed nuts.

19.  Pico de Gallo 
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 classic.  Who doesn't honey chips in addition to fresh salsa?


And i I desire to elbow grease from Mom on Timeout ...