Favorite Food Blog Finds

Over the years, I’ve accumulated several large files of recipes I’ve printed off of food blogs. The files (actually they are notebooks and scrapbooks) are almost overwhelming to go through, and yet I do it every week as I’m creating my grocery shopping list. What do I want to make? What haven’t I tried? What goes with the season, the weather? I haven’t tried all of the recipes I’ve gathered, and maybe I haven’t even tried the majority of them, but I have tried a lot. At least once a week I cook something that comes from a fellow food blogger, and I’ve been delighted by a lot of what I’ve found. Today, I want to highlight five of my favorite food blog recipes of all-time. I think they deserve the attention… Look for another set of five Favorite Food Blog Finds in the weeks ahead, and then another set, and another set…

Chicken Fajitas
I thought I had chicken fajitas down, but the cooking method in this recipe from Sea Salt with Food—on a cast iron grill—is so great, I’ll never make fajitas another way! And I love the marinade, too. In the past, I’d make homemade fajita seasoning with dried spices, but the freshness of this recipe is really good. Next time I will modify one thing, however—I need the guacamole, please!

Chile Verde
As seen on Simply Recipes, this recipe for Chile Verde comes from Arturo Vargas. I cut it in half, as I’m only feeding two people, but the flavors are wonderful, rich, and spicy, but not too spicy.

Hazelnut & Chard Ravioli Salad
This recipe by Heidi Swanson of 101 Cookbooks, is packed with healthful ingredients, such as Swiss Chard and butternut squash. It’s a great recipe for fall, as it has those fall colors, flavors, and warming tones, but it definitely tastes yummy whenever!

Perfect Popcorn
Seriously. The title is true. This IS perfect popcorn. I haven’t bought those nasty bags of microwave popcorn since I discovered this easy and exceptionally tasty way to make it in a large saucepan. Thanks Elise at Simply Recipes!

Pizza Dough
I love, love, love, love, love this pizza dough! Whenever I make it, everyone asks me for the recipe. I wish it were mine, but it belongs to Julie Jams, who actually got it from someone else. So thank you way on down the line…