Another award! It’ll go to my head if you’re not all careful. This time it’s the Kreativ Blogger Award, for which I was nominated by the endlessly creative Nina at Tabkhet el yom, who very much deserved her own nomination. Nina gives us Lebanese recipes from her own family, as well as other recipes which have caught her eye along the way. Thanks Nina!
The rules for this award are as follows:
- Thank the blogger who gave me the award and provide a link. Thanks again Nina!
- List 7 things about myself that my readers might find interesting
- Nominate 7 other bloggers, provide links, and let them know
Seven interesting things, eh? That is pretty tricky but I’ll give it a go…
- I am the youngest in my family – there’s a ten year gap between my brother and I, and another three years between my brother and sister. I’m not sure if I’m a typical youngest child; I might be a mix of youngest child with a hint of only child syndrome, since I was still quite young when both Miss J and Mr B moved out of my mum and dad’s. What a charming combination that is, I’m sure.
- The first thing I remember baking is fairy cakes, when I was in the Brownies (that’s like the girl guides). I remember typing the recipe out of my handbook onto our computer and printing it out so I could keep it in the kitchen. It was a reliable recipe! But I’ve never been good at icing…
- I am going off cake. I’m not going off chocolate, which I’d probably prefer… I am not going off baking, thankfully because it bring me and other a lot of happiness (and sugar), but eating the finished result isn’t as high on my list of priorities any more.
- I like to make a Sunday roast, but I always get stressed out about the gravy. I refuse to use Bisto, though stock cubes do get put in occasionally…
- I will clap along to any music, throwing in the eighties hand clap which is a double clap on every fourth or eighth beat. This is an annoying habit, but I do it all the time anyway. Sorry.
- I love the Harry Potter films and books, and yes, I know they are for children. The good thing about being an adult is you can choose whatever you like to watch and read. This includes children’s books and ‘family’ films.
- I overuse the exclamation mark. I’m aware of doing it, but it seems necessary to convey my meaning a lot of the time. This is an open apology to the overused exclamation mark.
Now, for my seven nominations I choose:
- Jingersnaps - Jinger is a very cool chick who likes Shaun of the Dead and also writes a darn cool blog. She does ALL THE THINGS like knitting and baking and taking photos and gardening.
- Movita Beaucoup - Movita is another very cool chick. Jinger and I both have blogging girl crushes on her. Shhh… Movita does cooking and such but also teaches ballet – a diverse lady.
- Nice Things in My LIfe - this is a sweet and pretty blog about all the facets of homemaking and fill of, you guessed it, beautiful things.
- Eat, Play, Love - this is a family blog, with beautiful photos of all the family getting involved in preparing lovely meals.
- The Pescetarian and the Pig - mainly I like this blog because of the picture of the pig. Dawwwww! But also all the food and photos are really stylish and great fun to browse through.
- The Big Fat Noodle - I’ve only just started following this blog and already I’ve seen loads of recipes that I’ve never seen before. Yum!
- Susartandfood – Susie writes stories to precede every recipe; some are funny, some thought-provoking, all worth a read *plus* there is great food, to boot.
Now off you go and look at all these loverly blogs! Thanks again to Nina for my nomination, it is very much appreciated.
March 26th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Hi Carol thank you very much for your nice words. Congratulations for your award, you deserve it
March 26th, 2012 at 6:49 PM
Thanks again Nina, I was really pleased that you chose me
March 26th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Congrats!! I love the pescatarian and the pig! how cuuuute is that little piggie hehe. x
March 26th, 2012 at 6:49 PM
I know it is SO CUTE!
March 26th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
Congratulations – well deserved, just love your blog.
March 26th, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Aw thanks Petal, very sweet of you.
March 26th, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Well done!!
March 26th, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Hey thanks – great to see you back!
March 26th, 2012 at 3:33 PM
Congratulations! A well deserved award, and I love Harry Potter, too. It’s always fun to read more about blogging friends. Am excited to check out your nominees and the one who nominated you, too. Cheers! ~Betsy
March 26th, 2012 at 6:37 PM
Thanks Betsy
You’ll love them all, they’re great blogs.
March 26th, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Congratulations again! I, too, am a big Harry Potter fan.
March 26th, 2012 at 6:36 PM
Team Harry!
March 26th, 2012 at 5:47 PM
Well congratulations to you and thank you for including me in spotlight You always make me smile and I appreciate you stopping by as often s you do.
March 26th, 2012 at 6:36 PM
That is so kind of you! I always love reading your blog, I’m glad to send anyone your way who hasn’t already been
March 26th, 2012 at 9:35 PM
Thank you so much! You are a rock star for getting nominated. I want to bake you some brownies, but I don’t think they’d ship very well.
March 26th, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Shipping is a pain that way… Luckily, I require no brownies.
March 26th, 2012 at 10:05 PM
Congrats for your award. So well deserved! I think I also over-use exclamation marks (I always recall the Seinfeld episode where Elaine breaks up with one of her boyfriends for never using them, even when her friend has a baby, haha). I also love Harry Potter. I have all the books on Audio and listen to them while I do my crafts and have seen the movies hundreds of times!
March 26th, 2012 at 11:02 PM
I’ve heard that the audio books are great, and I’m glad to see other adult Potter fans out there!
March 27th, 2012 at 12:01 AM
My whole clan of friends loves the books / movies and CDs – you are not alone.
March 27th, 2012 at 1:02 AM
Thank you so much for the award! We are always flattered and humbled.
And I LOVE Harry Potter too. I’m reading all the books for the second time to Mr. N. It’s been great fun.
March 27th, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Ooh I can imagine it must be even more fun reading them with a little someone
You are more than welcome for the shout out, I always really enjoy your blog.
March 27th, 2012 at 6:03 AM
Congratulations on your award! Your answers were really fun!!
March 27th, 2012 at 6:53 PM
Thanks Smidge!
March 27th, 2012 at 1:36 PM
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March 27th, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Recently heard about Indian black salt – any relation to your banner photo?
March 27th, 2012 at 6:45 PM
Actually no, the salt in my banner is sea salt mixed with carbon – probably a lot more messy to use than Indian black salt, since every time you take a pinch you get carbon-y fingers… Will look it up!