Week in Review: We Can Dance if We Want To
It is FRIDAY! And after a week of rain and gloom, we have beautiful sun and decent temperatures going into the weekend. So it seems like a perfect day for a little Men Without Hats!
This week was exciting because I got to the official launch of my Culinary Series! The series offers up delicious recipe suggestions for a variety of different entertaining scenarios including Brunch Basics, Lunchtime Hospitality, Impromptu Entertaining, and Elegant and Affordable! You can find each of these individual series in the menu bar located at the top of the page.
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Because of covering Easter decor, recipes, and projects in last Friday’s Week in Review, I didn’t get a chance to talk about a couple recipes from other bloggers that immediately made my taste buds do a happy dance just thinking about making them. I encourage you to go check these out!
New York Strip Steak and Gorgonzola Salad from 1227 Foster
Chinese Five Spice Scallops with Mandarin Orange Salad from Back Road Journal
Zabaione with Crushed Raspberries and Amaretto Topping from The Single Gourmet and Traveller
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Sometimes in blogging, we feel like we are swimming in creativity and blog post ideas come to us by the bucket full. And other times, sometimes more times than we would like, the creativity hits a brick wall and we find ourselves stuck. Alex at Northstory wrote a great post this week covering this very subject which I encourage you to check out. The Challenges of Being Creative as a Blogger.
I don’t know about you, but there are times when I find myself extremely stressed out in the kitchen. My husband has come to know the “signs” and will do his most important job as sous chef and bring me a half a glass of wine to calm my nerves. Stéphane Gabart over at My French Heaven has shared 11 Simple Tips to Avoid Stress in the Kitchen that you will want to take a look at if you ever find yourself on the stressful side while cooking!
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Catch up with this week’s Green Door Hospitality posts!
Impromptu Entertaining: Pan-Fried Tilapia with Honey Orange Sauce
Ingredient Spotlight: Roma Tomatoes
Spring Entertaining — Floral Fun
Wordless Wednesday — Left to Pasture
Potluck Stamp of Approval: Mediterranean Zucchini Bake
25 comments on “Week in Review: We Can Dance if We Want To”
Let me know what you think!
Green Door Hospitality 
I’m happy to know that you liked the scallop and salad recipe. I thank you for the mention…it is much appreciated.
It’s my pleasure! Look forward to trying this recipe, hopefully soon! 🙂
Kenley
What a great post, Kenley, and many thanks for linking my zabaione recipe. I’m glad you like it!
My pleasure. I am so excited to make your zabaione recipe — looks heavenly! 🙂
Kenley
We’re glad the sun is finally shining! Have a great weekend, Kenley! Can’t wait to see more entries added to your Culinary Series 🙂
Thanks so much! And yes — YAY for the sun! 🙂
Kenley
So glad to hear I am not the only one that gets stressed in the kitchen♥ Your husband is a good man, bringing that glass of wine to you.
Hehe, nope…you’re not the only one!
And yes, he’s a very good man! 🙂
Kenley
Thank you Kenley for the call out 🙂 I love Karen’s scallop recipe!!!!
It was my pleasure Danny! 🙂
Kenley
Great end of the week post, Kenley! And I love the “Safety Dance,” though I had never seen the crazy video until now. Ha ha. Thanks for helping to usher in the weekend with music and yummy recipes. (And I, too, loved Alex’s post…it resonated deeply with me.)
Thanks Lauren! I had actually never seen the Safety Dance video either until I googled it for this post. Love how they did a pied piper type of theme.
Kenley
Again a great post dear Kenley, thanks for sharing 😀
In Romania it was the same temperature, a lot of rainy days and now it’s a decent weather, just for weekend, it’s such a good time! Enjoy 😀
Thank you for the recipes, I am gonna give it a try soon 😉
By the way, the song is just perfect for a good weekend 😀
Have a great Day!
Thanks so much for all your kind words Cristina!!
Kenley
You have a great husband Kenley ; bringing you wine when you are cooking! I think stressing even when we are doing things we love it’s normal because we want to get them right! great week, loved your culinary series too! 🙂
That’s exactly what it is — just wanting to get things right!
Thanks so much for your comment 🙂
Kenley
The chinese 5 spice scallop recipe has my mouth watering. Great links, Kenley! Have a lovely weekend!
Thanks Eileen!!
Great post. Loved the music vid and also enjoyed the stress free tips.
Thanks! Glad you liked it 🙂
Kenley
Okay, that song always cracks me up. I’ve seen the 11 Simple Tips article floating around the web but have been so rushed that I didn’t sit down to read it- with your recommendation, I will definitely check it out.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Alicia
I really think you’ll like the article. Simple things but really important ones to keep in mind!
And I did — hope yours was great too 🙂
K
Congratulations on your new enterprise. Zabaione is a fantastic dessert, but not many people know it. I featured it in by book Come Mia Nonna. Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/9agl5v9
Thanks Valentina! And thanks for sharing the link to your wonderful book! 🙂
Kenley
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