I'm excited to kick off February with a little something new I'm doing in collaboration with my friend Allie over at Key Ingredients! We have been talking about doing a link up for awhile and we are finally making it happen. Allie is a dear friend and we met almost five years ago when our oldest children were just tiny babies and we instantly bonded over our love of food.
We both have a passion for cooking and making healthy meals for our families. A cookbook link up was a no- brainer when we started talking about this idea of creating a link up!
Here's what we'll do. Every month, we will choose a cookbook to cook from. If you want to participate, pick your favorite or new recipe from the book and make it! On the second Wednesday of each month, we will all link up to my blog or Allie's and share what we've made! Don't have the specific book? No problem! So many of these wonderful recipes can also be found online. Take photos of your finished dish and tell a little bit about it. Add in a review of the recipe and any notes on changes or anything that you may have done or would do differently. Post the recipe if you would like and make sure to credit the book/source!
To kick off our Club, we are turning to one of our very favorites- Ina Garten! Her recipes are some sort of magic and she is a favorite among the both of us. It only seems fitting that we use her newest cookbook, Cooking For Jeffrey, as our pick for the month of love. This cookbook is packed full of delicious recipes and even better stories. If you are a fan of Ina and Jeffrey, you will LOVE this book. It focuses so much on them as a couple with beautiful stories intertwined with the recipes. It's a book you can use in the kitchen AND curl up on the couch with. The stories are wonderfully written!
We hope to see many of you here next Wednesday, which also happens to be Valentine's Day! This gives you a week to find something yummy to make and post. We can't wait to see what everyone is cooking!
- Nina and Allie
Christmas is 10 DAYS AWAY- WHAT!? My sisters and I have an afternoon of cookie baking planned and I can't wait for that sweet sugary aroma to fill my house. Salted Carmel Filled Chocolate Snickerdoodles? Check. Peppermint White Chocolate Sugar Cookies? Check. Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake Cookies? Check. My waist is widening as this list grows. Ha!
If you have any cooks on your list that you need a little extra something for, I've rounded up a nice little list of cookbooks! I love cookbooks and think you can never have too many. Pinterest and blogs are such a great and easy resource these days, but I've been trying to open up my cookbooks more often these days. There's something about flipping through real pages and seeing the notes I've made by things that I have made.
Cooking for Jeffrey- A new book I am dying to get my hands on! I just love these two and can't wait to own this book. Ina can't do anything wrong.
Danielle Walker's Against All Grain Celebrations- I have Danielle's first cookbook and she is one of my go tos for Paleo cooking. I have heard great things about this book!
Skinnytaste Fast and Slow- I've never made anything from Gina's blog that I didn't like! She is one of my favorites and I absolutely love her first cookbook. This one is a must!
Giada's Feel Good Food- It wouldn't be a cookbook list without a book from Queen G! This one is filled with her favorite healthy recipes.
The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook- Another blogger cookbook! This is one of the first food blogs I ever started reading and I know the cookbook will not disappoint. I love her photography, too!
Jerusalem- I love love love Middle Eastern Food! It might be my very favorite. This book has been recommended to me by several friends and I have flipped through it. It looks AMAZING and the pictures are gorgeous.
