Sunday Best: It's All About Trying New Things!

There are so many great comments on the project that I compile the week's best every Sunday and post them up with links to the contributors.

If you would like to be included in Sunday Best leave me a comment on any post sharing your own dinner for two experiences, cooking tips, easy entertaining tricks, questions, or feedback on the project. Make sure you let me know your web page as well so I can include a link!

Goodness I am behind my time today but I have a good reason this week in that SD stayed over Sunday as well as Saturday. It was nice to have a sort of normal weekend together. We could actually DO something on Sunday.

We are off on vacation for TWO WHOLE WEEKS on Friday. I was going to try to post a recipe or two this week before we go but I have to make blackberry jam, plan the route, pack, make check lists, put together picnic dinner for Friday night for the train, do laundry, and go to this stupid email marketing technology seminar on Thursday night.

I love blogging but sometimes there are other priorities. You may not hear from me until October. There is internet access where we are going so if I have a spare minute on a rainy evening I might post up something about the food where we are staying but really I think it is a good opportunity to have a vacation from EVERYTHING. Including the blog! I definitely will be back at the beginning of next month

Before I move on to this week's best visitors I would like to say again that I appreciate how valuable your time is and that it means a lot to me that you spend some of that time here instead of somewhere else.

Everyone has so many great things to share!

It was all about the gelatine this week!

As I have had negative food associations with jello (until now!) I wanted to know about yours. Alex stopped by from Two For Tuesdays to share hers

Even star! This is another amazing instructional post filled with information! Very cool! I am a bit tickled here, as I am the daughter of an English lady who loved to make aspic and jellies. If I have a negative food association, it would be my granny cooking gristles! yah...I am going to share this on my thoughts on Friday link love because it is such great information! Please stop by and say hi! Thanks for sharing on the two for Tuesday recipe blog hop!

Oooooh… W. T. F. are gristles Alex? I am afraid to even google it! My dad is English and even though my mom never went near gelatin as an ingredient my dad would do the occasional savoury jelly thing. Brawn I remember from one New Year’s brunch. Can’t say as it ever appealed.

As I was trying something new I also wanted to know what new things you guys were trying and Christy is trying BEETS

Super interesting! I have never used unflavored gelatin to make my own jello- I guess it is not as scary or foreign as I thought - my mom never used gelatin either. It is funny what we take from our childhood.

Oh, and my new food for the week is beets! I'll bet there is a beet and jello recipe out there somewhere but I think I'll pass! Great Two for Tues post!

Christy, you know what? I think that beet jello would taste really good! A really lovely summer appetizer with a slice of smoked haddock or salmon and horseraddish sauce. I hope your beet adventure is as much fun as my gelatin adventure. And that you will let us know what you have been making. I love beets.

Kimberly reported back on the mini potato quiche recipe. She is a great menu planner and I hope you will visit this post on the potato quiches and more!

Glad they worked for you and your family Kimberly. I was a little nervous!

So that is it for possibly two or three weeks from me. Stay tuned gastronauts for more adventures coming in October!