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First Thursdays becomes Hobo Mondays

Michelle from the awesome Thursday Night Smackdown blog has done away with her First Thursday challenge for the time being since we’re all pretty much broke at the moment. Instead she is instituting Hobo Mondays, or as she likes to call it Cheap Ass Mondays. She’s been doing Cheap Ass Mondays for a while now, [ READ MORE ]

First Thursday: Bread pudding with whiskey sauce

Last night I participated once again in First Thursday over at Thursday Night Smackdown. This month’s theme was romantic cliches. In other words – Valentine’s dessert. Since First Thursday is all about testing the mettle of your cookbooks, I decided to grab a cookbook that’s spine has never been cracked. I also decided since this [ READ MORE ]

Someone deserves an award

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that every once in a while I participate in a little thing called First Thursdays. It’s a challenge from Michelle at Thursday Night Smackdown that tests the mettle of our cookbooks. Each month, she puts up a challenge category, and those who accept the [ READ MORE ]

White Bean Horseradish Spread for First Thursdays Over at Thursday Night Smackdown

I missed the First Thursday challenge last month on Thursday Night Smackdown. Each month Michelle challenges her readers to test the mettle of their cookbooks and issues a challenge in a certain category. For her orange food challenge, I made sweet potato fries. For her grilling challenge, I tried grilled pizzas for the first time. [ READ MORE ]

Sweet Potato Fries for First Thursdays at Thursday Night Smackdown

Last month, I told you about Thursday Night Smackdown, a cooking blog that I like to read. On First Thursdays of the month, Michelle issues a challenge to cook something new you’ve never cooked before. This month, she challenged us to cook something orange. After brainstorming with my boys about orange foods, we decided we [ READ MORE ]

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