Drum roll please............ The winner is (and please forgive the crappy iphone picture, as I have no idea how to do an actual screen shot- LOL)......
Comment #24 was Stephanie from Ice Cream Before Dinner!!! Thanks Stephanie and I'll be in touch soon!!! CONGRATS!!!!!
It was awesome to see everyone’s favorite summer time dinner and desserts! I blame you all for giving me ideas about "frozen desserts" - and I mean this in the nicest way! Thanks to all of you I ran out and bought an ice cream maker!!!! I have been asking other foodies about it, but was somewhat on the fence about it UNTIL I read all of your posts! I HAD to have one to make all of this deliciousness!!! Will thinks it's a passing fad so I need your help to prove him wrong!!!
Here are some things I learned (and want to learn!!)
* Thanks for giving me the tip about dipping the pretzels in caramel first - Yummmmmmy!!!
* I too LOVE grilling - I could grill morning, noon and night!!!
* Cookie ice cream sandwiches - Oh I MUST try these!!!
* I NEED to try more lemon desserts - ice box pie, pink lemonade pie, lemon curd - can you believe I've never had any of them?
* All of the fruit dish ideas - love them. Nothing better than a dessert disguised with fresh fruit!!! And cobblers, now why didn't I think of that? Frozen watermelon - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that idea- genius! Shortcakes, muffins and fruit in and on pancakes - totally YUM!
* Corn on the cob - I heart you!!!
* Mango pudding - I will be bookmarking that!
* Homemade potato and macaroni salad and all of the other salads - thanks guys for helping my plan my Fourth of July menu! Nothing compliments a picnic better than those old friends!
* White chocolate ice cream - now this I must look into!!!
* Summer salsa - my husband makes some killer homemade salsa - but I think I'd like to mix it up summer style!!!
* I had to come back to say - "Better than sex cake???" Never had it before BUT sign me up!!!! Anything with that name HAS to be amazing!!!
Oh and Casey - thanks for the compliments! Trust me when I say there will be plenty more, poor old rejected photos in the weeks (or days to come). For anyone who hasn't seen it yet - Casey has a great site for the photos who get rejected at other sites. You have to check it out sometime - http://tastestopping.wordpress.com/. Even the rejects need some love too - (spoken in my best nerd voice with my finger pushing up the center of my glasses). Thanks for showing my pictures some love!!!
Thanks again to everyone for all of your great comments and for visiting my blog! I hope you all continue to check it out and enjoy it as it grows! I can't thank you all enough for all of the kind words and compliments that you have given to me so far! You all really know how to make a newbie feel welcome into the blogging world! Thanks again for all you do and for all of the hard work each and every one of you put into your own blogs! They are greatly appreciated! Thanks for sharing!
Yey I'm so excited that I won!! Thank you so much! You're the sweetest blogger ever, you totally just made my day! And I've been having a real stressful past few days, so you are the BEST!
ReplyDeleteMy Email Address is Stephanie.jordan@gmail.com if you'd like to email me directly. :)
Hi Stacy,
ReplyDeleteI followed you over on my crackberry late last night via the comment you left on my blog. I only meant to stay a minute, but I giggled my way through several posts instead!
You've captured me. I must follow your blog now! You are so much fun!
Laura
Wow, Stacy. Thanks so much for the shout out! Hope you have a great holiday weekend, with lots of delicious desserts.
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Casey
www.tastestopping.wordpress.com
P.S. Here's a link to a phenomenal lemon meringue pie recipe, in case that floats your lemon-lusting boat :) http://kitchenwitchcookie.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/mothers-day-in-a-pieshell/
Stacy,
ReplyDeleteI thought I would drop you a quick note to say that your pasta is creating quite a stir at TasteStopping. Come check out the comments:
http://tastestopping.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/split-personality-pasta/
Best,
Casey
Stephanie - you've got mail!!! Congrats again and so glad this contest and your winning might brighten up your day! Things are looking up for you!
ReplyDeleteLaura - Thanks for the nice compliments!!! Glad my wacky sense of humor makes you smile!!! For you to follow my site - WOW, and I mean WOW that means a lot!!! Your site is A-MA-ZING!!!! People, if you haven't checked it out yet, run don't walk over there!!!
Casey - No problem on the shout out!!! Glad to do it, trust me it is the least I can do for you!!! Oh and thanks for the curing the lemon lust (love it!!) with the link - I feel that will be made very soon at our house!!! Additionally, thanks for letting me know about the pasta pic and really for all you do!!!
Happy holiday weekend everyone!!! I can't wait to view all of your yummy creations next week on your blogs!!! Thanks again for all who visit and follow me! It really does me a lot!!!
You going to love the pretzels dipped in caramel..we always do!
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