#Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #44...

Welcome to Foodie Friends Friday!

This week we are celebrating BBQ's...

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Meet our Co-Hosts at Foodie Friends Friday:

Here are our winners from last week's party...

Recipes with the Most Votes...

Recipes with the Most Clicks...

Host Favorite Recipes can be found on 

Daily Dish Magazine HERE...

We are starting something NEW and EXCITING this week.

We will be featuring some of your recipes

throughout the week on our Foodie Friends Friday 

Facebook page along with my 

Walking on Sunshine FB page and on G+.

Some will even be featured as the "Daily Dish"

on our Daily Dish Magazine.

Remember, if you do NOT add a link back to 

Foodie Friends Friday or Walking on Sunshine,

your recipe will not be featured or be chosen as a 

Host Favorite recipe.  

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Saving Buttermilk...

Yesterday I shared a recipe for Homemade Buttermilk Biscuits.

The only problem is, the recipe calls for only 3/4 cup of buttermilk and buttermilk is not cheap.

Here's what I did...

Yes, those ice cube trays get a real workout here at Walking on Sunshine...

Enjoy your day!

National Buttermilk Biscuit Day...

Did you know today is 
National Buttermilk Biscuit Day?

And these are the perfect biscuits to celebrate!
I usually make them with regular milk, but have used BUTTERMILK as well.

Homemade Biscuits...

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups flour

2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons butter (COLD, cut into small pieces)

3/4 cup COLD milk or buttermilk

Begin by combining the flour, baking powder and salt together.

Cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles a coarse meal.

Slowly add the milk or buttermilk

Once everything is combined, turn the dough out onto 

a floured surface and knead it a few times to bring the dough together and then

with a rolling pin, roll out the dough to 3/4 inch thickness.

Using a biscuit cutter or a sturdy glass, cut about 12 biscuits,

re-rolling the dough if necessary...

Place on a lined baking sheet...

Brush the tops with melted butter and bake in a 450 degree oven for 13 to 15 minutes.

Ready to eat...

Feel free to add MORE BUTTER.

Here's a few helpful hints:

Sometimes getting homemade biscuits together can be a little 

stressful while you're fixing the rest of dinner.

Or at least in our house it gets STRESSFUL!

You can prepare these biscuits and cut them out,

place them on the baking tray and put the baking tray in the FREEZER.

Once the biscuits have frozen, remove them from the tray 

and place in a plastic bag, returning the bag to the freezer...

The next time you want homemade biscuits, just pull the amount you need out 

of the freezer, place on a tray, wait till they defrost and bake at 450.  

EASY!

Homemade Taco Seasoning...

One of my family's favorite meals is TACOS.

I always eat mine as a salad.

Taco Salad...

For awhile now I have been making my own Taco Seasoning.

I found this particular recipe over on my Foodie Friend, Kelly's, Blog.

It's really good and SO EASY.

I'm kicking myself for not making it sooner.

I mix the above ingredients together and store in a sealed Ball canning jar...

After browning the meat, I add two to three tablespoons of the seasoning mix and about 

1/4 cup of water.  Simmer until the meat is cooked all the way through.

Perfect...

Another must for taco night is Homemade Salsa...

You can find the recipe for this delicious salsa HERE.

The original recipe for Kelly's Taco Seasoning can be found on her blog,

Adorned Well HERE.  

Enjoy your day! 

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Mother's Day...

THEN...

And NOW...

I want to wish you all a Happy Mother's Day!

Enjoy the day with your family!

#Foodie Friends Friday Linky Party #43

Welcome to Foodie Friends Friday!

This week we are celebrating Mother's Day!

Please share with us your Mom's favorite meals!

Please take a moment to read through the rules before getting started.

Thank You!

*By linking up you agree that you read these rules and all photos/recipes are original and belong to you. You agree to allow Foodie Friends Friday and any of it's affiliated websites or publications (Social Girls Media, LLC) to use photos, links, and recipes for reprint and/or republishing and distribution without monetary compensation to you. If photos & recipes are used, proper link backs to you will be included.

Adding Links back to Foodie Friends Friday and our Button is our only form of advertising to bring in more people to see YOUR recipes.

Please remember to do this. It benefits you! To thank you, we will continue to feature those with links throughout the year on various outlets.

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Meet our Co-Hosts at Foodie Friends Friday:

 Here are our winners from last week's party...

Recipes with the Most Votes...

Recipes with the Most Clicks...

Host Favorite Recipes can be found HERE on

Daily Dish Magazine...

Need some ideas for Mother's Day? 
I put together this fun post on Daily Dish Magazine.
You can find the post HERE...

Remember, if you do NOT add a link back to 

Foodie Friends Friday or Walking on Sunshine,

I will not share your recipe on my Facebook Page.

And your recipe

will NOT be chosen as a Host Favorite.  

Chocolate Smoothie...

I found this smoothie recipe floating around on Facebook one day and thought

it sounded interesting and healthy.  I made it yesterday for breakfast and it was DELICIOUS.

There is one surprising ingredient I really was NOT sure of adding, but 

it worked out perfectly and added more protein, which is always good for me.

Chocolate Smoothie...

The surprise ingredient is COTTAGE CHEESE...

Ingredients:

1 scoop protein powder, chocolate flavored

1 Tbs. cocoa powder, I used unsweetened

1 packet hot coco mix.  I used a sugar free/diet brand

1/2 cup skim milk

1/2 cup cottage cheese.  Again, I used a low fat version.

Ice

Put all the ingredients in a blender and process until smooth.

You may need to add more milk to thin out the smoothie.

DELICIOUS and pretty good for you...

I found this recipe on Facebook and there 

was no identification for me to give proper credit.

Enjoy your day!

Garlic and Parmesan Cheese Breadsticks...

So, I had some extra pizza dough...

NOT something you normally hear coming from my mouth, but

with the Colonel gone, using a whole recipe of pizza dough is too much for this family

and we do not enjoy reheated pizza.  

The other night I only used half of our pizza dough for dinner.

The other half I placed in a container in the refrigerator with plans of making "something" soon.

Garlic and Parmesan Cheese Breadsticks...

Roll out the pizza dough.

Using a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut the dough into strips.

Take a strip of dough and twist it into a breadstick shape...

Place the twisted breadsticks on a tray that is lined with parchment paper 

and set aside for an hour to rise...

Just before baking, brush each breadstick with olive oil and sprinkle with garlic powder.

Bake in a hot 425 degree oven until golden brown; about 10 - 15 minutes.

Sprinkle with parmesan cheese before serving...

Delicious...

You do NOT want to sprinkle the parmesan cheese on the breadsticks before baking.

The parmesan cheese will "burn" and not taste good at all.

You can use store bought pizza dough or homemade pizza dough.

For the recipe I use for homemade pizza dough, click HERE.

Enjoy your day!

A special shout out to my Foodie Friend Marlene for sending me 

my new "wood grain"plank for the photo!  

Please head over to her blog to check out her AMAZING photos and recipes HERE.

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