The Weekend Dish: 2/18/2012
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I hope that you all enjoyed a wonderful week and that you especially enjoyed a delicious Valentine’s Day! What did you do to celebrate and, most importantly, what did you eat? 
I’ve had a great deal of success in the kitchen this week and can’t wait to share all of the recipes with you in the coming days. I kicked off some Mardi Gras-themed food yesterday with my Bourbon Bread Pudding and have a couple more festive recipes up my sleeve to get you ready for Tuesday, so stay tuned!
As always, you’ll find a recap of what was posted to the site this week as well as some bookmarked recipes from other blogs. Enjoy!
On Brown Eyed Baker This Week
Red Velvet Ice Cream – An amazing combination of cheesecake ice cream and red velvet cake crumbs. Love this!
Baked Hot Chocolate – A quick and easy decadent dessert using only four ingredients.
No-Bake Biscoff Cookies – A guest post for Tracy of Sugarcrafter – I created a peanut butter-free version of my favorite no-bake cookies.
Chicken Tortilla Soup – A copycat recipe of Max & Erma’s famous tortilla soup – thick, spicy, cheesy, and absolutely delicious.
Bourbon Bread Pudding – Kicking off some Mardi Gras food with a real kick – bourbon-laced bread pudding with an awesome bourbon sauce.
Most Viewed Post This Week: Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes
What I Bookmarked This Week
Recipes from other blogs that I thought looked especially delicious and that I thought you would like too:
Bacon and Corn Griddle Cakes (RecipeGirl.com)
I love good old-fashioned pancakes, and I really love this souped up version with bacon, corn and seasonings. Hello Saturday morning!
Bourbon Layer Cake with Bourbon Ganache and Milk Chocolate Buttercream (Love and Olive Oil)
I have some bourbon left after making my bourbon bread pudding this week; I think I need to create an excuse to make this cake.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies (Big Flavors From A Tiny Kitchen)
These look like a cookie version of peanut butter cups – can’t wait to try them!
Fudge Stripe Cookies (Tracey’s Culinary Adventures)
One of my all-time favorite cookies when I was in high school; I love the homemade recreations of old processed favorites 
Pear, Pistachio, and Ginger Blondies (Erin Cooks)
What an amazing combination of flavors! I can’t wait to bake these up!
Have a delicious weekend!
I enjoy seeing what fun things others have found around the web. I’m on the constant look out for new blogs to add to my reader. Have a great weekend!
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So if these new recipes you bookmarked are for supper ……… what’s for dessert.
LOL! I just love looking at your lists.
Not very healthy but sure are good!
Charlie
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Love your weekend dish! Now I get to scope out new blogs and I will file away your recipes from the week!! Thanks Michelle, have a great weekend!!
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Thanks for the link love on my unique pancake recipe! I totally pinned your Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes this last week & I noticed it got lots of re-pins! What a curious recipe!
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This bourbon bread pudding goes in my “do ASAP” list! Looking forward to your new posts!
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I also enjoyed some red velvet in the form of a cake roll. I can not wait to make some bourbon bread pudding. Yum.
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I am going to try the No-bake Biscoff cookies today and I can’t wait! I love anything Biscoff and Nutella!
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I thought you were posting the winners of the Mixer starting 2/18/12 ?
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Michelle on February 19th, 2012 at 3:34 pm
Hi Bob, The giveaway ended at midnight last night and the winners were posted this morning. You can see the original post for the winners’ information.
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The Fudge Stripe Cookies and the Baked Hot Chocolate both look so good. The cookies look like a lot of work but they do look like the real thing. I have to try that Baked Hot Chocolate. Love the Weekend Dish and look forward to it every week.
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No-bake Biscoff cookies rock! where r the winners posted from the 2/11 give away?
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Michelle on February 19th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
They were announced this morning and can be found on the original giveaway post.
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Lovin’ your Mardi Gras recipes so far!
Its not a holiday I celebrate (except during high school French class) so really looking forward to finding out more about traditional Mardi Gras food…
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Thank you again Michelle for the kind link back to my blondies post. It was a fun dessert to photograph and it always feels nice to receive positive feedback. Take care! ~Erin
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