Manu of Manu’s menu Tagged me in this challenge that has been going around my favorite blogs lately.
The seven link challenge
Manu has a wonderful blog where she shares amazing and authentic italian recipes, she is a fellow daring cook and a wonderfully sweet person.Thank you Manu for tagging me and please take the time to visit her blog..it is amazing.
How do you play this game? The rules are easy:
- The blogger who is nominated must publish his/her 7 links of his/her own blog for the categories below (Only one link for each category).
- The most beautiful post
- The most popular post
- The most controversial post
- The most helpful post
- The post that was surprisingly successful
- The post that did not get the attention it deserved
- The post I am most proud of
- The blogger then nominates up to 5 more bloggers to take part in the challenge and it goes on.
Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? So here are my 7 links
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The most beautiful post I think it has to beDaring bakers Aprill 2011 challenge: Maple mousse in an edible container
- The most popular post: This one is a close call between
lightning Mcqueen car cake step by step
- The most controversial post I don’t really think I have posted any controversial posts..have I ?but one post that did cause some confusion over the identity of the cooked bird isBrick chicken minus the brick
- The most helpfull post This one really got me thinking. There is
Checkerboard cookies step by step This post is one of the posts I am really proud of, because of a comment left by a wonderful Japanese lady named Kazuko saying she made these cookies for her son’s school teacher and the teacher loved them..that comment is one I will never forget (I love each and every comment and they mean a lot to me but that one will always be special) to feel that there are people out there who read your blog, try your recipes and now your recipes are associated with memories for them with their loved ones or people who matter to them..that is an amazing experience. You can find the comment here
15 minutes dinner rolls We all can relate to how helpful 15 minute dinner rolls can be
and there was Lebanese meat pies “sfeeha” This recipe got some amazing responses both on facebook and here
- The post that was surprisingly successful Potato pizza with roasted onions and pepper
I really didn’t expect people to welcome a potato pizza, but not only did get some amazing comments but it went on Food buzz’s top 9 posts!
- The post that did not get the attention it deserved Sunshine on a plate…layered mango and orange cake
This cake is one of my go to recipes when I have friends or guests and it is a family favorite.The blend of orange and mango is AMAZING and to me, it is the perfect summer dessert. No baking, loaded with refreshing flavors and you can make it ahead of time..told you..the perfect summer dessert
- The post I am most proud of Red bean rice salad
This was my very first post on my blog. I am proud of it because it was the start of this amazing journey
I am tagging 5 wonderful bloggers that I look forward to reading what they come up with
Shumaila from experiments of a house wife
Ginger from Ginger Couturier: Trapped in Suburbia
Aimee from Clever muffin
Fati from fati’s recipes
Natalie from Cook Eat Live Vegetarian
One final thank you to Mayree’s deep south cakery with a side of life for awarding me
And to Laura from a healthy jalapeno for awarding me
You ladies are too kind and I am honored by your awards..Please take the time to visit their wonderful blogs.
Liz
/ August 18, 2011WOW! You have some great posts I missed! That cake IS amazing! LOVED seeing these links~
thefooddoctor
/ August 18, 2011Thank you so much Liz…you are too kind
Nami | Just One Cookbook
/ August 18, 2011Sawsan, I thought I would know all of your 7 links but I realized I didn’t know some of your posts in the beginning. Potato pizza is my favorite of yours and so as cauliflower fritters. I really like enjoying your old posts this time.
thefooddoctor
/ August 18, 2011Thank you so much Nami…you are truly too kind..that is the part I enjoy most about reading the 7 post challenges is discovering new posts
Aimee@clevermuffin
/ August 17, 2011Oh wow, I had to go back and read your red bean rice salad – does this mean you’ve accumulated all those recipes only since Feb this year?? I looked over them all and thought ‘well, maybe when I’ve been doing this a few years I’ll have a collection like that’, then to be proved wrong. Thank you so much for tagging me Sawsan! I’m very tempted to give this a go (and make those checkerboard cookies, how cool).
Caroline
/ August 17, 2011Your photos are just so gorgeous Sawsan! Thanks for sharing all of these previous posts. That lightening mcqueen cake is adorable. Love!
Priya Sreeram
/ August 17, 2011oh wowee- ur recipes are a treasure – I especially loved the checker board cookies- gotta try that one !
wok with ray
/ August 17, 2011Hello Sawsan,
I am glad that i got to know more about your blogs with this 7 links challenge. The checkerboard cookies looks really cute and creatively done. And the fritters, ahhh! I love the look of those fritters. It feels like I almost want to pick them up and won’t stop eating, haha! Thank you, Sawsan for sharing these wonderful dishes.
~ ray ~
kitchenbelleicious
/ August 17, 2011I love seeing your past recipes that I missed. Those cookies look insane and my little man would die over that car cake! I got tagged too and did my links today- it was so much fun looking through past files! Love ya
foodblogandthedog
/ August 17, 2011Congrats on your awards and thanks so much for tagging me in this! I’m thinking about it already….. And all those posts of yours I get to see, the potato pizza and mango cake sound amazing, going to check them out now!!
thecompletecookbook
/ August 17, 2011What a great round up of your 7 links!
Mandy
Have a happy day.
fati's recipes
/ August 17, 2011I’ve been wanting to make that sunshine on a plate since I saw it when I first stumbled across your blog (how many months ago??)
Thanks for the challenge, I’m so glad to receive it
And of course, congrats on all the awards you received!
Tandy
/ August 17, 2011your photography is amazing – thank you for sharing
joshuafagans
/ August 17, 2011Wow, you have such team spirit! I approached this with some dread when I got tagged. On the other side, however, it is nice to see some entries that I haven’t had a chance to see yet. Those fritters look amazing. Just discovered some of the more interesting uses of cauliflower recently.
Kristy
/ August 17, 2011Well done! I love the post your are most proud of…there is something about that first post. And I’m glad you reminded me of those Lebanese meat pies. I have to pick Lebanon soon. Now, I’m off to visit your layered mango and orange cake. YUM!
Ginger
/ August 17, 2011You certainly deserved both of these awards! I wont get all gushy on you again, but I will remind you again sometime soon why I love you so much
Thank you for nominating me, you are really too sweet. This is going to be a super challenge but I am excited to play! Have a great night 
Manu
/ August 17, 2011Ohhh thank you so much for your sweet words Sawsan!
I am so glad I tagged you as I have seen some recipes you had published before I started following your blog and I am so glad I did! They are fantastic!!! Great 7 links!!!
Shumaila
/ August 17, 2011Hey Sawsan!
Thanks for tagging me!
Enjoyed going through your blog journey! Loved the potato pizza with roasted onion and pepper. I am going to try it one of these days! And I loved your apple containers for the DB challenge!
Thanks again for tagging me.
Will put up my post on the 7 links soon!
janet@fromcupcakestocaviar
/ August 17, 2011YUM!!! Some great recipes there Sawsan! And you picked some awesome bloggers to do their seven links.
The Culinary Lens
/ August 17, 2011I was just tagged by somebody and have to think about my links. I will not be able o match these that’s for sure.
Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide
/ August 17, 2011I am so pleased to see this. I love your picks and was just telling someone about your potato pizza recipe today. That car cake is too awesome. The beautiful post is beautiful, but scrolling down it’s clearly got lots of competition. Great round up.
chicaandaluza
/ August 17, 2011Ooh that mango cake and the step by step car cake!! That´s what I like about this challenge, we get to see posts we might have missed
Holly
/ August 17, 2011Oh Congrats and great round up! I like a nice list like summary and categories… Favourite kind of posting!
Maris (in Good Taste)
/ August 16, 2011Excellent choices! It all looks so wonderful! Love the car!