A Pasta Salad **Taste and Create **

My second partner for the taste & create event is the hostess Nicole herself.

I love pastas and she has quite a variety that can be dished out. I narrowed down to this .

I used ingredients that were readily available in my part of the world and hence did not use artichoke hearts and used mozzarella for munster cheese.

What you need are

For the Salad:

120 grams of Penne Pasta
25 grams grated Mozzarella cheese
1/2 a Red Bell Pepper, chopped
1/2 a Orange Bell Pepper, chopped
1 small Onion, chopped
50 grams Cherry Tomatoes

For the Dressing:

2 Tablespoons of White Vinegar
2 Tablespoons of Orange juice
1 teaspoon of Walnut Oil
1 teaspoon of Honey
1 Tablespoon dry Basil
Salt and Pepper, to taste

To the Penne, cooked Al Dente, mix in the salad ingredients. In another bowl, whisk the dressing and pour over the salad and set aside for a couple of hours. Before I served it, a generous amount of grated cheese and dried basil were sprinkled.

Served with garlic bread and a warm bowl of soup..it was one fulfilling meal!!!


Check out Nicole's Noodle Salad

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The talented lady of Sugarcraft India passed on an award for the second consecutive time....the Excellent Award..




Thanks Swati....



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An appreciation!

A special thanks goes to Swati
and Harini for giving me this surprise of a yummy blog award!

and as per the rules on mentioning my favourite desserts, they are



a)Blueberry Cheesecake : this was the first kind of cheesecake that I had ever tasted and has been my favourite ever since. The flavours give me a high!

b)Lemon bars for their tanginess



c)Chocolate Cake with the coffee cream sandwhiched between the layers

and my

d)Nut Crunchers

and now I'd like to pass this award to :

1. Seena for her simple yet lovely and delicious recipes
2.Inji Pennu for her style of writing and her unstyled yet pretty and realistic pics.
3.Shn for her authentic recipes

and

4. Kate whose blog I'm addicted to for the awesome pics.

All of you deserve this award.



Rules for the ‘Yummy Blog’ award Receiver:



The person who receives the award should display the "Yummy Blog !" logo on their blog and also the meaning of the award which is "Yummy blog award is the award given to the blog with most yummy recipes/photos".·The receiver should also quote their favorite yummylicious :) dessert(s) that they have ever prepared/eaten. Don’t restrict yourself to any dessert, chocolate bars also welcome.·Also the receiver should pass on the award to four other bloggers whose blog they find "yummy" and let them know about the rules.

Meet, eat and craving for more!!!

Eleven strangers meet for a potluck lunch! The only common ground being all the 11 shared the passion for food and blogging.

Eager to meet up with fellow bloggers from the same city, mails were exchanged, venue was decided courtesy a lovely hostess who was kind enough to open her abode for us.

We decided that we would guess the others on each one's arrival. Your's truly walked in introducing herself :D.

The food was excellent..each one of them....the ladies were lovely and ....and am glad someone thought I was the quietest :D.

I wouldn't want to elaborate more..the lovely ladies (Jayashree, Kamini,Sra,Arundati,and Lavi) have blogged about it.


Nirmala..I am still craving for the FLORENTINES.

Kamalika..Too bad I missed your Chakkara Pongal.

All in all, a fun meet and I would love to do another meet very soon.

Fresh strawberries!