What's Cooking This Weekend? Weekend of August 22-23, 2009

Happy weekend! What's cooking in your kitchen? A batch of ice cream, maybe to be topped with berries in port, like the sundae above? It's definitely weather for eating ice cream outdoors. Or perhaps you're cooking up salads and frosty, fizzy cocktails? Read on for many recipes and good tips for weekend eating, and tell us what you're cooking this weekend too!

• New recipes and recipe reviews: Southern cheese straws, easy salsa, barbecue chicken and macaroni salad, cold yogurt soup, chocolate mousse with olive oil and sea salt, cool bean salad with goat cheese, a tomato soup from Jamie Oliver, homemade potato chips, pickled red onions, and cappuccino of tomatoes and mozzarella.

• There were so many great recipes for ice cream and frozen treats this week! Try one of these this weekend: Hibiscus Berry Sundae, dairy-free avocado ice cream from Rick Bayless, an easy ice cream with just a couple ingredients, another one that calls for just one ingredient and a blender, and a sweet dessert wine ice cream.

• New kitchen design and kitchen spotlights: Painted kitchen floors, a spotlight on a peaceful cottage kitchen, a kitchen makeover in the making, patterned cork floors, and what kind of kitchen floors do you have?

• What are you drinking this weekend? Try one of these chill drinks: Elderflower champagne cocktail, creamy horchata, and Violet Fizz and more Fizzes and Collinses.

• A rather lovable and colorful toaster, plus colorful LEGO kitchen accessories and fun popsicle molds.

• Have you ever tried peanut brittle and blue cheese together?

• What you need to brew beer at home.

• What's the difference between green, black, white and pink peppercorns?

• The ultimate kitchen tool.

• All about the best wine glasses.

Have a great weekend! Come on back tomorrow to see the hottest posts from the past week, and definitely stop by Sunday for Dana's Weekend Meditation.

(Image: Faith Durand)

I only wish it were that easy! We did a contest on our blog where we have to cook from other people's shopping bags (http://www.biggirlssmallkitchen.com/2009/08/whats-in-bag-we-have-banner.html) and so I have no idea exactly what dish will come of it. Here's hoping something from the above will fit our needs!

posted by smallkitchcara on August 21st 2009 at 6:21pm
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Vegan Swedish un-meatballs with lingonberry sauce.

posted by spookiefish on August 21st 2009 at 8:10pm
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I'm baking super-sized macaroons, blueberry-raspberry muffins to be served with creme fraiche for breakfast, and we'll also be having lobster sauteed over linguini at some point this weekend with a huge salad that includes marigold blossoms.
Katy
http://fengshuibyfishgirl.com

posted by fishgirl on August 21st 2009 at 8:57pm
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Eggplant, heirloom tomato and goat cheese "stacks" for dinner tonight and I've already baked some blueberry oat scones this evening for breakfast tomorrow morning. I'm attending a bbq potluck tomorrow so I'll be making/bringing shrimp orzo pasta salad.

posted by rosebud on August 21st 2009 at 10:24pm
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Made easy tomato, zucchini, and herb no-cook pasta sauce last night: http://lauraezolnoski.com/2009/08/22/linguine-tomatoes-zucchini/

posted by Laura Zolnoski on August 22nd 2009 at 11:24am
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My usual greens (today, arugula) & poached egg for lunch, with some strawberries & yogurt for after.

I'm going to try that Rick Bayless horchata recipe, and prob make some ricotta for pizza tomorrow (with the rest of the arugula). It's so humid and unpleasant right now it's hard to think about cooking. The neighborhood restaurants will do well out of me until the weather breaks.

posted by Charlotte on August 22nd 2009 at 11:34am
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Right now I am making homemade guacamole and enchiladas verdes de pollo with tomatillo sauce and queso fresco.

I will also throw together some sliced fruit I have to make a mexican fruit salad with a sweet-spicy-salty spice blend to top it. (it's made of sugar, salt, lime juice, and chili powder. Delicious on ripe cantaloupe, watermelon or just about any fruit salad.)

I am also considering doing tequila partida margaritas with agave nectar... we'll see :)

posted by snowhite197 on August 22nd 2009 at 12:33pm
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Honey Mustard Pork with apple and pear salsa was Saturdays dinner. Sunday? BBQ breakfast for dinner (because we all slept in)

posted by bkk on August 22nd 2009 at 11:52pm
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Pasta salad on Friday night.

It's been cooler here this week so I took a turkey breast out of the freezer and did that up last night with smashed potatoes, gravy, and graham bread. I shredded the other half to make Italian turkey for sandwiches for this week or maybe for the freezer.

snowhite, how do you make your enchiladas? I never have found a recipe my family likes and I've tried a bunch.

posted by Merry123 on August 23rd 2009 at 7:34am
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I've tried my best to keep the oven and stove off this weekend - Friday night was shrimp ceviche w/ popcorn, and last night was tofu salad with a creamy miso dressing. Check out both plates at:

www.letseatyall.net

thanks for the ice cream recipes!

posted by ali07 on August 23rd 2009 at 6:41pm
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I was so excited to see Gravenstein apples at the farmer's market this weekend. I ended up making two apple galettes and two apple and walnut cakes with maple frosting. Now I just need to find some eaters. :-)

posted by sjbreeze on August 24th 2009 at 11:34am
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