Wait. I just need to point out that I blog from the public library because I like to get out of my house to write and currently, there is an old man next to me snoring right now. WOW, this is both awkward and extremely distracting.
Moving on.
This weekend the austin food bloggers met up for another one of our (in)famous potlucks. I have to say that after going to these potlucks, I’m spoiled. Most people go all out and bring beautiful, complicated and amazing dishes. I’m always slightly intimidated about these things. Since I almost forgot about the event entirely (BAD TEDDY!), my dish seems less impressive when standing next to others but I loved it.
A watermelon, mango, orange, lychee and avocado salad dusted with a small amount of salt to increase the sweetness of all the fruits and extract their liquids.
Fresh from the fire pizza. Christian from Austin Food Journal manned the wood burning oven for hours. I’m not sure how he survived it! But thank you for some of the BEST pizza I’ve ever had- seriously. Now I apologize to everyone else for mixing up who made what. Some of my favs follow:
Homemade onion BAGELS with everything schmear!
Lavender macaroons. I don’t normally like either of these things. I think lavender can taste like soap in dishes and all the macaroons I’ve had are hard and plain gross. One bite of these changed my mind about both.
Husk Cherries (aka ground cherries or cape gooseberry) . Kristi said she picked these up at a local farmers market simply because she had never seen them before. They were odd in a great way. Sweet like a pear or plum with the texture of a tomato. Fun!
It was a great potluck, no?
Back to my normal meals this week!
Teddy
Fun! What a great idea to get everyone together! Although you have no reason to be, I would be intimidated too. Would definitely have my chef husband do the cooking. The salad looks delish and very refreshing, especially for a hot Texas day.
Pizza is one of my very favorite things and that one looks to die for!! Everything looks great. Did the snoring man ever wake up?
Thanks for the shout-out and glad you like the pizza. Since the oven is on wheels, we are starting a catering company. Bola Pizza (named after our dog and official crust tester). More info to come at http://www.bolapizza.com
I love our not-so-little potlucks. Everyone always comes up with the best things to bring, and of course, it’s always a joy to get to catch up with my fellow bloggers. Thanks so much for coming and bringing your delicious dish!
Glad you liked the lavender macarons. I was worried that the lavender might be a little too strong- I’ve still got some tweaking to do on these. Hope to see you at the next meetup!
I think it’s time to trim those fingernails, honey.
I sure wish I lived closer to more food bloggers, especially if it meant I could attend potlucks like this! What a delicious selection!
All of that food is making me so hungry! If you have a lot more healthy recipes of your own that you make, you should send them into this contest I know of that’s making its way around the country. It’s coming to San Antonio on October 2-3! I noticed your recipe and thought you would be interested. You could get great exposure for your recipes and meet celebrity cooks (Bobby Flay, Sunny Anderson, Sara Moulton, or Cat Cora). All you have to do is go to healthyfoodfight.com to submit one of your healthy recipes. Deadline to sign up for San Antonio is September 15th so hurry! Good luck if you decide to enter, and if not, keep posting!