It’s the day that acts as an annual reminder to count your blessings, connect with your family and friends and to truly be grateful for all of the wonderful things in your life.
It also happens to be a celebration of food. And why not? Food sustains us and brings our families and friends together. It’s a mode of artistic expression for some and emotionally-charged for us all with every memory each recipe evokes.
Thanksgiving is less than a week away and foodies, party planning enthusiasts and pretty much anyone who has spent more than two hours on foodgawker is super excited.
I’m super excited.
And to kick off the celebration I’m posting my Hobbies Cookbook. As I’ve mentioned in my post on peach wontons , I have a bucket list of hobbies. It’s an ever-expanding list of activities I want to at least try out once. And one of those activities involved me cooking my way through a cookbook.
As I couldn’t find a cookbook that really interested me, I decided to make use of the most interesting collection of recipes I know: the internet. More specifically, I utilized the obscene amount of recipes I’d already accumulated in my Chrome bookmarks list.
And so with 100 recipes, I’ve put together my own collection, the Hobbies Cookbook. What follows are the 100 dishes I intend to cook, complete with links to the recipes and the blogs where I found them:
- Quick Raspberry Sauce
- Basic Bread Loaf
- Panera Bread® Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- Pork and Ginger Pot Stickers
- Asparagus and Peas Fritatta
- Black and White Cookies
- Mongolian Beef Recipe
- Chewy No-Bake Cookies and Cream Bars
- Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Bacon and Fried Egg
- Quick Migas
- Strawberry Torte
- Carrot and Coconut Soup with Thai Red Curry
- Linzer Sables
- Guacamole
- Baked Cake Doughnuts
- Flaky Buttermilk Biscuits
- Frozen Hot Chocolate
- Spaghetti Alla Carbonara
- Honeyed Pears in Puff Pastry
- Herb Butter Mushrooms with Smoked Mozzarella
- Alfajores Cookies
- Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread
- Beth’s Best Tuna Salad
- Homemade Dulce de Leche
- Mushroom Bruschetta
- Mom’s Flan (by Abigail Garcia)
- 5 Minute Strawberry Mousse
- Kim Chi Fried Rice
- Polvorones
- Cilantro Mint Chutney
- Crema Poeta (Vanilla Bean Pudding)
- Pasta Puttanesca
- Cold Chocolate Custard with Whipped Cream
- Eggs in a Basket: Baked Eggs in Toast Cups with Melty Cheese
- Italian Lemon Almond Mousse
- Bacon Basil Tomato Sandwich
- Crème Brulee French Toast
- Chicken and Coconut Thai Curry Soup
- Ice Cream Tiramisu
- Olive Garden’s Chicken Milanese
- Peach Wontons
- Parmesan Herb Popovers
- Mocha Ice Blended
- Pancakes from Scratch
- BLT Salad
- Oreo Cookie Cupcakes
- Avocado Tuna Melts
- Caramel Macchiato Ice Cream
- Rosemary Foccacia
- Strawberry Fraiser
- Tuna Cornbread Cakes with Lemon Aioli
- Tres Leches Cupcakes
- Spinach, Chili-lime Vinaigrette, Avocado and Sunflower Seed Salad (There isn’t a link for this one. It’s just a salad UGA offered in one of their dining halls. All the ingredients you need are mentioned in the title.)
- Chocolate Cayenne Truffle Brownies
- Garlic Scallion Noodles
- Whipped Cream Cupcakes
- Sun-Dried Tomato and Basil Pesto Pizza
- Cannoli Cupcakes
- Mac & Cheese Muffins
- Cinnamon and Sugar Tortilla Strips
- Almond Cake
- Pimento Cheese
- Payasam
- Korean Style Short Ribs
- Custard Cake
- Garlic Knots
- Petite Vanilla Bean Scones
- Pajeon (Korean Scallion Pancakes)
- One Bowl Chocolate Cake
- Spinach Salad with Spiced Pork and Ginger Dressing
- Churros with Chocolate
- Baked Potato Salad
- Palmiers
- Stir-fried Egg Ramen
- Turtle Brownies
- Bacon and Tomato Pasta
- Kourabiedes
- Crisp Gnocchi with Lemon Garlic Greens
- Microwave Lemon Curd
- Soft Pretzel Bites
- Tiramisu Cupcakes
- Honey Chipotle BBQ sauce
- Lemon Bars
- Fiery Angel Hair Pasta
- Caramel Macchiato Cheesecake
- Avocado Fries
- Amy Sedaris’ Vanilla Cupcakes
- Egg Drop Soup with Ramen Noodles
- Beignets
- Tiramisu Cake
- Chicken Francese and Egg Tagliatelle
- Chocolate Tart with Shortbread Crust
- Samosas
- 100 Grand Cupcakes
- Quick Potato Patties
- Root Beer Cake
- Butter Chicken
- White Chocolate, Cranberry and Strawberry Rocky Road
- Lemon Brulee Bars
- Raspberry Chipotle BBQ Chicken
Now you can follow along with me as I try out each recipe. Feel free to comment on my blog with any questions and let me know what you think of the recipes, any changes you’d make to them, or even your own culinary anecdotes. Tell me your stories, I’d love to hear them!
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Enjoy the root beer cake and make sure you make plenty to share! Everyone will go nuts over it!
Thanks (for the recipe too)! Will do! 🙂
What a great idea! I’m flattered to have made the list. There are several on your list that are going to go straight to my “to do” list…like the Frozen Hot Chocolate. That is right up my alley.
Thanks! Yeah, I can’t wait to try out the Frozen Hot Chocolate myself. Also, thanks for posting that recipe of yours: Can’t wait to try it out! Great to know that you found some new recipes to try from my list! Let me know how those recipes turn out for you!
I’m so glad that I took the time to go through 5 pages of spam tonight and not just automatically delete them or I would have missed this. Thank you for including my bacon and tomato pasta dish which I sort of wish I had in front of me right now. Good Luck!
Thank you! I’m glad you didn’t miss this post either! Also, thanks for posting that recipe: I can’t wait to try it out! 🙂