Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday Favorites and Kitchen Safety Tips!

My First Decorated Cookies!
What a crazy weekend this has been! Between Thursday and Saturday, I made 60 cupcakes for a hospital fundraiser, 6 orange passionfruit curd mini tarts, a batch of tangerine mousse, 24 pumpkin-decorated sugar cookies (my first decorated cookies ever and pictured above), and a lemon genoise cake filled with lemon curd and covered in lemon white chocolate mousse frosting as well as decorating a half sheet cake with lots of buttercream and pumpkin and fall colored designs! To be honest, I can hardly believe I was able to get it all done, but it feels damn good to have completed all of it! But I must confess that I moved my favorites post up this week because I simply could not drag myself back to baking just yet. So please enjoy these lovely photos from around the blogosphere while I muster up the will to get back in the kitchen =p.

Almond Toffee Fudge Photograph from Pure Vegetarian by Lakshmi
1 LaksmiW-Almond Toffee Fudge
Fairytale Wedding Cake Photograph via The Wedding Chicks
2 WeddingChicks-Birch Wood Look Flower Fairytale Wedding Cake Idea
3 KatieQuinnDavies-Upside-down Rhubarb Cake Rack Blueberry Galette
4 StuderTV-Hot Apple Cider Drink Bottle Basket Idea
5 SproutedKitchen-Crusted Butternut Squash Herbed Breadcrumbs Ingred
Apple Pie Bars from Kwestia Smaku
Kwestiamaku-Apple Pie Bars
Cocktails Photographs from Sheri Giblin
7 Sheri Giblin-Unknown Cocktails Drinks with Lime Garnish
8 TicketKitchen-Hot Choco Cube Pumpkin Labels Party Idea (See Printable)
9 HostesswiththeMostess-Lychee Cherry Eye of Newt Halloween
Lemon Curd Tart with Olive Oil from Gourmet Magazine
10 Gourmetmag-Lemon Curd Tart Olive Oil Sliced
11 Bron Marshall-Mandarin Orange Pistachio Muesli Oats Granola
12 Donna Hay-Brownie Cookie Sandwiches
13 GourmetTraveller-Apples with Calvadoes and Clam Chowder
14 Cookiesandcups-Pumpkin Orange, Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Cookie Sandw Fall Halloween Idea
Lastly I wanted to share this very useful kitchen safety infographic that a reader recently shared with me. Trust me, I'm familiar with the many ways that you can hurt yourself in the kitchen. Plus a lot of food-related illness comes from improper handling. So please put safety first whenever you're in the kitchen!

Your Kitchen is Trying to Kill You: Tips for staying safe in the kitchen (Infographic)

Source by JES Restaurant Equipment

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28 comments:

  1. Sneh | Cook RepublicOctober 17, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    very very nice round up of pictures! OMG how cute are those pumpkin cookies!!

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  2. What's for dessert?October 17, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    Pumpkin cookies look so cute, you did a great job!

    Great safety tips!

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  3. MagsOctober 17, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    Nice picture choices! And I am loving all this kitchen safety info, I never even gave a second thought to storing knives in a drawer!

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  4. Jennifer (Delicieux)October 17, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    Sounds like you had an awesomely busy weekend Xiaolu!!! Congratulations on getting it all done, and those cookies look fantastic, especially for a first attempt!!!

    By the way, I love that you included Donna Hay's brownie cookie photo in your Monday favourites, I absolutely love that photo too.

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  5. Rosa's Yummy YumsOctober 17, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    A lovely post as always! Great tips.

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  6. Susan LindquistOctober 17, 2011 at 8:31 PM

    Phew! A whole lotta bakin' goin' on! Good for you! bet the hospital values you talents! Excellent kitchen safety tutorial! Love the look of that almond fudge!

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  7. micheleOctober 17, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    super cute pumpkin cookies! you did a great job, especially for your first decorated cookies! :)

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  8. Ann@Anncoo JournalOctober 17, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Nice roundup! Love the pumpkin cookies too :)

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  9. BronOctober 17, 2011 at 11:28 PM

    Thank you so much for including one of my pictures in your beautiful roundup, totally made my day :)
    I agree with everyone else, your pumpkin cookies are simply adorable!

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  10. Prerna@IndianSimmerOctober 18, 2011 at 1:47 AM

    How many people/blogs/websites do you know around the world wide web anyway? :D
    I am glad you know all these people because I always look forward to this post and you always bring out the best that happened that week!

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  11. Nami | Just One CookbookOctober 18, 2011 at 4:52 AM

    Is the wedding cake on the flower real or a part of cake? I have to go check it out. That's incredible!!! Thank you again for sharing favorites! You know we enjoy this so much!

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  12. warmvanillasugarOctober 18, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    Holy, you've had a crazy baking week! I don't even know where to begin on some of these baking suggestions. Everything looks lovely!

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  13. JoyOctober 18, 2011 at 12:01 PM

    Super cute pumpkin cookies! And I really like the idea of orange whoopie pies too for the autumn season. =)

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  14. XiaoluOctober 18, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    Nami - the flower is frosting, I'm fairly certain. Amazing, isn't it?!

    Thanks, everyone for your comments!

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  15. Kulsum@journeykitchenOctober 18, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    oh gosh your frosted cookies look so cute and I don't even like frosting! Great round up as always!!

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  16. SomaOctober 18, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    Love your new header and background. and a lovely collection as usual. Love Laksmhi's photograph, but what so new in that?:)

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  17. SomaOctober 18, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    arghhh.. meant Lakshmi..sorry for the typo.

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  18. XiaoluOctober 18, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Hehe these aren't necessarily new -- simply the things that are my favorite for the week. It happens a lot of them usually are new though! I was actually going to feature a newer photo of Laksmi's laddu but realized I liked this older photo even better!~

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  19. Ashley SlaterOctober 18, 2011 at 5:12 PM

    what a lovellllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyy blog! I am so excited I found you, I have been scouring your entries for the last half hour! you have a new follower!

    xo,
    ashley
    adventures of newlyweds

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  20. JoanneOctober 18, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    You are INSANE! But that's probably why we get along so well. :P

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  21. PavithraOctober 18, 2011 at 9:23 PM

    Loved ur new look Xiaolu and the pictures are stunning... beautifully done and the flower frosting is absolutely gorgeous.

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  22. Emma GallowayOctober 19, 2011 at 3:31 AM

    Almond toffee fudge! Wow. So many lovely links, thanks :-)

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  23. Sanjeeta kkOctober 19, 2011 at 9:20 AM

    Beautiful header and you really are a busy bee, Xiaolu! Baking..cooking..blogging..phew.

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  24. My Little SpaceOctober 19, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Love that apple pie bars! Beautiful.
    Have a great day ahead, dear.
    Kristy

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  25. sefaOctober 19, 2011 at 10:22 AM

    hi Xiaolu, you have a beautiful blog! glad that I bump into yours, I love your food photos.
    thanks for the info about safety in the kitchen, i need it :)

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  26. Smoky Wok (formerly Tastes of Home)October 19, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    nice round-up and love the new design!!

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  27. Roxana GreenGirlOctober 20, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    That's a lot of baking you've been doing over the weekend. And those pumpkin cookies are so adorable!
    Lovely round-up Xiaolu! Thanks for sharing the kitchen safety tips also.

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  28. restaurant equipment service AustinApril 27, 2012 at 2:02 AM

    These kitchen safety tips are indeed great! It is very important that protective measures are observed in the kitchen at all times to avoid any mishap. Thanks for sharing.

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