Tell All - Turkey Meatballs with Spicy Tomato Sauce and Whole Wheat Spaghetti

Who else is excited for this meal?

I have made these meatballs many times, and I actually posted about it before I joined CEiMB. I like to broil these instead of cook them in a sauce because they get all crispy and brown on the outside. You can check out my post if you are interested.

Let's hear what you thought of these meatballs and sauce.

Best of CEiMB - April 23, 2009

Balsamic Chicken with Baby Spinach and Whole Wheat Couscous

BEST PHOTOS OF THE WEEK

I am happy to announce this week's best photo goes to Pamela of Cookies with Boys:




And second runner up goes to Joanne of Apple Crumbles:



Both of these ladies give us quality posts week after week, so a big congrats to them!


BEST POST OF THE WEEK

This week best post goes to a great blogger, Leslie of Lethally Delicious. This week Leslie regaled us with her tale of aliens who forced her to alter the recipe against her will.

Last week, I got carried away with modifying the recipe, including leaving out the star ingredient. It worked out well, but I felt a little guilty. This week was going to be different. I was going to make this dish (chosen by Marthe of Culinary Delights) without substitutions or omissions. I was excited about the recipe and couldn't imagine wanting to do anything different with it. Then, I was taken hostage by aliens. They liked their chicken breasts thick and juicy. They liked doubling some things, but not others. They were saucy, garlic loving aliens. They said they wouldn't hurt me if I followed their orders. This is what they made me cook.

Check out Leslie's post to see what those saucy aliens made her do!

New Member

Welcome to our newest member Lauren of I'll Eat You

Hi Everyone!

I'm Lauren and I write I'll Eat You with my husband, Paul. I'm a children's therapist living in Philadelphia, and I love to cook and bake in my spare time. Most of my blogging adventures have leaned to the not-so-healthy side, so I'm looking for ways to keep my blog healthy and delicious at the same time. I'm looking forward to blogging with all of you!

New Member

Hi All,

I am pleased to announce our new member Anne from Rainforest Recipes.

I'm a Canadian, living in the jungles of northern Guatemala. I love cooking, eating delicious healthy food and blogging. I have a dream of "self-sufficiency" and have begun practicing with gardening and solar cooking. I look forward to cooking with ellie!

I can't wait to see how Anne cooks up our Ellie recipes all the way from the jungle!

Welcome Anne :)

Tell All - Balsamic Chicken with Baby Spinach and Couscous

This sounds simple and delicious. How did this one go for you?

Best of CEiMB - April 16, 2009

Lamb Stew with Orange


BEST PHOTOS OF THE WEEK:

This week best photo goes to Liz of the Not So Skinny Kitchen. This marks Liz's first post ever for Craving Ellie in my Belly, so a big congrats to her!




Best photo also goes to Jessica of A Singleton in the Kitchen for her creatively styled photo.




BEST POST OF THE WEEK

Hands down, this week's best post goes to Jessica of A Singleton in the Kitchen for her description of an encounter she had with a little boy at Whole Foods while procuring her lamb for this dish. The story is ridiculous to begin with, but the Billy Madison dodge ball reference gave me a good chuckle.

I went and procured the lamb and I was standing in line, waiting to check out, pondering my brother's assertion that Whole Foods "is a bunch of hippies saving the world one organic carrot at a time" (mind you, he shops there all of the time so there's no animosity in that statement), and generally minding my own business. I was literally knocked out of my reverie by the very loud slam of my cart into my abdomen. You see, this punk-a** little kid in front of me decided to mess with me. He took his empty cart, turned it around, and gave it a mighty shove into my cart. I like kids a lot, and they generally like me a lot too, but it took all of my "grown up" sensibilities not to rudely shove my cart back into his! And the look I got from him was just daring me to do it, too. We could have had a Billy Madison dodge ball moment: "Now you're all in big, BIG trouble." But his poor mother was embarrassed enough as she was whispering to him not to do such things and I thought it was probably best to go back to musing about the organic carrots.

Everything looked great this week and I loved all the different variations of this recipe :)

Tell All - Lamb Stew with Orange

How is everyone liking this? Not unlike the salmon from last week, not everyone has a taste for lamb. Personally, I love lamb. How about you?

I also can't wait to see what our creative vegetarians do with this one :)