Adios y Gracias, Rick!!

 

It's been a wonderful and delicious six months cooking Rick's recipes, but now it's time to say 

¡Adios y Gracias, Rick!

  

Let's raise our glass one more time in a final salute to Rick Bayless! Make and post your ¡Adios y Gracias, Rick! dish on or by Sunday, September 30th.  Please make sure to link your dish to Mr. Linky below so that we don't miss out on your farewell recipe.  Remember to leave a comment after just to be sure we don't miss anyone.   

For more information, please head over to our Welcome page. 

If you missed out on last week's lunchbox theme now is a great time to go check it out!

I Heart Cooking Clubs *Adios y Gracias, Rick* Participants

1. Kim - My Top Five Favorite Bayless Recipes 2. Tina (Tartiflette) 3. Natashya - Pescado a la Veracruzana 4. Michelle--Rick's Fav Chocolate Birthday Cake

5. Natashya - Rick Round-Up and Invitation 6. Kitchen Flavours - Creamy Chicken and Greens with Roasted Jalapenos 7. Glennis - Acupulco-style Shrimp Cocktail 8. Deb in Hawaii--Creamy Almond Rice Cooler & Top 5 Faves

9. Andreas - Tomato-colored Rice 10. Heather - ChocoFlan (Impossible Cake) 11. chica chocolatina- chocolate mexicano/mexican hot chocolat

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What's in Your Lunchbox???

It's September...  Face it--summer is over. Back to school for some, back to work for others. It's time to get out those lunchboxes, lunch pails, brown paper bags, thermoses, bento boxes, tiffins, Tupperware, or whatever you use to pack up your lunch. 

Time to answer the all-important question...

What's in Your Lunch Box???

Find a Rick Bayless recipe that you'd like for lunch! 

Tortillas and Taco Fixins'? 
Sandwiches? 
Salads or Soups? 
Leftover casseroles?
Chips & Salsa?...

It just has to be a Rick Bayless recipe--remember we are cooking with him through the end of the month before we switch to our new chef Madhur Jaffrey, and of course it has to be posted by Sunday, September 23. 

Don't forget to link your post of the week's with Mr. Linky below, so we can all enjoy your fabulous creation! Remember to leave a comment after, each week that you use Mr. Linky to link your post, just to be sure we don't miss anyone.

Not sure what a permalink is? Check out our Welcome post.

If you missed our Día de Independencia theme last week, be sure to head on over and see all of the delicious dishes everyone brought!  Don't forget, we're cooking through the recipes of Rick Bayless right now...so if you've linked up, be sure that you've used/adapted one of his recipes for your post!
 

I Heart Cooking Clubs *What's in Your Lunchbox-Bayless* Participants

1. Deb in Hawaii--Sweet Roasted Garlic Soup 2. Kitchen Flavours - Rustic Red-Sauced Eggs and Crispy Potatoes 3. Natashya - Chipotle Shrimp Tostadas with Grilled Pepper Guacamole

4. Glennis - Beef braised with tomatoes roasted polanos and herbs fille sopes 5. Michelle--French Warm Goat Cheese Salad 6. JamieK-Mexican-Style Granola

7. Kim - Mexican Shortbread Cookies 8. Chica Chocolatina-Mexican Challah Grilled Cheese

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Día de Independencia

This is the week leading up to Mexican Independence Day, so what better time than to cook/bake/mix up a bunch of Mexican food and drink fit for a fiesta!?

Any party fare will do - appetizers and starters...big pots (or small ones) of soup...meat on the grill or from the kitchen...tacos and empanadas and tostadas and flautas...big pitchers of cold drinks (with or without alcohol)...tasty desserts.  Anything goes!

What are you going to bring to this week-long fiesta?

Make and post your Día de Independencia post by Sunday, September 16th. Don't forget to link your post of the week's with Mr. Linky below, so we can all enjoy your fabulous creation! Remember to leave a comment after, each week that you use Mr. Linky to link your post, just to be sure we don't miss anyone.

Not sure what a permalink is? Check out our Welcome post.

If you missed the ¡Esta Rojo! theme last week, be sure to head on over and see all of the delicious dishes everyone brought!  Don't forget, we're cooking through the recipes of Rick Bayless right now...so if you've linked up, be sure that you've used/adapted one of his recipes for your post!

*all images via Google images
I Heart Cooking Clubs *Dia de Independencia* Participants

1. Michelle ~ The Simplest Fried Beans & Green Poblano Rice 2. Deb in Hawaii--Fresh Tomatillo Salsa 3. Andrea at Nummy Kitchen -- Roasted Poblano Quesadillas

4. Natashya - Micheladas 5. Kitchen Flavours - Fire-Roasted Tomato Salsa 6. Glennis - Seafood "Stew"

7. JamieK - Sangria Mexicana 8. What's Cookin' SMA??? Spiced Nuts and Seeds 9. Kim - Quick Fried Shrimp with Sweet Toasty Garlic

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¡Esta Rojo!

¡Esta Rojo!

It's all about the red...or shades of red...this week.

Red inflames us, gets our motor revving, and excites both body and mind. 

It's also rich in nutrients, you know, eat the rainbow and all that. 

Rick has tons of red dishes in his books, the hard part will be choosing which one to make! 

So whether you make a delicious red appetizer....

Main course.....

Or even desserts or cocktails.... It's bound to be a wonderfully red week. ¡Esta Rojo!

Whip up your little red dish from one of Rick Bayless's recipes and post it on or by Sunday, September 9th. Link up with Mr. Linky, below, and leave a comment so we can all see your brilliantly colourful foodstuffs!

If you need more information about participating in I♥CC, please see our Welcome page.

*photos from RickBayless.com


I Heart Cooking Clubs *¡Esta Rojo!* Participants

1. Michelle ~ Brava Steaks w/ Lazy Salsa 2. Kitchen Flavours - Honey Barbecue Baked Beans 3. Deb in Hawaii--Jamaica Flower Sangria

4. Heather- Essential Sweet-n-Smoky Chipotle Paste 5. Kim - Quick and Easy Arroz con Pollo 6. Glennis - Pork-Potato Tacos w/ Salsa

7. Natashya - Red Rice and Salsa! 8. JamieK - Fresh Melon Cooler 9. What's Cookin' SMA??? Watermelon Refreshments

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Your votes are in! 

The next chef we will be cooking with is 

Madhur Jaffrey! 

We start up with her in October, 

it's going to be a spicy six months! 

Madhur Jaffrey, I♥CC chef Oct-March