Along the Spice Trail

This week we're on the spice trail ... Choosing Diana Henry recipes that use exotic and aromatic spices.  Spices come in a dizzying array of colours and flavours - those which bring warmth, sweetness, earthiness, woodsiness, and even mind-blowing heat.  These are the ingredients which add nuance and complexity of flavour to dishes, both sweet and savoury, and evoke memories of meals and places past.

So get those cookbooks out or look at any of the appropriate online sources, choose any Diana Henry recipe for a dish that's Along the Spice Trail, and post your dish by Sunday 18 January.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image below, and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your post.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.

If you missed our Mystery Box Madness theme last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all the wonderful dishes everyone made.

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Mystery Box Madness: January 2015!

Here comes our third Mystery Box Madness challenge and the first one for 2015! 

We have some fun Mystery Box Madness ingredients for January and are looking forward to see what tasty dishes those who 'take the challenge' come up with!

Here are your January 2015 MBM Ingredients:

Potatoes
Buttermilk
Flour
Paprika
Onion
Leafy Greens (Any Kind)
Lemon
Honey
Prawns/Shrimp
Feta

Your dish should contain at least three of these mystery ingredients, and you get to choose any dish from our current guest chef, Diana Henry, or any one of our previous ten IHCC chefs:

Nigella Lawson
Mark Bittman
Giada de Laurentiis
Jamie Oliver
Tessa Kiros
Rick Bayless
Madjur Jaffrey
Yotam Ottolenghi
Donna Hay
Nigel Slater

Which mystery ingredients and chef are calling out to you?  

If you are up for the challenge, make and post your dish by Sunday, January 11th.  Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.

If you missed our Happy, Healthy! theme last week, be sure to click on the picture links and check out all the healthy, happy belly dishes everyone made!

And, if you have a suggestion for February's Mystery Box Madness ingredients we would love to hear it! Please leave a comment on this post below.

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Happy, Healthy!

Time to make those good for you dishes that taste great and make your belly happy!

So pick your best Happy, Healthy Diana Henry recipe and join in on the fun.  Post and link your happy and healthy dish by Sunday, January 4th. 

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will get back with you. 
 
If you missed our December Potluck last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all of the wonderful ways we celebrated our IHCC chefs!

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December Pot Luck!

Oh, yes ... we all love a Potluck around here!

And, what's not to love, when Potluck means not only do you get to choose the recipe, but you also get to choose the chef.

That's right, choose any Diana Henry recipe you like, or if you prefer take the opportunity to revisit any one of our previous nine IHCC chefs:

Nigella Lawson

Mark Bittman

Giada de Laurentiis

Jamie Oliver

Tessa Kiros

Rick Bayless

Madjur Jaffrey

Yotam Ottolenghi

Donna Hay

Nigel Slater

That makes for a veritable smorgasbord of English, American, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern and "modern Australian" recipes to choose from.

To join in just post and link your December Potluck dish from any one of our IHCC chefs by Sunday 28 December.  Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.

If you missed our Party Pleasers! theme last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all the fabulous party pleasers everyone made.

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Party Pleasers!

No matter what or how you are celebrating this year, there is sure to be a Diana Henry recipe for you!

This week it is all about Party Pleasers!

Those recipes that are perfect for family gatherings, block parties, potlucks, cocktail parties, romantic dinners for two, or whichever way you like to celebrate in December. 

So pick your best Party Pleasing Diana Henry recipe to join in the fun. Post and link your party dish by Sunday, December 21st.  

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.  

If you missed our December Mystery Box Madness Challenge last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all of the wonderful ways our ten mystery ingredients got used. 

Note: Your hardworking IHCC hosts have been a little behind this month but we managed to finally decide on January's Cooking Club Themes. They are now posted on the sidebar, along with January's Mystery Box Madness ingredients. (Thanks Joyce for your suggestions--you can see we used a few!)  ;-)

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Mystery Box Madness December '14

It's time for our second Mystery Box Madness.  The first MBM challenge was so much fun! It was so interesting to see which chefs were celebrated, as well as the ingredients chosen, and the way in which those ingredients were combined! This month's Mystery Box Madness ingredients are equally exciting and we can't wait to see how the ingredients lend themselves. 

chocolate

cherries

cinnamon

rolled oats

couscous

pomegranate

curry

coconut milk

lentils

hot peppers/chiles

You get to choose any dish from our current guest chef, Diana Henry, or any one of our previous ten IHCC chefs:

Nigella Lawson

Mark Bittman

Giada de Laurentiis

Jamie Oliver

Tessa Kiros

Rick Bayless

Madjur Jaffrey

Yotam Ottolenghi

Donna Hay

Nigel Slater

So where's the challenge? - your dish must contain at least three of our mystery ingredients!!

Sounds like fun, doesn't it?!  So put your thinking cap on, get those cookbooks off the shelf, and make and post your dish by Sunday, December 14th.  Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your dish.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.

If you missed our Gifts From The Heart theme last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all the homemade treats with made from the heart!

If you have a suggestion for January's Mystery Box Madness ingredients we would love to hear it! Please leave a comment on this post below.

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Gifts from the Heart!

This week we're making Gifts From the Heart ... exploring Diana Henry recipes for food gifts and other goodies that are perfect for holiday giving.

Cakes, cookies, chutnies, jams, chocolates, pickles, special vinegars, mustards, even homemade liquors, are all perfect for seasonal gift giving.  Like most cooks, we love to give and receive homemade edible gifts for Christmas, and we're sure that within the pages of your Diana Henry cookbooks, or online, you will find loads of inspiration to make some special holiday treats for your family and friends.

So get those cookbooks out or look at any of the appropriate online sources, choose any Diana Henry recipe suitable for a  Gift From the Heart, and post your dish by Sunday 7 December.

Please remember to link a thumbnail image below, and leave a comment after you link so that we don't miss out on your post.

New to IHCC?  Need help linking up?  Check out our Welcome page.  If you have any questions, please leave a comment below and we will get back with you.

If you missed our Pot Luck theme last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all the wonderful dishes everyone made.

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