G'day Curtis! (We Are Cooking with Curtis Stone at IHCC!)

G'day Curtis!

Was it really ten years ago that The Take-Home Chef debuted and we started freshening our make-up and putting on real pants before we went to the grocery store in hopes that hot Aussie chef Curtis Stone would stumble upon us and come home and cook a meal in our kitchen? (Or was that just me?!?!) ;-)

Food images from curtisstone.com
 
Those 10 years have been kind to Curtis with new cookbooks, a family, a successful restaurant, and appearances all over the television and social media. Here at IHCC, we are excited that Curtis Stone is our current featured chef and we look forward to cooking along with him and his philosophy of using the best, freshest local and seasonal ingredients that you can find and turning them into simple and delicious dishes. 

This week we are saying, G'day Curtis! It's your chance to make any Curtis Stone recipe from online or one of his cookbooks to welcome him to IHCC.

Make your welcome dish, post it and link it up below by Sunday, April 10th.

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 or just a refresher on how to join in the fun and become a part of our community? Please 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 out on our Goodbye Ellie! theme last week, please click on the link to see all the great Ellie Krieger dishes that were shared!

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Thanks to Sue from Couscous & Consciousness for making our new header and featured chef badge for Curtis Stone! You can use the code on the sidebar to add the badge to your blog or posts if you like.

Our Curtis Stone themes for April and May are also posted on the sidebar. 

Happy Cooking!

 

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Goodbye Ellie!

Time sure does fly when you're having fun and it sure has been a very fun six months cooking the dishes of Ellie Krieger. Ellie has kept us healthy along our journey with her delicious recipes and helpful tips. Of course, this won't be our final Goodbye Ellie, because one thing is for sure: we will see you back during potluck week!

To join us in saying Goodbye Ellie, just post and link your farewell dish by Sunday, April 3rd and/or, if you like, post a recap of some of your favorite Ellie Krieger dishes from the past six months. 
 
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 out on our March Potluck  please click on the link to see all the ways we celebrated our past and present chef(s)!

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March 2016 IHCC Potluck!

It's time to POTLUCK!!! 

 
Who doesn't love a good Potluck?!? Yep, it's our favorite week of the month! Our chance to make ANY recipe from our current IHCC chef Ellie Krieger, or ANY of our previous IHCC chefs!

Nigella Lawson

Mark Bittman

Giada de Laurentiis

Jamie Oliver

Tessa Kiros

Rick Bayless

Madjur Jaffrey

Yotam Ottolenghi

Donna Hay

Nigel Slater

Diana Henry

Jacques Pepin
Ellie Krieger

To join in March's Potluck fun, just post and link your Potluck dish by Sunday, March 27th.

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 out on our Eating Green! theme last week, please click on the link to see all the great green-hued Ellie Krieger dishes that were shared! 

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Green Eating!

This week, in the spirit of St. Paddy's Day, we will be honoring all things green and healthy! Make an Ellie Krieger dish featuring or including green-hued ingredients. What are some of your favorite ways to eat green? Salads, Sandwiches, Pizzas, Dips and/or Spreads, a sprinkle of fresh herbs? All are good ways to be fabulous, healthy and green!

How will you practice Green Eating? 

Join us as we practice Green Eating! Please make and post your Ellie Krieger Green Eating dish by Sunday, March 20th. 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 out on our Monthly Featured Chef: Rick Bayless last week, please click on the link to see the inspiring recipes we shared!

*all images credited to www.elliekrieger.com

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March's Monthly Featured Chef: Rick Bayless! (And, Our New IHCC Featured Chef Announcement--The Votes are In!)

It's time for March's Monthly Featured Chef Event! The week each month where we go back and  revisit one of our previous wonderful IHCC featured chefs. 

Whether you cooked with us when this chef was featured, or joined the fun later on, we hope you will enjoy cooking along with them this week. 

March's Featured Chef: Rick Bayless

Note: Pictures in collage are from RickBayless.com, Stirring the Pot, 

Couscous & Consciousness, & Kahakai Kitchen.

We cooked along with Rick Bayless at IHCC back in 2012 and he's a frequent go-to chef on our monthly Potluck weeks, whenever we are craving Mexican food, both for authentic dishes and those recipes with his creative spins. Rick Bayless is  known for his anthropological approach to regional Mexican cuisine, reflecting in his PBS series "One Plate at a Time." An award-winning chef, the author of nine cookbooks, and owner of several successful Chicago restaurants and  line of Frontera food products, Rick Bayless won our hearts with his many delicious recipes and we are excited to cook with him this week!

Make and post any Rick Bayless recipe (or recipes!) by Sunday, March 13th. If you cooked along with us, or have cooked with Rick Bayless before, feel free to share your favorite recipes in your post. 

Please remember to link a thumbnail image and leave a comment after linking so 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 out on our Ancient Grains theme last week, be sure to click on the links and check out all the Ellie Krieger grain and seed-filled recipes that we shared. 

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*** New IHCC Featured Chef Announcement!*** 

It was a close race but the votes are in and Curtis Stone just squeezed through to become our next Featured IHCC Chef! 

We will be finishing out the month with Ellie Krieger and begin cooking with Curtis from 4/4/16-10/2/16. April themes (featuring Curtis Stone) will be up soon and in a couple of weeks you'll see the look of the IHCC page change to reflect our new chef.

Happy Cooking!  

 

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Ancient Grains {Plus Our New Chef Voting Poll}!!

 

 Ancient Grains are taking center stage this week as we take it back to the beginning of time and experiment with grains that remain "unchanged."

Here are a few examples of Ancient Grains:

Farro

Kamut

Spelt

Barley

Blue Corn

Teff

Millet 

Quinoa

Amaranth

Wild Rice

Buckwheat

Freekah

Chia

Polenta

Feel free to feature an Ellie Krieger dish using any of these grains as well as any product made with these ingredients (pasta, bread, cereal, flour, etc.)!

We are anxious to see how you decide to "Get Ancient" with us! Please make and post your Ellie Krieger Ancient Grain dish by Sunday, March 6th. 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 out on our February Potluck theme last week, please click on the link to see all the ways we've celebrated our past and present chef(s)!

         And now for some exciting news!!         

THE VOTING POLL IS OPEN!!

The 14th round of I Heart Cooking Clubs will be starting at the beginning of April! This week we will be voting on our next featured chef who we will be cooking with from 4/4/16-10/2/16. For this round we are focusing on four award-winning male chefs: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Ming Tsai, Wolfgang Puck, and Curtis Stone.  Participants may vote (once, please) for the chef they would like to cook with for the next six months. 

The voting poll will be located at the top of our page, on the right sidebar. Please only vote once. Voting will be open from now until midnight EST on Monday, March 6th.  At that time we will update the sidebar with the new winner! Very Exciting!

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is an English celebrity chef, widely known for his River Cottage TV series and books and his back-to-basics approach to cooking.

Ming Tsai is an American restaurateur, TV personality, and celebrity chef known for his East Meets West style of fusion cooking.

Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-born American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and TV personality who has built quite a name for himself. Puck specializes in California cuisine.

Curtis Stone is an Australian celebrity chef, restaurateur, author, and TV personality. He won us over in his popular TLC show, Take Home Chef, with his charm and approachable recipes.

*Click on the chef's name for a link to their website, learn a bit about them, and browse their recipes

We can't wait to see who wins the vote!

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IHCC February Potluck!

Let's  POTLUCK!!!

 
It's that happy time again--Potluck week! Our chance to make ANY recipe from our current IHCC chef Ellie Krieger, or ANY of our previous IHCC chefs!

So many possibilities...  What will you bring to Potluck!?!

Nigella Lawson

Mark Bittman

Giada de Laurentiis

Jamie Oliver

Tessa Kiros

Rick Bayless

Madjur Jaffrey

Yotam Ottolenghi

Donna Hay

Nigel Slater

Diana Henry

Jacques Pepin
Ellie Krieger

To join in February's Potluck fun, just post and link your Potluck dish by Sunday, February 28th.

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 out on our Bowled Over! theme last week, please click on the link to see all the great Ellie Krieger dishes that we shared!
 

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