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My Favorite Recipes from 1 Year of M&M

Posted by m&m on May 8, 2012

I suppose the most memorable recipe I’ve posted in the first year of Meatballs & Milkshakes has to be my Shaved Asparagus Salad because it won Best Spring Vegetable recipe on Food52 at this time last year. They have been nice enough to spotlight me here and I can’t say enough good things about their wonderful site.

For Christmas, the Feast of the Seven Fishes was definitely another memorable moment– I made seven fish dishes in one night! And we had delicious chocolate pudding to end the night, it doesn’t get much better.

Some of the recipes that really stick out in my mind over the year are obviously pastas. This linguine bolognese that I made for Valentine’s day was unbelievable and it still makes my mouth water.

This tagliatelle with shrimp and cabbage was a recreation from one of my favorite restaurants, and it got some press over on Serious Eats, another of my favorite blogs.

Of course, it all started with my homemade pappardelle with duck ragu. You can see that hopefully my pictures have improved a bit…the recipes were yummy even then though!

And of course, I made my first pork shoulder, slow roasting it and shredding it for tacos which were a big hit. Who knew pork could be so good!

While we’re talking meat, I can’t forget this beef stew that I made…it was by far the tastiest beef stew ever with amazingly delicious carrots. They soaked up the beef juices are were almost better than the beef itself. Almost.

And of course we can’t forget my obsession with the this year. I made all sorts of cookies from it, including these yummy oatmeal raisin cookies

and chewy chocolate cookies. I’ve almost baked my way through all the Flour cookies, and they’ve all been amazing. Definitely a go-to  that I recommend buying.

As far as other desserts go, there were a lot of pies but the ones I’m looking forward to again most are these: the mini strawberry rhubarb pies that were great for individual servings straight from the freezer, and the quick berry pie. Both are great for summer and I’m hoping it will be another good one!

I’m off to Italy for a week, but I’ve left a couple posts for you while I’m away….and hopefully I’ll bring back some new Italian inspiration! Bring on the broccoli rabe and orecchiette!

6 Responses to My Favorite Recipes from 1 Year of M&M

  1. apuginthekitchen

    I love your recipes, I couldn’t pick just one they are all amazing.

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    • m&m

      Thanks! You are so sweet! Hope to meet you at the Food52 get together in June…haven’t checked recently to see if anyone has updated details on it though…

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      • apuginthekitchen

        I haven’t either, yes I really want to meet you too! Going to go check it out now maybe I’ll tweet KB to see if its still on.

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  2. annashortcakes

    Very nice list of recipes. Congrats on reaching this milestone!

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  3. Becky Cooks

    Congratulations on you “blogiversary!” Your recipes look delicious!

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  4. Jessica M.

    I am probably going to try all of these! Thanks for sharing!

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