After a protracted decision-making marathon, my co-hosts and I are pleased to present to you The Best Of Fiesta Friday #100. These are some of the most exquisite recipes you’ll find online.
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The Best Of Fiesta Friday #100
Ice Cream Yule Log from Steffi @ Ginger & Bread
“The Ice Cream Yule Log was The Most Viewed link of Fiesta Friday #100. It should not come as a surprise. The Yule Log is a beloved Christmas classic, but this comes with a twist, and the most wonderful twist it is. Surely, there is nothing better than ice cream as far as desserts are concerned. To have it served in the form of a Yule Log is something special. Bravo, Steffi!” — Angie
“Steffi brought us her version of the traditional Yule Log or Buche de Noel if you are French, served only at Christmas. Instead of a sponge cake Steffi made hers with chocolate and vanilla gelato. How yummy – I love ice cream any time of the year. The Yule Log Cake dates back hundreds of years ago to Europe’s Iron Age when the first known recipe appeared. Well, I am impressed!” — Judi
Mini Kransekage Bundt Cakes from Naina @ Spice in the City
“Such beautiful little cakes! They look festive and sound delicious.” — Suzanne
“I wasn’t familiar with these little cakes baked with marzipan – but I know it is going to be a recipe I’ll try and probably make over and over. They are so festive and presented beautifully!” — Mollie
Spinach and Egg Breads from Laurie @ tentimestea
“Most Inspired Way With Eggs! They look just too delicious! Laurie is another very thoughtful and insightful blogger whose posts I am always looking forward to read. I particularly loved the attention to detail: the way the breads are rolled up from the side, I just want to take a bite and check it out for myself.” — Steffi
“These caught my attention in many ways: 1) They have eggs, a most favorite ingredient 2) They come in a most creative shape; they’re like bread bowls, vessels for any desired filling 3) They’re adapted from an Ottolenghi recipe, and that’s always a good start. And then you read the post, and you GET it! It’s an overall successful post!” — Angie
Lime Candied Prawns and Lobster from Petra @ Food Eat Love
“[This is] gorgeous and creative, with flavor jumping all over the place! It’s like something I’d expect at a five-star restaurant, exclusive spa or a cruise! I was wowed by the recipe and the photos!” — Mollie
“Petra brought us an elegant starter (could be a main dish too) with her prawns and lobster dish. Her food styling, preparation and recipe sold me; besides I love lobster and prawns. I also like to learn about different ingredients such as the green grapefruit, Oro Blanco which is sweeter and not so bitter that she used in her salsa. How different but knowing Petra, delicious!” — Judi
Warm Lentil Salad with Mango Ginger Dressing from Sandhya @ INDFUSED
“As we start a new year many of us are leaning towards “healthier recipes”. When I saw this colorful salad bursting with flavor from Sandhya I knew this would be a winner. This beautiful warm salad with curried lentils and a lovely dressing with mango and avocado sounds delicious to me; just need to find ambe haldi pickle. As Sandhya said “a true winter bliss salad”. — Judi
“[It’s the] Most Convincing New Year’s Resolution Food! Probably the most delicious way to stick to my resolutions of living a healthier life: the combination of different flavours and textures blows your mind away! I can’t wait to give this a try. — Steffi
Chicken à la King Vol au Vents from Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook
“Yes, Chicken ala King with homemade puff casings! Wow! They are beautiful and I love Chicken ala King and often make it after a turkey dinner! The puffed pastry elevates it all.” — Mollie
Tortillas de Quelites from Gerard @ Bread and Tortillas
“I loved the pictures of sun-drenched fresh herbs – it’s what I am craving in the middle of Winter. I love his curiosity and his trust in our Fiesta Friday community: he knew that someone will tell him what those herbs are called (and I’m not surprised it was Hilda). And as a bonus, those tortillas look and read delicious.” — Steffi
“In Steffi’s words, this won the “Best Tortilla of the Fiesta” Award! What’s a fiesta without tortillas, eh? And these tortillas are très cool! Anytime wild weeds and fresh herbs are involved, I come running!” — Angie
Scallops with cranberry bacon jam from Caroline @ Caroline’s Cooking
“Absolutely elegant and I would gladly serve these at my holiday party.” — Suzanne
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It’s been a pleasure partying with you all! Amidst the merry-making for the last two years, we’ve made friends, gotten to know one another better, swapped hundreds of recipes, and most importantly, learned about different cultures and cuisines. But we want more! So, onward we march! Fiesta Friday #101 is ON!
Your party coordinator,
Angie XOXO
Oh wow!! I don’t know what to say – it is such an honor to be featured at the big event. Thank you so much, Angie, Mollie and to all the co-hosts. And congrats to the other features. And to everyone! Job well done for all of us for the past 100 weeks of parties! Cheers to more parties!! Wohooo!! xx
Keep Calm and Fiesta On, Jhuls! 😀 😀 And you’re welcome! You did a marvelous job on those vol au vents, handmade puff pastry and all. Congratulations! Now, ready to party?
Oh yes! I’m so ready! 😀 Thanks again, Angie! xx
Then, let’s partaaay!
Jhuls, I was very impressed with your Vol au Vent. Even though I don’t eat dairy, I can appreciate the skill it takes to make puff pastry. You made it seem like 1-2-3. Congatulations!
Thank you, Gerard. I must say that you are one of the people who inspires me continue dealing wih yeast or any bread recipes. I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful 2016! 🙂
Thank you Jhuls! It’s always a learning process isn’t it! I hope you’re having a great New Year as well!
It really is, even simple baking and cooking. 🙂
Absolutely stunning showcase ?
Yes!! Are you ready to try some of these recipes, Sonal? Vegetarian version, of course 🙂
I can surely try!!
May be once a month I should do that !!
Is that a promise?
Now you got me!!
Okay let me promise..
If not often then once in every few weeks… Pick up a recipe from here and make a veg spin on that!!
Hurray! I think I’ll have to tell my daughter Auntie Sonal is looking out for her, lol. Although she recently had fried shrimps and didn’t complain. Ground meat she still avoids like a plague. We went for some Chinese last night and of course she ordered meatless mapo tofu. It was very good! I shared it with her. Dad & son ordered what else, beef.
?? I will do that for the young lady anytime now!! The soup sounds delicious Angie! Next time, I have to send you the dry soy crumbs to sub the meat for her!!
What a gorgeous selection of exquisite recipes from FF 100! Congratulations to all !
Yes! I’m ready to try some if not all of these recipes, Su. I hope you are, too. You can make them vegetarian 🙂
I loved Gerard’s tortillas and Jhuls pastry was amazing!!! Great to see them included ??
You’re not the only one. I love them , too! Jhuls did a wonderful job, and what can I say about Gerard’s tortillas? Just so cool and exciting, really!
They’ve both made difficult things look very easy!!
Yes!!
Hey I heard that Elaine and Angie! I appreciate that, especially coming from 2 super chefs!
You are far too kind 😉
OMG! This Fiesta keeps getting better and better … 🙂 Thanks so much for a wonderful two weeks, Angie, Mollie, Suzanne, Judi and all the other participants: it’s been an absolute blast! I cannot wait to link up to #101 and you should see my to-do list following all those wonderful recipes that were presented. I am incredibly chuffed to have ended up in the features, I have to say. Thak you so much, Angie, for your incredible patience and support throughout those two weeks, as well as for entertaining us for over 100 Fiestas! Happy Fiesta Friday!
Your Yule Log was the most popular!! It must have been the 70 degrees Christmas we had. Lol, no, no….just kidding, it’s truly spectacular. It’s sure to become a new Christmas tradition. I think it’s a brilliant twist on a classic!!
It helps if it’s warm, although I can always have ice cream. I spent a week in the Soviet Union in 1987 living on ice cream … it was the only word I knew in Russian …
Thank you for the very nice compliment Ginger! I was very taken by your one of a kind buche de noel. Even though I can’t eat it because of the dairy, I can very much appreciate the artistry and work that went into it. Congratulations!
I am dancing up and down with joy! Thank you so much for featuring my warm lentil salad in the 100th fiesta ! I am truly so honored to be featured with all the amazing entries! I want to make them all!
Special thanks to Angie, Steffi, Mollie, Suzanne and Judi for hosting such a grand fiesta! As always, it is so much fun to mingle and sample all food and visit everyone.
Oh, you’re welcome!! So great to hear it made your day. That mango ginger dressing sounds incredibly refreshing. Everybody ought to give it a try! 🙂
Thank you Angie for amazing Fiesta Fridays and for always being so gracious!
Thanks so much – happy you were featured Sandhya ?
Judi, amba haldi pickle is available at Indian stores but when I saw my super market selling fresh mango ginger, I made an instant one at home using ready made pickle masala I had on hand, so I could control the oil I put in it.
If I get the pickle bottle from the Indian store, I drain the oil that is on top and keep the bottle in my refrigerator. I believe that extra oil is to preserve the pickle at room temperature.
Thanks for the tips! Uh…Judi? Where are you? 🙂
Thanks Angie. Judi wanted to get the pickle, so I thought I would let her know here:)
Where am I? Out of town since Sat. A nephew is in ICU with a serious staph infection after back surgery. I was surprised with your comment Angie.
Sorry to hear! I hope he gets better soon! XOXO
So many fantastic recipes and thank you for featuring my scallops! I can imagine you had a hard time deciding, there were so many great dishes to choose from. I can see how Steffi’s yule log was most viewed, though it looked so good! Congratulations on a great party, on with the next Fiesta Friday!
Your scallops will be the one I’m going to try first! But I’m going to use jumbo shrimps since that’s what I have on hand. Can’t wait!
Good morning, Angie! What a party this was – can you imagine if we were actually all physically in one place what that spread would have looked like? I think you could sell tickets! For a LOT!
I’m tickled to have been a co-host – and I’d do it again in a heartbeat, but boy was it hard (and very subjective) to choose between them all! I’m just pinning the whole darn post so I can remember to refer back to it for my next party coz there are so many things I want to make!!
Happy FF, and I’m off to link this week’s recipes to FF 101!!
I’d be BUYING the tickets! If you guys are cooking, I won’t! I’ll be eating instead. I may be crazy but I’m not stupid, lol! And then I’ll bring home the leftovers, too 😀 Oh, we’ll be needing your help again, Mollie, you can count on it. And I’m with you on the features, very subjective. There weren’t that many overlaps on the selections, did you notice? So anything with more than 1 vote automatically gets on the finals. That’s why I have co-hosts, to make it more fair. And sometimes we vote, to mix it up a little. I remain grateful for all your help and support. Love & hugs!
Sneaky smart, Angie! lol! I wish I could have picked them all, though!!
Such amazing features! Congratulations to all the chefs, this truly was a special Fiesta Friday #100! Would love to try out many of them, if not all. xo
I’m planning to immediately make that cranberry bacon jam, then the egg bread, then the mango ginger dressing, then tortillas…Oh I guess eventually all of them, haha… Thanks for being part of FF, Loretta! XOXO
Thank you so much for the feature! I am so honoured, there were so many gorgeous features! A great party as always!! 🙂 xxx
We can always count on you, Petra, to come up with something special. Truly a spectacular dish/recipe, I’m so glad it was selected! XOXO
hi lovely Angie, thank you so much! I still remember when you first invited me to join you guys and I was so touched! 🙂 Happy happy 2016!! xxx
Well, I’m so glad you accepted! You’ve brought some of the best recipes! I hope you’re having a great start to a happy new year! Love & hugs!
Love and hugs back! 🙂 Happy weekend! xx
Thank you so much Judi, Mollie, Steffi, Suzanne, and of course Angie for having me featured! There sure are a lot of very dedicated and passionate chefs in our community to inspire us. The best part is that you can always count on positive support when you arrive at Fiesta Friday. It’s so very nice to be in such company. I can only imagine what number 200 will be like!
You’re welcome, Gerard! So great to hear that you continue to enjoy Fiesta Friday. I hope it’ll stay that way when #200 comes around! 🙂 🙂
Thank you so much Angie and the 4 fabulous co-hosts for the feature! Congrats to all of us FF participants, it just keeps getting bigger & better while retaining its cosiness! Can’t wait for the next 100 😉
You’re so welcome, Naina! Your entry was one of the crowd’s top favorites, and mine as well. And I hope you’ll stick around for the next 100! Wanna co-host sometime?
Absolutely, I’m in anytime after mid-Feb. Is that ok? Cheers!
Okey dokey, will put you down then, thanks! XOXO
Wow, I’m honoured to be featured! I missed some of the other features so I’ll have to take another look (especially the mystery-herb tortillas?!?) FF 100 was simply spectacular–Angie and the cohosts, you all did such a wonderful job, and went all out for a welcoming and lively party! As Naina said above… looking forwards to FF 200! 🙂 🙂
That bread bowls of yours bowled me over, haha… First thing that caught my eye! And I’m looking forward to having you stick around for another 100 Fiesta Fridays! XOXO
Absolutely! 🙂 🙂 xx