Month: July 2014

He Called Me Carrots: Beautifully Simple Roasted Carrots with Thyme

Posted July 17, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 9 Comments

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You knew I had to do it. No Anne of Green Gables menu is complete without carrots! Who can forget Anne’s sensitivity to having her bright red hair compared to a popular root vegetable? It drives her to fly into a fury at Mrs. Rachel Lind and break a slate over Gilbert Blythe’s head in school…little did she know, Gilbert was only drawing attention to her hair because he thought it was pretty!

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Anne Shirley’s Poetical Egg Salad Sandwiches

Posted July 10, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Book of the Month Recipes / 11 Comments

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Leave it to Anne Shirley to turn an egg salad sandwich into a feast for the imagination. As I recreated the sandwiches she served to her friends during their “golden picnic,” I resolved to make them as Anne would: with as much extra flair as possible. I started with my own personal egg salad recipe (a close cousin to my deviled egg recipe) and spiced it up from there. After whipping up some croissants (no boring bread here!), I cut the croissants in half, added a layer of watercress for an elegant touch, and sneaked a special surprise into the egg salad. The result: a feast for kings, no imagination necessary! 🙂

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Is That a New Haircut?

Posted July 5, 2014 by Alison's Wonderland Recipes in Blogging, Uncategorized / 0 Comments

As you can see, AWR just got a facelift! I recently changed domain hosts, so I have a lot more control over the look and format of the website now. Three cheers for the Mister, who has been super helpful through this whole transition! I was in way over my head when I started building the site’s new look by myself, but with his help, I’m learning fast.

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