Thanks For The Love

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Mr. H and I went to Chipotle for tacos and burritos. We had a buy one get one free meal coupon then we went to Hobby Lobby for silk flowers. Romantic, huh? ha ha! In all honesty, it was nice not to have to cook, but still be able to spend some one on one time together. Any time spent with my hubby is a good day.

Today I wanted to take a minute to say thank you to some people that have been thinking of me. I was recently given the Stylish Blogger Award. Me, stylish? Who knew? Not me, but I'll take it! A very special thank you and shout out to:

• Amalia of Butter Sweet Melody
• Kate of Calamity Kate's Kitchen
• Desi of Steak N Potatoes Kinda Gurl
• Angie of Angie's Kitchen

I also wanted to thank Natasha from Saved By The Egg Timer for sending me a very generous gift of fresh Vietnamese coffee and a coffee press. I am a coffee lover and am looking forward to trying it out. So thank you so much for thinking of me.

And to Kate of Calamity Kate's Kitchen. Not only did she pass on that lovely award to me, I also won a giveaway from her blog. I received a package yesterday of specialty cocoa from Penzey's Spices. Ooh, so excited!

You all are awesome and I thank you all for following me, leaving me comment love and for just being there. I appreciate you all more than you know!

I'll be back in a couple days with a new recipe. Stay tuned!

~Monica

Blue Ribbon Award Winner

I got an email yesterday from a reader from Ohio (hi Nina!) who entered My Favorite Pork Tenderloin into her county cooking competition.

She placed 1st place and received a blue ribbon--for my recipe! How awesome is that?

You can read about it HERE in the Springfield News-Sun.

Thanks Nina and congratulations on your win!