Foodie Bloggers Roundup #15

This week: a contest – woohoo! – ; lots of healthful recipes; and a few just for fun.



Win a Volumetrics Cookbook from Jenny Craig

To enter, all you have to do is submit a simple recipe of your own based on the Volumetrics principle of substituting low cal, high density foods for less diet-friendly ingredients.



Crock Pot Brisket

Cyndi tells us how to prepare tough cuts of meat for grilling ... in a way that will make mouths water instead of wince!



Freezer Pickles and Healthy Stuffed Peppers

Linette went all out this week and sent us two recipes to help use up the bounty from our vegetable gardens. If you don’t have your own garden (or generous neighbors who do), this is also the time of year these treats are most affordable in the supermarket. Thank you, Linette!



Nancy's Grilled Veggies Recipe

One of Jean's readers "weighs in" with a side dish recipe featuring red peppers and olive oil, two of the Sonoma Diet powerhouse foods. Minimize your time in the kitchen and finish this up on the grill.



And now to the fun part …



Smoked Salmon and Caper Spread

Clip this elegant appetizer recipe for your next cocktail party.



Halloween Recipes: Ghosts in the Graveyard

Sandy says it's not too early to start planning the food for your Halloween party. Kids of all ages will be delighted by this pudding-based dessert.



40 Dorm Recipes and Resources

Deb at Cookerati sends links for everything you need to know about dorm cooking. If you have a child or grandchild heading off to college, you'll want to send them this link.



Food Ideas from Novels

Mary Emma at Country Kitchen enjoys gathering new food ideas and recipes from the novels she reads. Mary Emma has been writing Country Kitchen and other food articles for nearly 45 years. Wouldn’t it be great if she would compile a cookbook of her “novel” recipes? Mary Emma???



Tags: food blogs, Volumetrics, Jenny Craig cookbook contest, Sonoma Diet recipes, summer recipes, Halloween dessert, "novel" recipes, nature’s bounty recipes