Y is for Yogurt: French Yogurt Cake (Jennifer)

Hello readers!

I can hardly believe we are rounding the corner to the end of our blog journey. I'm getting more and more sentimental with each and every last post! *Sniff, sniff* Something that brightened up my world, however, was this French yogurt cake. If you Google search "French yogurt cake," you'll find hundreds of variations. It was this one, however, that caught my attention; particularly so for the wonderful array of tips, advice, and variations the writer provides along with the recipe. I highly recommend clicking on "NY Times Diners Blog" link below for more info on French yogurt cake! Enjoy!

Y is for Yellow: Yellow Curry (Jessica)

Happy May!

The past few days haven't felt particularly spring-like, what with the grey clouds and slight drizzle this week, but hopefully soon it will be warm and sunny again..like this afternoon :) Pretty soon, I'll be making more Spring-like recipes. In the meantime, this past weekend, I made Yellow Curry---a good cold night recipe.

Really, one of my coworkers made the suggestion for this and I had never tried a curry recipe before, so it seemed like a good opportunity! Combined with some brown basmati rice and naan (from the frozen section at Trader Joe's), it was ALMOST like we went out for Indian food. This recipe was pretty good, but beware: cayenne pepper is spicy! ;)

Y is for Yogurt Biscuits (Jennifer)

Hello all!

This week's post is for yogurt biscuits. After looking for recipes incorporating yogurt, I'm thinking yogurt might be one of the most versatile ingredients/ foods ever. Jessica used it on chicken and I'm using it in a biscuit recipe...go figure. You can find yogurt in everything from sauces to desserts to oatmeal. One of my favorite oatmeal recipes, called Overnight Oats, uses yogurt to get the oatmeal all soft and creamy. Yum!

Anyway, in my own tribute to yogurt, I bring you this humble biscuit recipe...

Y is for Yogurt Lemon Chicken (Jessica)

Yo yo yo,

How are you doing this week? Did you notice some rain? The change in temperature? Fall is afoot...
This week, to kick off October right, I was on a trip! Well, really, it was a conference for work in Denver, Colorado. BUT, I combined it with a fun weekend visiting friends in Boulder! If you don't know (as I didn't), Boulder and Denver are only about 30 minutes apart. And yes, because of the high altitude, water boils at a different temperature and you have to cook pasta longer. What a fun culinary fact!

Well, we didn't cook pasta this weekend, but we did make a yummy yogurt lemon chicken dish. One of the activities for the visit was cooking something that started with Y! Other activities included: eating beignets, hiking, eating ice cream, learning how to sew on a button, and visiting some open art studios. The challenge in choosing a recipe was that Becca's oven was broken....so no baking for us... Oh well, next time!

NEWS UPDATE: By the way, I'm sure you're wondering what's going to happen after next week. We're going to be at Z! We'll have completed our initial challenge! I can't give anything away yet, but rest assured, a big announcement is coming soon about the next phase of our blog. Don't worry, we're not signing off yet!