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Cute Food Saturday, The Cuteiversary Contest!

I’ve been asking for weeks for cute food submissions in order to hold a Cute Food Saturday anniversary contest. Well, the response was overwhelming, the submissions adorable, and for Cute Food Saturday’s birthday, YOU, my readers, will get to choose the winner through a poll on my sidebar over there on the right, below the ad. What will the winner receive? Well, after much thought and deliberation, I’ve decided that the prize will be the cupcake themed apron from FlirtyAprons.com!


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Now, on to the submissions, in no particular order. I limited each entrant to three individual entries to avoid duplicates and to make it a bit more balanced. There are some amazing bloggers and bakers out there!!!

Important note: You MUST vote on the poll on the right hand side of the page. Votes in the comments will not be counted!

#1 Pumpkin Cake by Christina from Dinner at Christina’s

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#2 Bunny Cakes by Christina from Dinner at Christina’s

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#3 Graham Gifts by K of K’s Good Eats

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#4 Frog cupcakes by K of K’s Good Eats

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#5 Spaghetti and Meatball Cupcakes by Maria of Chef Mommy

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#6 Knitted Pink Donut by Beth T at Pretty By The Bay

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#7 Snowman Cake by Di

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#8 Penguin Olives by Karla of Foodologie

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#9 Beach Party Cupcakes by Angie of Telly’s Tasty Tidbits

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#10 Hamburger Cupcakes by Branny from Branny Boils Over

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#11 Baby Shower Cookies by Shawna of Daily Deliciousness

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#12 Halloween Cookies by Shawna of Daily Deliciousness

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#13 Snowman Cake Pops by Shawna of Daily Deliciousness

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#14 Conversation Heart cookies by Jade from The Mess Pot

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#15 Cute Couple Cookies by Jade from The Mess Pot

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#16 Valentine’s Day Brownie Bites from Big City Cooking

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#17 Bride Cookies from Big City Cooking

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#18 Vegas Cookies from Big City Cooking

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#19 Candy Corn Cupcake Bites by Molly from The Rookie Chef

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#20 Patriotic Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes by Molly from The Rookie Chef

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#21 Rainbow Cake by Lorie from Lorie Cooks

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#22 Castle Cake by Laura from Hey, What’s For Dinner Mom?

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Voting will run from right now until next Saturday, March 5 at midnight. The winner will be announced in next week’s Cute Food Saturday post! Good luck to all the entrants, and thank you all for your participation! Also, you may notice a little Cute Food Saturday badge over in the sidebar. You can grab the code below and put it in YOUR sidebar!

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Let the voting begin!


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Cute Food Saturday!

Happy Saturday Cute Day!

In honor of CFS’s one year anniversary, I’d love to present a reader-created CFS full of cute food YOU’VE made! You’ve got about a month and a half to get thinking and creating, and the anniversary post will be a contest! Please email me submissions by February 25! Readers will be able to vote for the cutest food, and the winner will receive a special cute food prize! So get thinking!!! I’ve already gotten a few submissions, and they’re ADORABLE!!

Enjoy today’s crafty cuteness!


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I might have to try making these! They’re crocheted!

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Cute dessert erasers

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Silly kiwis

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This just made me laugh


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Felted wool sushi

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A crocheted salad

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Would you wear these?



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Cute Food Saturday!

Welcome back! Can you believe Cute Food Saturday is almost one year old?! I started it February 28, 2009… craziness…

In honor of CFS’s one year anniversary, I’d love to present a reader-created CFS full of cute food YOU’VE made! You’ve got about a month and a half to get thinking and creating, and the anniversary post will be a contest! Please email me submissions by February 25! Readers will be able to vote for the cutest food, and the winner will receive a special cute food prize! So get thinking!!!

Today’s theme is “silly bentos”. Don’t ask why, just go with it :)

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Have a Silly Saturday!

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Cute Food Saturday!

It’s back! I neglected my Cute Food Saturday while I was away last weekend, so I have to address my favorite holiday cute food tradition in THIS week’s CFS:

Gingerbread houses!


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That’s it for now! Happy New Year! I’ll be back tomorrow with Part 1 of our Honeymoon Recap!


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*Warning* Blah Post Ahead

I’ve been sick since Friday. Not sick like I was last spring where I had to go to the hospital, but sick. I had a headache so bad I nearly passed out in the shower Friday morning, a fever maxing out at 102 degrees, and my body hurt like I just worked out for hours.

Luckily, I’m on the mend, and my appetite came back yesterday and I indulged in some pizza. Tonight all I wanted was Chinese food, so that’s what we got!

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steamed spiced pork dumplings (my favorite!)


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Chicken chow mein cantonese with…


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pan-fried noodles instead of rice!

We always had chicken chow mein cantonese growing up, and its a total comfort food for me… which is what I needed! I’m resting up tonight as I’m planning on heading back to work tomorrow. Too bad I have too many cooties to go visit my favorite little peapod!!

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Baby Quin, Halloween 2009
Could he be any cuter?!

Here’s hoping I’m up to cooking tomorrow!!



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Spooky Food Saturday!

Happy Halloween!!!

Cute Food Saturday this week has been replaced by “Spooky Food Saturday”!! I sent out a call last week for cute and/or Halloween related pictures, and the photos came pouring in!

Some of these are not for the weak of stomach, and some are downright creepy… but heck, I LOVE Halloween!

First, a reader, Amy (if you have a blog, let me know!) sent me this great picture of Halloween cupcakes:

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Then, a high school friend sent me this series of quite creepy Halloween cakes. I’m not sure where they came from, or who made them… but I don’t think I could eat them! There were about 20… let me know if you want to see the rest! Here are my favorites:


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And months ago, Dragonmamma/Naomi sent me this cake JUST for today:


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Then, my call for Halloween treats on Twitter brought some more fantastic stuff! These are from the famous Bakerella, sent by LowFatKat


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And these from Recipe Girl (if you haven’t seen her blog yet, you MUST)


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Then I got these from TrulyTrayce


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And this from @jmsto


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And finally… just for creepy’s sake…

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That’s all for now! Happy Halloween!





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365 Days (Giveaway Post)

359 Posts

6,077 Comments

over 100 recipes

5,930 Tweets

245 Google Reader followers

402 FeedBurner subscribers

715 Twitter followers

ONE YEAR OF WHAT’S FOR DINNER!

Did anyone figure it out? The theme for yesterday’s Cute Food Saturday was “birthday cakes”. Not because any human was having a birthday, but because the blog was! I cannot believe it’s been a year already. I’ve met some of the most amazing people, both virtually and in real life, and had wonderful experiences, fun times, and great food.

I’ve discovered new foods


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Indulged addictions:


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Drastically improved photos:


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Then and Now

Eaten at amazing restaurants:


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Tru thanks to FoodBuzz, Frontera Grill

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The Publican, and Red Mango/Yogen Fruz

And through all this, we’ve been planning our wedding, which will be in 41 days!

To celebrate my Blogiversary, I’m going to give one lucky What’s For Dinner reader a “favorite things” prize pack including, but not limited to:
  • One foodie charm of their choice
  • One coupon for free Oikos yogurt (16 oz)
  • One 32 oz. jar Tropical Traditions Extra Virgin Coconut OIl
  • One coupon for free Alouette spreadable cheese
  • One package of Matt’s Cookies (a Chicago favorite)
  • Three pieces of Fannie May chocolate (another Chicago fave, individually wrapped of course)
  • Two Cherry Pie Larabars
  • A Food-Themed bracelet by my ColorHungry friend
  • One Chicago-themed travel mug

That’s not all, but I haven’t figured out the rest yet! Due to shipping costs, entry is limited to US residents only. How to enter? The usual!

  1. Leave a comment below for one entry
  2. Link back to this post on your blog, or email me for a second entry, AND leave a second comment that you’ve done so..
  3. Tweet about the contest mentioning @imadedinner AND (this is the key for the third entry) leave a second comment to tell me you’ve done so

Only comments will be counted for entry!! The contest will run the whole week, and the winner will be announced on Sunday, October 25th.

I spent today at the apple orchard with Lizz and Skylar, and then we went to Asian Noodle House…enjoy the pictures!


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Thank you all for continuing to read my little blog, and for being such wonderful additions to my life. I’m truly grateful for all of you!


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Cute Food Saturday!

Happy Saturday! If you’re here, I know it’s for one reason and one reason alone: Cute Food!! All the older cute food posts are archived on the blog, so make sure to check them out!

Let’s get started, shall we? There’s no theme today other than cute… so enjoy!


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Can you name those video games?

Have a great Saturday!

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Cute Food Saturday!

Happy Saturday! Remember, if you’d like to see other installments of Cute Food Saturday, they’re all archived on the blog.

For me, it’s the last Saturday before the start of the school year begins, as my inservices start Monday. One of the things I really look forward to with the start of the school year is that I have access to a refrigerator to keep my lunches!

Today’s cute theme: Back-to-school!


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Thats all for now! Have a great Saturday! As for me? I’m of to the Renaissance Faire…turkey legs here I come!

P.S. What do you think of my new layout/header?


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