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{Fusion Friday 01.20.12}

21 Jan By Jennifer 19 Comments

Welcome to Fusion Fridays!

{Please join the link party below}

Thank you for linking up last week!

Check out my Pinterest Pin board for Jane Deere’s Fusion Friday Favs

… and follow me on Pinterest!

:: Here are my favs from last week ::

Easy Greek Salad by Katherine Martinelli

Hidden Valley Ranch Sausage Stars by Cooking with Kay

Orange Push Up Smoothie by Love Veggies and Yoga

German Chocolate Chip Cookies by Crumbs and Chaos

Southwestern Chicken Noodle Soup by Butter Yum

Hummingbird Bakery Chocolate Muffins by Lemon Drop

Brown Butter Caramels by Foodness Gracious

Orange Cookies by Aunt Nubby’s Kitchen

Beer Bread by Chocolate Chocolate and More Chocolate

Hot Chocolate Spoons by Simple Girl

Filed Under: Fusion Fridays

About Jennifer

Jennifer Locklin is the writer of Jennifer Cooks, a vibrant food blog that features all kinds of recipes from home cooking to foods from around the world. She is passionate about cooking and food photography.

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Anita says:

January 21, 2012 at 3:49 pm

Jennifer, Thanks so much for featuring the Orange Cookies! This week I have shared Beef Stew, Chocolate Cherry Torte, and a scarf tutorial. Thank you for hosting!

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MegSmith from Cooking.In.College says:

January 21, 2012 at 4:28 pm

I think the Hot Chocolate spoons has to be my favorite out of all of these, just because it reminds me of my Christmas break so much!

All of these recipes look amazing. Thanks for sharing!

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Trish - Mom On Timeout says:

January 21, 2012 at 4:50 pm

Wow! Those features are mouth-watering! Thanks for hosting Jennifer! Hope you have a great weekend

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shari from myjudythefoodie says:

January 21, 2012 at 5:22 pm

i always look forward to your parties! this week i linked up two unusual dishes: kahlua brownies and potato chip chicken. dare to be different in the kitchen….

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Veronica says:

January 21, 2012 at 6:16 pm

Thanks for hosting Jennifer! Have a great weekend,
Veronica

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Averie from Love Veggies and Yoga says:

January 21, 2012 at 6:57 pm

Thanks for linking up my orange pushup smoothie and for running this linkhop every week. So much fun!

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Simple Girl says:

January 21, 2012 at 9:22 pm

Hi Jennifer! Thanks so much for hosting this week and for featuring my Hot Chocolate Spoons! Have a great weekend!

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Erin says:

January 21, 2012 at 10:46 pm

Thanks so much for hosting Fusion Fridays! There are so many amazing looking recipes linked up already. I can’t wait to have a look at them.

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Katherine Martinelli says:

January 22, 2012 at 10:23 am

Thanks so much for hosting! And for highlighting my recipe! Funny, many of the recipes you highlight are ones that I had bookmarked separately from last week! Did your website and url change or am I imagining things? Can’t wait to take a look at these great recipes.

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- Jennifer says:
  
  January 22, 2012 at 10:13 pm
  
  Yes, it’s in the process of changing! According to the good ‘ol folks at John Deere, Jane Deere had to change due to copyright infringements…after two plus years of blogging under that name, I’m now having to change it…go figure!
  
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Stella B's Kitchen says:

January 22, 2012 at 2:46 pm

Great party! I’m a sucker for Greek Salad… that looks so good! Have a great week!

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Linda from Lemon Drop says:

January 22, 2012 at 3:01 pm

Thanks, Jennifer, for featuring my chocolate muffins – happy to see they made your faves list !

Linda @ Lemon Drop

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Liz says:

January 22, 2012 at 4:27 pm

So many wonderful entries! I’m really loving the brown butter caramels from last week

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Jennifer | Mother Thyme says:

January 23, 2012 at 5:34 pm

Hi! Thanks for hosting Fusion Fridays! I get so much inspiration from all these delicious recipes each week! I shared my Quinoa with Kale Pesto, Artichokes and Sun Dried Tomatoes.

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