The Weekend Dish - May 21st, 2011

The weekend dish is a quick recap of what happened this week at Jam Hands. Also included is site news, a thank you to referring websites and the featured commenter. Thank you for visiting and making this site a great place to be.

Recipes this week at Jam Hands

• Blueberries and Brown Sugar Cream - A simple and refreshing dessert
• Cheesy Potatoes  - A famous baked potato dish loaded with yummy flavors
• Gourmet Cinnamon Roll Popcorn  - Addicting gourmet style popcorn on the cheap
• The Amazing Citrus Wedding Cake - A delicious, moist wedding cake that my mom made for my wedding
• Chile Con Queso  - Spicy, melted cheese recipe from The Pioneer Woman
• Bourbon Mint Iced Tea - Perfect for Summer, refreshing and delicious.
• Chocolate Brownie Trifle - Great for parties. Chocolate heaven!

Thoughts and other stuff 

• A million and one link parties - How to organize and track them. Share your tips in the comments.
• Ten on Tuesday - Horrible Food. What are your favorite horrible foods?
• Ali's Notepad 5.20.2011 - Ali's Notepad is a new weekly feature posted on Friday. Great links you do not want to miss. Tutorials, recipes and more.

Site news

• The Alternative Recipe Index is now available. This index sorts recipes by what shortcut ingredients were used, such as a cake mix or puff pastry.
• Jam Hands had a great week and was featured at quite a few websites which brought in a ton of new subscribers and comments. My Google connect followers has just about tripled in the last 2 weeks, which really motivates me to try my hardest to make this site enjoyable. (Thank you for featuring me, by the way!) 
• I try really, really hard to respond and/or visit your blog to show my appreciation, but I know a few slipped through the cracks, especially as my blog grows and gets more visits and comments. Please know that I love that you stopped by, subscribed, and shared your thoughts. If you need me ASAP, my email info is in the "About" tab.

Top referring sites of the week
Thank you so much for all of the visitors you sent my way!

• Between Naps on the Porch
• Sisters Stuff 
• Tatertots and Jello
• TidyMom 
• Skip to My Lou
• Mommy's Kitchen

Featured Commenter of the week

• Georgia from The Comfort of Cooking. Check out her beautiful site for recipes like Jalapeno Cornbread with Honey Lime Butter, Mint Chocolate Mousse, and classic Tiramisu. Aren't her photographs the best? They are so bright and cheerful, and so well styled. I wish I had the technique and skills to take photographs like that. Go. Now. Subscribe.

Have a great week and thank you for visiting!
-Ali