New Feature: Monday Muster

Have you ever heard the phrase, cut the muster, before? Do you know what the word muster means or ever wonder what it means? As a child, my parents would always use the phrase cut the mustard & I always thought it was strange why someone would even attempt to cut mustard. Fortunately, I understood the gist of the sentence and the thought being conveyed so I didn’t really even think about it until my college years. At one point, I erroneously used the phrase cut the mustard and a college buddy of mine openly taunted me for not knowing the word muster. At that point in my life, I had dreams of being an English professor so surely you can imagine my level of devastation & embarrassment.

Fast forward to present day life. Ever since I started my blog, I have always wanted to do a weekly feature, review, roundup … whatever you choose to call it; however, I couldn’t come up with an original name so I decided to put the concept on hold. I hate to be a follower :-)

For some reason, muster came to mind the other day and I decided to look up the actual definition of the word. Every dictionary and thesaurus has a different word choice but they all are in the same range as assemble, gather, collect, come together, round up … Bam,  there’s my word!

Actually, this works out perfectly for me and my schedule because I work lots of long hours through the traditional work week. Saturday and Sunday are the only times that I have to leisurely browse the net, connect with others and get creative. Therefore, Monday Muster will be my time & place to gather, collect & round up my week of thoughts, fave foodies/blogs, food news & things that have inspired me. Kind of like a state of the union address … hmmm, why didn’t I just call it state of the blog? Oh well, I digress …

Young Grasshopper has her Featured Five, Juanita’s Cocina has What’s Been Happenin’ In The Cocina, the Cooking Actress has Something Saturdays, Averie Cooks has Thursday Things & Food Stories now has a Monday Muster :-)

Without further adieu, let’s get this muster underway …

Sunday – What’s Your Food Story?
Saturday – Macaroni Day & NEW Food Story Photos
Friday – June Winner – Food Stories Award for Excellence in Storytelling
Thursday – Veggie Fries
Wednesday – Blueberry Muffins made with Coconut Flour
Tuesday – Chocolate Almond Cookies
Monday – The Holy Grail of Sugar Cookies by Jess of Floptimism

All my pins can be followed at Pinterest.

Holiday Food – 4th of July – Cute Snack with Redvines
Great Ideas – Mug Reheats Coffee Without Using Electricity
Beautiful Pictures – Beautiful photograph of the Redwood Forest, California
Cute/Funny Food – Popsicle Men
Pretty Food – Summer Biss Cookies
Food Tips/Tools – The Most Common Cooking Mistakes

Go Bake Yourself – The Proud Moment
The Cozy Apron – The Layers of Six Cheese Lasagna Like the Layers of Life

Foodbeast – Family Leaves $500 Tip on an ‘F-ing Pizza’
MedicineNet – Infant Formula Can Be a Major Source of BPA
Foodista – Food Network Canada Chef Anthony Sedlak Dies at Age 29
MedicineNet – Sugar Substitutes Can Lead to Weight Loss

These are items that are not quite ready for prime time yet and may or may not be coming to a blog post soon :-)

Peaches N Cream Baked Donuts, a take on Jen’s version

Mexican Almond Cake, a take on Anita’s version

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Pecan Pie Bars

Pecan Pie

Thanks for stopping by this week … Hope you enjoyed your first Monday Muster :-)

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