Fantastic Foods Friday Features!

Thank you once again to everyone who linked up this past week!

These are the three most viewed recipes...and they are all awesome and healthy!  You can tell what's on everyone's minds...Summertime!

This one totally stole the show by a landslide!

Black Bean Yogurt Dip from The Foodery

Next up...Homemade Larabars from Real Food, Real Deals

And coming in right behind those were Pumpkin Chocolate Pecan Muffins from BEEsy Mama

There's no new party link this week.  I've been running short on time lately but I'll let you know when the next party starts as soon as I get it scheduled!

Have a great weekend and see you soon!

Fantastic Foods Friday Features, Party #3 and Tangy Greek Salad Dressing

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You to everyone who participated this week!

I LOVE seeing all your yummy creations!

We may be small but we are getting big time views so keep those links coming!

These recipes took the top three places with the most views...

Key Lime Poke Cake from Everyday Mom's Meals

Chicken Crescent Roll Casserole from Simply You and Me

And this gorgeous Bruschetta Salad from BEEsy Mama

Here is the recipe I wanted to share this week

Originally posted on my main blog JustaFrugalFoodie

Tangy Greek Salad Dressing

We had this salad with our Meatless Monday meal and I thought it was so gorgeous I made a separate post out of it.

The salad had Romaine, Iceberg, Red Pepper, Tomato, Red Cabbage, Cucumber, Carrot, Celery, Onion, Feta and Kalamata Olives.

The dressing came from Allrecipes and was adapted based on reviews.

Greek Salad Dressing

• 3/4 cup oil
• 1 cup red wine vinegar
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons dried oregano
• 2 teaspoons dried basil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• dash of pepper

Combine all in a mason jar or other jar with tight fitting lid.  Shake well to combine.  Let rest at room temperature a couple hours for flavors to blend.

Mr. Foodie found this to be a little too tart for him but it was just right for me.

Is that a gorgeous salad or what? And it's every bit as tasty as it is beautiful.

Now on to the next party!

Remember, I will be Featuring all three winners on my Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest accounts so get your links in early.  The earlier you get your links in the more opportunity you have for racking up those views!

Here are the rules, short and sweet:

*This is for recipes ONLY. No crafts, DIY, giveaways or SPAM.

*Link this page back to your site. It's Linky courtesy to the host.

*Link to your actual recipe, not your homepage

*Be sure to click around the entries and leave some comments for your other partiers. We all LOVE comments!

*Leave me a comment HERE on this blog letting me know what you brought to the party.

Ready?  Set?  Link!

Fantastic Foods Friday Recipe Link Up #2

Welcome back to Fantastic Foods Friday!!

Thank you ALL for sharing your yummy recipes!

It looks like I set up the Linky the way I wanted and had no issues trying to figure anything out. It's SO easy, user-friendly and everything is automatic. Other than the initial set up everything else was done for me.

Now, on to the good stuff!

We had a three-way tie amongst the most viewed links!

Congrats to Hollie's Hobbies and her Chipotle Lime Glazed Meatloaf 

Curious Cuisiniere and her Tuna Mac and Cheese

and BEEsy Mama with her Mediterranean Wrap

I know I said I would Facebook, Tweet and Pin the three most viewed links but since you all were so kind in joining me here and helping me test out how the Linky works I went ahead and promoted EVERYONE'S links and blogs!! I hope it brings you lots of traffic!

And now it's time for the next party!

This party starts now and will run through midnight Wednesday. This gives you almost a full week to share some more Fantastic Foods! I've also made some changes to the Linky. I've increased the thumbnail size so we can see bigger and more yummy images. I am also going to do a little promoting this week and start sharing this party with some of the other parties I participate in. I'm hoping this will increase the participation here and give everyone more exposure.  As always, the thumbnails will appear in random order. This gives everyone a chance to be at the top of the list however, the sooner you link the more visits you are likely to get.

Rather than do a link for myself I will share something I shared this past week on my main blog 

JustaFrugalFoodie

Spinach-Cheese Bake

Click on the links above to go to my main blog or to see the recipe

Once again, here are the rules, short and sweet:

*This is for recipes ONLY. No crafts, DIY, giveaways or SPAM.

*Link this page back to your site. It's Linky courtesy to the host.

*Link to your actual recipe, not your homepage

*Be sure to click around the entries and leave some comments for your other partiers. We all LOVE comments!

*Leave me a comment HERE on this blog letting me know what you brought to the party.

*Next Friday I will feature the top three most viewed links and will share them on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest.

Ready? Set? Link!

Fantastic Foods Friday...Let's Link Up!!

Welcome to my first Blogger-hosted Linky Party! This will be a trial run to test out my free subscription to Linky Tools. I think I have the Linky set up the way I want it but I won't know for sure until it gets tested! I did a trial run with a post of my own and everything looks good but there's some things on the back end I want to check out to make sure I have all the settings right.

The plan is to do this every Friday through Sunday and do a Feature Presentation the following Friday by highlighting the top three Most Viewed Links...if I have my settings done correctly. If I haven't set them up right on this first go around and can't view the Most Viewed links then I reserve the right to pick my favorites and keep tweaking my Linky Settings until I get them where I want them.

Regardless, every weekend I will Pin, Tweet and Facebook the three Featured posts. This will bring awareness to your awesome foods and help promote your blog!!

**Here are the rules...short and sweet:

*Recipes ONLY - no crafts, DIY projects, give-aways or spam

*Link this page back to your site - it's Linky courtesy.

*Be sure to click around, visit the other sites and leave a comment here and there...we all LOVE comments!

*Leave me a Comment to let me know you were here and what you shared.

So come on WordPressers and anybody else who happens to stumble across this first party! Let's Link Up and see what you got!