Celebrating 200

In all of the excitement and busyness that my life has been in the past couple of weeks, I neglected to celebrate a small, yet still significant milestone for me; my 200th post.

I'm a firm believer that life just moves way too quickly and for that reason, it's important for the to pause, even if it's just for a moment, to celebrate in the tiniest of ways, even if its the tiniest of things.  To me, writing my 200th post is something that indeed requires celebrating.  When I started this blog this past December, I never could have even begun to imagine all that this would mean to me and I've found a such a satisfying sense of purpose in sharing my recipe creations and food adventures with you.  In light of this, there are some posts that to me, just stand out as some personal favorites.  So for today's post, I thought a fun little way to celebrate this milestone was to share with you some of my personal favorites from my first 200 posts:

First there are the posts that mean something to me:

• Where it all started, my very first post
• An introduction to my Small Boston Kitchen
• This post made Boston.com and led to some serious celebratory break-dancing around my apartment
• My 100th post
• Making my Grammy's Lemon Bars
• My day in Boston with my Mom
• Dinner parties make me the happiest.  And I write about them often, like the Greek one here and my New Year's Party here and of course, I can't forget about my Marathon Party and then there was my Forth of July party...
• The story of my first oyster

Then there are some favorite recipe creations:

• My first attempt at homemade gnocchi, cannot wait for fall/winter to make these again!
• Mmmmm
• This is my absolute favorite meal.  So simple and versatile, it's comfort in a bowl.
• I couldn't list favorites without putting something about Quinoa
• It is impossible not to love homemade poptarts
• Homemade Chinese Food Rocks
• And so does the best turkey burger EVER 
• Zucchini Vegetable Cakes
• Cheesesteaks!
• Homemade Ricotta Cheese

And then lastly, some of my favorite pictures

Strawberry Salad with Homemade Lemon Poppyseed Dressing

Homemade Asian Noodle Soup

Homemade Pop Tarts

Sweet Corn, Tomato, Basil and Mozzarella Salad

Homemade Wonton Soup

Wine Glass over Menu at Sportello Restaurant

Musing on Seattle

'Maters for my Fire Roasted Tomato Pasta

Here's to taking a minute out of a hectic day to celebrate something important to you.  Cheers!