Today my blog turns TWO years old! How crazy and cool is that? When I first started blogging, I didn’t know where it would take me, or who might read my ramblings, or if anyone would find my life through food the teensiest bit interesting. Despite all of that, I quickly grew to love my blog—one could say it was love at first click of the “publish” button. In looking back over the last two years, all 365 posts, I feel proud. Proud of what I’ve said, what I’ve learned, and how I’ve grown, but mostly proud because this blog is ME, Mary, a forever fervent foodie.
Favorite Recipe Posts
- Amaze(meat)balls
- Bruschetta Chicken Pasta
- Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Chicken Pesto Paninis
- Enchi-oo-la-la-das
- Guacamole
- Iced Pumpkin Cookies
- Lightened up sausage lasagna
- Jambalaya
- Oven Asparagus
- Salted caramel brownies
- Sausage, Egg, & Cheese Breakfast Braid
- Slow cooker apple crisp
- Spicy black bean burgers
- Sweet Chili Pork Tenderloin
- Tomato Basil Bruschetta
- Western Sausage Crustless Quiche
Favorite Fitness & Health Posts
- Big Fat Lie.
- Beef Cake Mary (part 1) (part 2)
- My Half Marathon Training Plan
- Detox
- 9 Things I learned while training for a half marathon
- Where did that come from?
Favorite Ramblings
- Two random things.
- You know, like Madonna?
- Lighter
- Ladies who lunch
- Eff you, Monday
- Bad things happen when I don’t eat.
- I gave up cereal.
- I shot that sh*t!
- Kind of a big deal.
- Well that was… odd…
Favorite Informative Posts
- How to make your own ground meat
- DIY Photography Light Diffuser on the Cheap
- How to halve a spaghetti squash without losing a finger.
- Overnight Oats for Dummies
Favorite Restaurant Posts:
Oh, goat cheese. (Mama Ricotta’s, Charlotte)- Holy crap that was a lot of food. (Hawthorne’s Pizza, Kickstand Burgers, Loco Lime Mexican, Charlotte)
- Holy.Hot.Dog (The Penguin, Charlotte)
- A day of unplanned meandering (Central Coffee, Charlotte)
- I fell in love at Mellow Mushroom
- Ten at Park Lanes (Charlotte)
Favorite Travels
- Bald Head Island
- 2011 Food Blog Forum(Nashville, TN)
- 2010 Healthy Living Summit(Chicago, IL)
- Charleston Day #1, Day #2, Day #3, Day #4, Botany Bay Plantation
- New Orleans Day #1, Day #2, Day #3, Day #4
I think some birthday ice cream is in order!
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Congratulations, Mare! I remember your contemplating the whole blog idea, and then, the next thing I knew, you’d gone live! I’m proud of you, too!
Happy 2nd Year. Will Fervent Foodie be going through the “terrible 2’s”? Use lots of ink printing all your Blogs; they are so beautiful.
Awww thanks, Sally!
Congrats! Hope to see you soon!
Happy Anniversary! I wanted to say that I love your food blog. I discovered by doing some research on Charlotte for a travel piece I’m writing. I am blogger in Raleigh.
I am now following you on Twitter so I should be able to keep in touch.
Leigh
Hines-Sight Blog
Thank you, Leigh!
Happy blogversary!
Thank you!!
Hi Mary, I just stumbled onto your blog from twitter, and wanted to just say hi and kudos on your recent blogversary! Your photos are pretty stunning.
Hello Caroline! Thank you so much, and thank you for checking out my blog!