There are some foods I don’t particularly like. When I say that, I don’t mean I hate them. I just would not cross town for them. I eat them anyway, because most of them are good for me. Or someone made them for me, and I feel uncomfortable saying no. Like I said, I don’t hate them. So, I don’t want to make a fuss…

By the way, beets are not on the list!

1. Eggplant
2. Zucchini
3. Summer squash
4. Sardines
5. Strawberries
6. Cabbage
7. Onions – like them in things, but not by themselves. No onion rings, bloomin’ onions, hamburger onions, salad onions, etc.
8. Chicken
9. Celery
10. Chocolate cake – so shoot me, it’s just not my favorite!
    

    Who could resist this beautiful eggplant?

So, what’s on your list?

Here are my awardees for the Kreativ Blogging Award:

Carolyn Carreno @ What’s Eating Carolynn.  Despite her assertions that only her mother reads her blog, I think she has a few more readers than that. She is friends with Alice Waters and Kenny Shopsin and Nancy Silverton. Plus The Foodinista. Her stories about the culinary world are fascinating, as was her birthday party post.

Annie @ Hip Organic Mama. Annie is amazingly versed in organic foods, green cleaning, how to buy local, and mostly how to live with principle when there isn’t any around you.

Brooke @ Food Woolf. Brooke is an excellent writer with a lot of insight into the food industry. 

Sara @ Ms. Adventures in Italy. Her new feature – when I have time.com – is  a great idea, and she solicited the ideas of her followers before setting it up.

Madalina @ Duh-licious.  Cupcakes are her passion, but there are other gems on this website. Cookies, cakes, pasta sauce. 

Katrina @ She’s in the Kitchen. This is a new one for me. Her pictures are beautiful!

Kim @ The Nourishing Gourmet.  Great tips for eating real food on a budget. Also  new one for me, and I plan on getting to know this one much better.

 The Local Beet. How could I not? It’s a subject near and dear to my heart!

Carole @ The Rejuvenation Lounge.  When life gets to be a little too much, and you’ve been eating too much junk, turn to the rejuvenation lounge. Carole has loads of ideas for how to make you feel better.

Rowena @ Rubber Slippers in Italy. I love her stories about her new puppies. The pictures are great. Her recipes are also excellent.

So, that’s it! Enjoy your awards! Please pay it forward.

– Added on 3/8/09 –

The way the award works is that whoever wins the award passes it on to 10 bloggers of their choosing! This thing may go round the world.

Thanks to Sophie of Sophie’s Foodie Files for my first blogging award! This is such an honor. And what a pretty award!

So, now I need to pass it on! Expect a list of awardees in the next couples of days. I’m going to at least partially steal Lou Ann’s idea from Oyster Food & Culture. She was a previous recipient, and went looking for new blogs to award. I would have awarded her myself, but someone already did!

I love the pay it forward idea of this!