Let's do this and get Gutsy again!

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It was the kick I needed - So, I’m opening up Gutsy Cooks again.  If you been here before you know how that works and if you participated before, you are welcome to come back.  

If you are new then click over to the rules and see how it works, and join us.  

If you cannot wait until I post the menu line up for the month - guess what? Start with menus 72-75 from last year, which is sort of ironic, since they were the April menus.  

Can you believe it was not even planned? But, apparently the universe knew when to push.  I writing down the grocery list already for the Chicken Cordon Blue option.

So what are you waiting for? Get ready, get set and let’s get Gutsy!

Bombolini filled with Vanilla Cream

Yes, this is a double whammy because you are getting another donut post.  After Tom laid praises on the Sweet Potato Donuts, I made the mistake of telling him, that the Bombolini would have been ten times better and he totally dared me to prove it.

He knows I cannot resist dates.  And I totally fell for it too.

I still stand behind my statement before that donuts are not one of my favorite sweets.  But the Bombolini holds a special place in my taste memory.

See, I have been eating these pillows of fried dough, filled with cream, since I can remember. In Venezuela, my mother would buy a big bag of them as a special treat from our local bakery as I was growing up.  My sister and I would gobble them up in seconds, licking our sugar-coated fingers and then wait patiently for the next special occasion to have them.

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Carrots and Zucchini Salad

We all need our veggies, especially someone like me that unfortunately does not eat enough of them.

Do have a favorite veggie? I think I pretty much like all with the exception of brussel sprouts - we just cannot seem to get onboard with each other.

If there is a favorite I will have to say carrots. I like them raw, cooked, in salads, cakes, dipped in anything. The same goes for zucchini, which I love grilled with a splash of olive oil and some chopped herbs.

A couple of weeks back I gave Heidi Swanson Sunburst Carrot Salad recipe a try out in my kitchen.  It was part of our Gutsy Cook menu options and I had all the ingredients at hand. 

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