I was contacted by the one and only Greta Podleski, co-author (with her sister, Janet) of the Looneyspoons Cookbooks, and she asked if I would be interested in reviewing a copy of their latest cookbook, “The Looneyspoons Collection.”
Yes, please!
With the seasons (supposedly…we got snowed on again today, so much for spring break) changing, I find myself shelving my recipes for the same old tired roasts and casseroles and I delve into new, fresh finds that feel light and springy. I am always looking for inspiration for cooking and spend a lot of time scouring cooking blogs and Pinterest for recipe ideas, so I was really excited to have the chance to review “The Looneyspoons Collection” cookbook. It arrived on my doorstep and from page one, it was a delight to pore over. The pages are all full-colour, a nice heavy weight of paper, and are filled with beautiful photos and lots of fun facts plastered all over the pages. It almost reads like a coffee table book or high-quality magazine and is just really fun to read.
I made their “FULLafel Patties” recipe and it was fantastic! It was really easy, it required ingredients that I already had in my pantry and spice rack, and the kids and husband gobbled it up in a flash. I will totally make them again, but in a double batch so we actually have leftovers!
The cookbook is a really great addition to anyone’s collection because it has such a great variety of recipes: sides, salads, main dishes and lots of vegetarian options, all with a focus on whole foods and healthy ingredients.
I am happy to be able to offer a copy of “The Looneyspoons Collection” cookbook to one lucky commenter. Just tell me your favourite spring/summer-time meal and you’ll be entered to win!
The contest closes on March 30, 2012 and the winner, chosen at random, will be contacted via email.
I received a copy of the cookbook for this post, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Barbecue Korean beef are the best with portabello mushrooms and red peppers. outside barbecue always tastes better.
My favourite spring and summer meals revolve around salads; salad with chicken. salad with beef, salad with cheese, salad with salad… you get the point!
As soon as tomatoes are ripe a toasted BLT
A salad made with produce just picked from my garden.
My favourite spring meal is grilled salmon, with fiddleheads and roasted rosemary potatoes
I love to eat a lot of salads.. especially fresh fruit salads.. and ofcourse bbq – grilled chicken.. and roasted corn on the cob.
Has to be bbq pork ribs, baked potatoes and corn on the cob, with a fresh salad. You know, healthy! 😉 lol!
My absolute favourite spring/summer meal is from the Looneyspoons cookbook – Ipastable slim chick salad. It’s a wonderful pasta salad with red peppers, brocolli and snow peas. A hit everytime I serve it.
Grilled Kabobs with grilled veggies with a fruit and veggie salad. Yum
Anything done on the BBQ and a fresh garden salad.
corn on the cob, barbequed
I always love my chili – rain, shine or snow.
a wonderful Greek tomato and cucumber salad with Feta and fresh bread.
My favourite summer time meal is BBQ’d steaks with potato salad, fresh veggies and corn on the cob!
I love making chicken skewers on the BBQ with grilled veggies and potatoes
My favorite summer time meal is bbq steak with corn on the cob and broccoli salad i can wait
My favorite recipe no matter the season will always be Soup to Cry for from the first looneyspoons cook book! Their version of French Onion Soup!! My families favorite many have said that it is better than any retaurant!
I love a good grilled chicken salad!
Oh grilled or steamed fresh veggies, a tender bbq’d wing steak and cgrilled cheese toast and a light salad. My mouth is watering!
BBQ Rib-eye steaks….so wonderfully decadent!
Our favourite dish is BBQ chicken Tikkas with green salad, coriander raita and a glass of cooool lemonade
Our favourite summer meal is BBQ’d boneless/skinless chicken breasts. Even both my picky children love this! With that, I love sliced potatoes covered in fresh herbs and lightly swiped with butter done in a foil packet on the bbq. I also like to have veggie kabobs or a fresh salad on the side. We try to bbq as long as possible – when it’s too cold for me to stand out there, I send out hubby lol
Definately BBq’d Maui Ribs with a big fresh salad!!
My favourite summer dish is tomato bocconcini salad! In the summer time I use the cherry tomatoes and basil from my garden, balsamic vinegar and fresh bocconcini (baby mozzarella balls) from the store. Delish! I’m drooling just thinking of it!!!
anything cooked on the BBQ accompanied by corn on the cob. Plus don’t forget fresh strawberries and ice cream for dessert.
Steak & corn on the cob
Nothing special but has to be on the bbq. we love bbq chicken with corn on the cob and a nice green salad on the side…and can’t forget the baked potato
Steak on the BBQ, with Caesar salad and grilled potatoes.
BBQ spareribs and corn on the cob
i love a big, fresh wedge salad
I love salads so anything that I can add to make them different is great in the Summer.
fresh veggies from the garden
A love making a big salad with lots of fresh fruit, veggies, grated cheese, hard-boiled eggs and a bit of turkey bacon.
Pasta covered with a mix of grape tomatoes, garlic, olive oil and lots of fresh basil that has been sitting in a bowl in the sun all day.
steak on the bbq with potato and roasted zucchini
BBQ Everything! Chicken, Asparagus & Potato Wedges. Yum!!!!!!
Usually I can’t wait to barbeque a really good steak with vegetables.
burgers and ribs on the BBQ!
Corn on the cob and tomatoes!
Kebobs with fresh roadside corn, both done on the BBQ
Spinach & strawberry salad with poppy seeds & homemade vinaigrette is a summer Dave here, the kids ask for it all the time! (and eat the spinach too!)
Grilled North African sausages (made here locally) on the BBQ with a greek salad. A bowl of fresh local strawberries and blueberries for dessert.
Paninis! I love experimenting with different ingredients. Plus they go great with a beer!
I like to put fresh haddock on the grill with lots of peppers, onions and carrots.
Hamburgers, such a treat after a long winter of not having them – chicken on the bbq with a nice glaze, grilled veggies and salad.
homemade coleslaw with tangy kebobs on the BBQ…..and grilled pineapple! YUMMY!
We enjoy cooking steaks on the barbeque, and eating them with mushrooms, onions, potatoes, and caesar salad.
We enjoy having BBQ’s from Hamburgers to Hotdogs and Chicken and sides of salads.
A lemony creamy warm fusilli pasta dish with grape tomatoes, arugula and parmesan cheese. It just screams fresh spring. Oh, and raw asparagus snacked on from my garden.
A Waldorf salad! It seems to be the first thing I crave! Then ofcourse BBQ grilled veggies! Yeah for the spring!
My favorite summer time meal is lobster roll, potato salad, corn on the cob and sliced fresh tomatoes.
For me it would be ribs and potato salad or coleslaw. I also love love love pasta salad with ham and lots of veggies. Perfect on a hot summers day.
I love the good old hotdogs and hamburgers.And would love to win the book,i like to try new recipes
My favourite meal in the spring and summertime is bbq steak with a garden salad and seasonal tomatoes and fresh strawberries or watermelon or peaches. All are yum!
I love thai salads
My favourite meal in the spring/summer is a chicken caesar salad
Mmmm – favorite summer meal for me is a steak on the grill, with grilled vegetables and a big ol’ baked potato!!
A good home-made gazpacho, make your own sandwiches from left-over chicken breast, roast beef on wraps or multi-grain bread.
My favorite summer time meal is hamburgers on the barbeque with a simple salad.
I really like potato salad
Barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs!
burgers on the bar b q with potato salad
From early spring our family loves to barbecue.Pork chops,steak and hamburgers are our favourite,along with potato’s and vegetables baked over a barbecue this makes a meal that excites the senses.
margherita pizza on the bbq…..no salmon on the bbq…..too many summer favs to pick just one!!
Chicken Ceasar Salad
My favorite is beef brisket done on the rotisserie and then shredded and covered in homemade bbq sauce. We usually have it in the summer with corn on the cob. SO good!
Anything done on the BBQ! Filet mignon, roasted asparagus and potatoes. Mmmmmmmmm…………
Hamburger with fries and corn!
Bbq chicken and roasted corn is a great summer meal.
BBQ’d chicken, greek salad and grilled veggies `- bring on summer!
Grilled salmon and fresh asparagus
I love a giant fruit salad made with local fruit and cottage cheese.
chicken & veggie kabobs on the bbq!
Rotisserie roast beef with caesar salad.
My favorite summer meal is a great barbequed steak , with barbequed corn on the cob
fruit salad
I HAVE A SIMPLE YET WONDERFUL RECIPE FOR BBQ CHICKEN THIGHS…SORRY,CAN’T SHARE THIS FAMILY SECRET.
I love cedar plank barbecued salmon, barbecued corn on the cob (in the husk), tomato, basil, and bocconcini salad, and barbecued veggies.
Anything cooked on the BBQ especially steak and corn on the cob.
I love a simple cucumber, onion and tomato salad with mayo, salt, pepper and dill. It’s so fresh tasting and perfect for warm days.
Grilled chicken and salad.
The first BBQ of the season is totally awesome. Steak, baked potaoes & a salad.
BBQ’d hamburgers and corn on the cob!
I love to make a chicken Caesar salad to which I add fresh mushrooms and other fresh vegetables like asparagus along with a side of freshly grilled garlic toast and then wash it all down with a freshly made lemonade!
I tend to eat a lot more salads in the spring and summer months.
I love grilled burgers with a fresh garden salad
My favorite summer time meal is to perfectly bbq farmer’s sausage with fresh boiled corn on the cob and salad made from fresh garden lettuce. Thanks
Having a cold pasta sald with bbq hamburgurs
Mixed Green salad with strawberries and poppy seed dressing, grilled chicken and corn on the cob.
Mmmm…..I love grilled foods, I would have to go with Steaks that have been marinated in red wine, garlic, and rosemary…add double stuffed bacon cheese potatoes, grillied asparagus and corn on the cob. Our family Sunday meal in the summer.
I love when the weather warmer hits so we can barbeque — food always tastes fresher and healthier when cooked this way.
salads with fresh asparagus
Not exactly a light meal, but I love a BBQ roast beef with grilled veggies, mostly because my husband does the BBQ-ing and I don’t have to cook.
There’s a Jamaican grilled chicken and recipe (with a mango and pineapple salsa) in one of these books (Eat Shrink and Be Merry, I think) that I love. I flipped through a friend’s copy of this book a few weeks ago. It looks great. I’d love to have my own copy!
BBQ steak, Greek potatoes on the BBQ and grilled corn on the cob (also on the BBQ) and then, a quick drive to Milky Way for a sweet treat.
We love going to BBQ’s where other people cook anything from burgers to corn on the cob!
Warm salad with asparagus, or fresh strawberries with splashes of balsamic..
asparagus and anything cooked on the BBQ
Forgot the recipe on the first post. This is an easy and delicious salad. Cut up avocado, some celery stalks and use juice from a lime. Mix and Add sea salt and you are finished!
Enter me please! Never tried the looneyspoons
Oh all those things sound so good but I think I’m going to have to go with asparagus (with melted butter, of course). That just screams SPRING to me!
My Dad’s homemade potato salad (he cooks the potatoes on the BBQ so they have a wonderful flavour!), my sister’s springtime pasta salad, corn on the cob and burgers (beef, chicken or turkey). YUMMY!
My new favourite recipe is for a refreshing salad: tomatoes, avocado chunks, chopped cilantro, chopped chives/red onion, seasoned with olive oil, lemon/lime juice, salt and pepper to taste – divine!
Oh and another salad that was surprisingly good: tomatoes, watermelon, with feta, salt and pepper
ps. I love their first cookbooks (pick me! pick me!)
While on a restricted diet due to my gall bladder I was forced to find new recipes. We fell in love with Rachael Ray’s Grilled Chicken Pasta Salad. Delicious, good for you and reminds me of picnics and long days at the beach.
I love salad rolls made with rice-paper wraps and filled with crisp, fresh veggies and prawns, served with a yummy dipping sauce!
I need this cookbook to add to my collection from the sisters. I have the other 3 and I love them all. My fave summer dish is pulled pork done in the slow cooker. mmmm
Our favourite meals in the summer is anything on the bbq. We love beef tenderloin and grilled veggies.
My family loves fresh salads, corn on the cob, and homemade turkey burgers on the barbecue 🙂
For Me my favorite summer time meal is anything on the BBQ, corn on the cob and a salad on the deck.
I love BBQing in the spring and summer. Grilling fruit in the summer is wonderful!
Love BBQ and big fresh salads!
Love asparagus from a neighbouring farm – yum!
I get all excited about full meal salads in the spring… the possibilities are endless and we don’t really have them much in the winter. I would love to win 🙂
Cheeseburgers done on the BBQ with potato salad and corn on the cob!