ABC Recipe Swap - #1 Letter A

This is going to be an ongoing swap as we work our way through the alphabet. At the end, should you participate through the whole swap, you should have a nice selection of new recipes to try out and add to your menus. You could even take this opportunity to make and decorate a lovely recipe card box, or perhaps have them bound into a mini cookbook. It's all up to you. It would be nice to see pics of what you've created on Instagram.

The details of the swap are this. You will send each of your partners two (2 different) recipes that fit the given letter theme. All recipes are to be written, typed or printed on (or attached to) to a 4" x 6" card. You may use a standard 4" x 6" index card (any color, lined or not), or attach recipe to a piece of decorative card-stock. Feel free to decorate the "recipe card" in some way if you'd like (keep them flat, do not add dimensional embellishments). Just be sure to place the name of the recipe on the card, and include all of the necessary ingredients and instructions. Be creative with the themes, but try to only use recipes you've tried before.

Some of the themes given are pretty broad so feel free to choose what you like as long as it in someway adheres to the original theme.

You will have 3 partners for each leg of the swap, for a total of 6 cards for each leg. Keep in mind you do not have to wait for partners to be assigned to start planning and creating your recipe cards. The entire list of alpha themes will be given so you can move ahead if you'd like. You will have to sign up for each letter, and have new partners assigned.

A - Apple; Appetizer; Favorite American Summer Recipe (picnic or potluck recipe);

B - Breads; Broccoli (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Beverage (non-alcoholic);

C - Chocolate (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Chinese inspired; Childhood (your favorite recipe from childhood);

D - Drumstick (ie Chicken wings or drumsticks, your favorite recipe or sauce for); Deviled Egg (you favorite recipe); Dessert (anything goes here as long as it's a dessert);

E - Eggs (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Easy (your favorite easy to prepare recipe); Elegant (something you'd serve for company, holiday dinner or a date night meal);

F - Fish(your favorite recipe using ingredient); Fruit (recipe containing fruit of your choice); Fried Food (anything goes as long it is fried;

G - Granola(your favorite recipe for or using granola); Garlic(your favorite recipe using ingredient); Game Day (your favorite sports day or tailgate recipe);

H - Ham (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Hamburgers or Hot Dogs (your favorite recipe for, or recipes for special toppings for); Hot Day (something you'd make when it's really hot outside and you don't want to heat the kitchen, could be a grilled recipe as well)

I - Ice Cream (recipe to make ice cream or that uses ice cream as an ingredient), Indian (authentic recipe or recipe inspired by cuisine); Italian (authentic recipe or recipe inspired by cuisine);

J - Jello (recipe that uses it flavored or unflavored); Jalapeno (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Jams or Jellies (recipe for or using jams or jellies);

K - Kale (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Key Lime (your favorite recipe using ingredient, could be regular lime as well); Kids (something made for, by or with kids);

L - Lentils (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Lettuce (favorite salad recipe); Leftovers (recipe that is for a large crowd or that is great for doubling or freezing);

M - Meatloaf (any protein); Muffin (sweet or savory); Mexican (authentic recipe or recipe inspired by cuisine);

N - Nuts (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Noodles (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Nutritious (anything goes as long it is healthy);

O - Omelets; Onions (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Outrageous (uses odd combo of flavors, what you interpret as outrageous);

P - Pumpkin (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Pasta (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Pretty (recipe that is pretty when it's done);

Q - Quiche (using any ingredients); Quinoa (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Quick (something fast to make);

R - Rice (your favorite recipe using ingredient, any variety of rice); Ribs (any variety, and any rubs, sauces, etc); Retro (something from your parents or grandparents recipe books or better yet pick their brain or even have them write it for you);

S - Shrimp (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Soup or Stew (or stoup, LOL); Sweet treat (anything goes, as long at it is sweet);

T - Tacos (any protein, any variety); Tomato (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Turkey (your favorite recipe using ingredient);

U - Uncooked (savory - anything goes as long it is a raw recipe); Unbaked (sweet - anything goes as long it is unbaked; Unique (your decision as to what is unique);

V - Vegetables (anything goes as long as a vegetable(s) are the star ingredient); Vanilla (anything as long it is flavored with vanilla); Very Something (very something, ie very simple, very easy, very sinful, you decide);

W - Watermelon (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Walnuts (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Winter (your favorite cold weather recipe);

X - Xmas cake; Xmas Cookie; Xmas Gift (if not Xmas than your favorite holiday season recipe);

Y - Yogurt (your favorite recipe using ingredient); Your Best (recipe that you make the best); Your Favorite (your fave thing to make);

Z - ZZZZ (something you make while sleeping, ie a crockpot recipe); Your Choice Of (your favorite foreign cusine recipe, your favorite pantry staple recipe, or a 5 ingredient or less recipe); I ran out of Z options here, so please choose 2 recipes from any of these categories.

So to recap, 2 different recipes for 3 different partners (a total of 6 cards for each letter). Please be sure to include a paper stating the name of the swap, and your swap name. If you are feeling ambitious you could tell your partner a little background info on your recipes, but that is up to you. If there are any questions please feel free to contact me. I'm leaving this leg of the swap open to all who want to participate. This would be great for Newbies to get started with an easy mailed swap. I will angel if necessary, but anyone who does not fulfill their swap will be banned from later legs. This is going to be a lot of fun!

I'm keeping this as a Regional this time around to hold down postage costs.