200th Post: Awards/Tagged Awards, Favorite Dishes and A Few Favorite Men

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Slowly but steadily I have hit the 200th mark today. In spite of having a wildly chaotic/disorganized life, I consider myself blessed that I am able to allocate time to blog about something that I am passionate about -- Mostly Taste, Travels and Networking with people of similar wavelength!
For this post, I have decided to honor the folks who have showered award after award on my blogging self instead of the usual travel Milestone post. Thanks to everyone who were kind enough to pass on some splendid awards and I would like to pass it to all. I simply can't choose a favorite since every blog is special and has something unique and splendid.XoXo.

Some awards demand I share things about me,my dozen favorite dishes from my blog and such -
I have already shared a lot about me here, here. To top that I will share my favorite dishes, Favorite Actors~
My favorite dishes from my blog -
I like almost all of them,else I wouldn't have posted about it now, would I? But some favorites that get made often are - 

• Snacks/Appetizers/Dip: Sugar plum balls, Stuffed Mushrooms, Dhal Fritters, Seven Layer Dip "Lite"
• Soups/Sides: Stuffed Eggplants, Citrusy Potatoes, Garlic in Spicy Tamarind Sauce, Root-A-Rama Soup
• Main: Baked Meatballs, Pot Pie, Oatmeal-ChickPea Burger, Mixed Veggie Pilaf
• Dessert/Sweets: Oat N Fruit Bars, Wheat Bran Sweet Potato Muffins, PigeonPeas Stuffed Shallow-fried Hushpuppy, Carrot Halwa

Now on to my favorite actors and what movies/sitcom made me like them..Well for me to like a star he will have to have certain, if not all,characteristics/distinguishing quality, like - be at least 6 feet tall, long hair, pierced ears,a lone tattoo or two and fuzz on the face is good. Only then I will watch a film enough to like someone.. So unfair to them but thats me.Stars need to have star quality..else why should I spend time, energy, money to watch,right?
In descending order -

• Kevin Costner (BodyGuard, Dances With the Wolves, Revenge)
• Kevin Sorbo (Hercules)
• Pierce Brosnan (All of his 007 movies)
• Brad Pitt (Troy, Interview With a Vampire)
• Akshay Kumar (Yeh Dillagi, Singh is King)
• Hugh Jackman(Van Helsing, Australia)
• Hrithik Roshan(Jodhaa Akbar, Kaho Naa Pyar Hai)
• Victor Webster(Mutant X)
• Vikram(Saamy, Anniyan, Kandaswamy)
• Vijay(Ghilli, Vettaikaaan, Kaadalukku Mariyaathai)
• Robert Pattinson(Twilight)
• Ram Charan Teja(Maghadeera, Chirutha) <-Star Struck

From Nithu's Kitchen:

From Kristy Gourmet, Raina-Garden of Yum, Kiran-Sumadhura

From Anju's Kitchen Treasures, Kitchen Express, Pavithra-Binge On Veg, Kiran-Sumadhura, Fathima-Thattukada, Rumana-SpiceUrSenses, YummyTeam, FoodLovers, JoyOfCooking, Madhura Manoj,
Experiments With food,  Malabar Ruchi, Dining Menu,Ayesha, Hamaree Rasoi,Sathya -Samayal Corner

From Mia-SugarPlumFairy

Mia, Fimere, NadjiBella