Takeout Tuesday - Sweets By Caroline's Macarons at URBNmarket Pike and Rose

There were a lot of great vendors at the URBNmarket held in Pike and Rose recently, including Sweets By Caroline's amazing macarons!  The "regular" macarons all look great but the character ones are on another level - so cute!  I'm glad I got there early to get my pick of the whole selection, especially since it looked like she sold out in two hours.  I could see why she sold out so quickly - the macarons were all so fun to look at and the character ones were so detailed.

 

The macarons all tasted as good as they looked and were the perfect afternoon treat in the middle of my work days.  This URBNmarket was a great chance to check out vendors that I haven't seen in person before like this one, and try out some delicious treats at the same time! 

 

Lunchtime Links for May 10th, 2021

• The Kitchn: Cheung Fun.  
• Food52: Grapefruit cocktails.
• Crazy for Crust: Banana chocolate chip cookies.
• Skinnytaste: Pico de Gallo.
• Seasons and Suppers: Cinnamon sugar cruffins. 

Lunchtime Links for May 6th, 2021

• Cookies and Cups: Homemade soft pretzels.  
• Seasons and Suppers: Chicken Parm sandwich. 
• Crazy for Crust: Small batch chocolate chip cookies. 
• Sally's Baking Addiction: Rich and fluffy chocolate sweet rolls. 
• Creme de la Crumb: Beef Empanadas. 

Lunchtime Links for May 5th, 2021

• Table for Two: Iced brown sugar oat milk shaken espresso latte. 
• How Sweet Eats: Mango avocado shrimp salsa.
• Gimme Some Oven: 12 taco recipes.
• Handle the Heat: Brownies with a shiny thin crust.
• Averie Cooks: Tacos al Pastor.

Lunchtime Links for May 4th, 2021

• Crazy for Crust: Edible sugar cookie dough.  
• Table for Two: Surf and turf. 
• Pinch of Yum: Beet and Burrata salad with fried bread. 
• Smitten Kitchen: Quick, easy salsa. 
• Just One Cookbook: Traditional Japanese breakfast. 

Takeout Tuesday - Green Tea Custard from Carmen's Italian Ice

I normally stick to the mango Italian ice at Carmen's Italian Ice out of habit, but I recently saw green tea custard on their menu and had to try it!  It was creamy and rich with a sweet green tea flavor and I really enjoyed it.  I like green tea sweets in general to begin with, but I think this would be an excellent choice for anyone that wanted to try something out that's less of a direct green tea flavor.  As you can see there's always a huge variety of flavors to choose from, so it doesn't hurt to venture out from your usual order once in a while! 

 Carmen's Italian Ice

1115 Nelson Street

Rockville, MD 20850

Lunchtime Links for May 3rd, 2021

• How Sweet Eats: Burrata baked Ziti. 
• Love and Lemons: Taco bar toppings. 
• I Am A Food Blog: Honey garlic chicken. 
• My Baking Addiction: Flank steak tacos. 
• The First Year Blog: Ice cream cupcakes.