Category: recipes
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Pattaya Beach | 2 Ingredient Cocktail
Hi, folks! Happy Monday….? Sorry I’ve been slow this past week, I was trying to focus my free time on some spring cleaning and all that getting-my-life-in-order stuff 🙂 That’s as under control as it’s going to be. To celebrate, a cocktail! Woo hoo 🙂
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Layered Strawberry Coconut Smoothie
Hey everybody! How was your weekend? Do anything to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? I didn’t really do anything, though yesterday was awesome for a totally un-holiday-related reason: I took the day off work. Not for any reason at all, just because I needed a little breather, a day off, a personal day. It. was. amazing. …
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Asparagus Pasta Aglio Olio
Happy Sunday evening, all!Preston and I made an awesome simple dinner tonight, I took inspiration from a simple dish one of my LA visitors had last weekend. She’s a picky eater with some dietary restrictions, so she eats very simple dishes. One of my favorite Sacramento restaurants, Paesano’s, was really understanding of her modifications and…
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Maple Pecan Scones
Here are the scones I made for my friends last weekend! I forgot to snap pics as I was frantically baking, cleaning my apartment, and getting myself ready for a day of wine tasting early on Saturday morning. I got a couple blurry shots while we were eating, so I made the best taking pictures…
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Pink Golden Grapefruit Juice
Does daylight savings time make anyone else feel super groggy and jet-lagged? I know, I know, it’s only an hour. But MAN getting up in the mornings this week was really hard. I thought it was just a lack of sleep over the weekend and Monday blues. Then Tuesday in my half-asleep state, instead of hitting “snooze”…
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Blackberry Kiwi Smoothie
Good morning, internet friends! I am up and at it early this beautiful Saturday morning because I am getting ready to head out to El Dorado County for some wine tasting with my friends who are visiting from LA. I am so excited to see my friends and spend the whole day with them, and…
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Vanilla Chai Protein Chia Pudding
Happy happy Friiiiiiiiday! Have you ever tried one of those bottled vanilla chai protein drinks? There are a few out there, but I think the Bolthouse Farms one is probably most widely circulated. They are sooo creamy and yummy, full of vanilla goodness with a subtle chai flavor. Well here it is in chia pudding…
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Artichoke & Bean Bruschetta
Want a dip that’s a bright, fresh, and easy alternative to hummus? I’ve been munching on this yummy “bruschetta” dip like it’s hummus. It’s pretty close. I adapted a recipe from my cookbook Giada at Home for artichoke and bean bruschetta for this awesome light dish. Something about it just tastes like spring. It’s probably…
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Deconstructed Apple Turnover Breakfast
Got a fantastic weekend breakfast treat for you. I woke up later than usual on Sunday and wanted to bake a fun weekend breakfast without spending too much time on it. I made this on a whim using a spare square of puff pastry I had in my fridge and an old Cooking Light throwback…
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New Flora | Barhi Dates
Wow, it’s been absolutely forever since I’ve done a New Flora post. I thought I had given them up, but lately I’ve been missing them. That’s okay, right? A few times lately I’ve thought about doing a New Flora post to introduce y’all to some new-to-me (and hopefully you too) piece of produce that I…