September 2012
16 posts
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Strawberry Frozen Yogurt #SundaySupper
It’s official fall so we’re surrounded by that awesome brisk weather, gorgeous autumn leaves and amazing pumpkin recipes left and right. But interrupting this awesome stream of fall highlights is LA’s heatwave. It was about 91 degrees today, and we also had a “carmageddon” situation where they closed down like 10 miles of a major freeway.
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Homemade Funfetti Cupcakes
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m guest-posting over at Eat. Drink. Love. today so head on over to get the fabulous recipe for these awesome homemade funfetti cupcakes!
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Steak Chili
With the weather getting a bit cooler, there’s no better time than to curl up on the couch with a blanket, a good book and a hot bowl of chili. No wait. A hot bowl of chili with steak. And freshly made jalapeño cornbread of course.
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I seriously inhaled an entire bowlful of chili as soon as it came off the stove. The best part? No, it’s not the juicy, tender chunks of steak...
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#MuffinMonday: Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Fall is officially here! I mean it was 91 degrees outside today but technically, fall is here so that means pumpkin season is here too. I’ve been itching and itching to make something with pumpkin in it but I just never got around to it until now, thanks to this week’s installment of #MuffinMonday. I’m sure that if a pumpkin muffin recipe was not assigned, I’d probably...
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Berry Burst Ice Cream Oreo Brownies
So what does a 20-something girl do on a Friday night? Well, if I were still in college, I’d tell you that I’d be at some bar and then come home at the wee-hours of about 5AM. But since my college days are long over, I actually picked up some Thai food on the way home from work, had like 1/4 of it before I got too full (Jason usually eats my leftovers), did a couple of loads of...
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Lemon Pepper Shrimp Scampi with Orzo
It has been such a long Wednesday. Work didn’t end until 7PM and traffic was jam-packed on the drive home. I then headed over to the gym, went grocery shopping, made dinner, took photos, showered and now I’m writing this post. And it’s 11:22PM. Working a day job and blogging is definitely a bit overwhelming, but thankfully this dinner took me just minutes to make.
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Pork and Asparagus with Hoisin Sauce
Okay guys, let’s be real here - it’s seriously impossible to shoot everything in natural lighting, right? Ever since I got my DSLR, everything has actually been shot in natural lighting but with a full-time 9-5 job, that just means that I have to stay cooped up in the house during the weekends and cook and blog all day. And as you could imagine, that gets pretty damn exhausting. Not...
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Carnitas Avocado Pizza with Chipotle Avocado...
It’s Sunday, which means I have another installment of #SundaySupper, except today’s theme revolves around a Mexican fiesta. That means we’re serving up margaritas, salsa, quesadillas and of course, carnitas… on a pizza.
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Yeah, I so went there.
And instead of marinara, I used tomatilla salsa as the base, a topping of caramelized onions, bell peppers and...
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White Chocolate Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies
Boy am I glad that it is finally Friday. This week was quite long and exhausting, and I cannot wait to relax all weekend. But then the real challenge is getting through work today!
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The worst part about it is that I don’t have any more of these cookies! See, that’s the hardest part about food blogging. It’s not the stress of creating recipes, the chase of natural...
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Roasted Veggie Trapanese Pesto Pasta
We all need quick less-than-30-minute recipes, right? You get home from school and you’re exhausted to cook. You get home from work and cooking up a storm is the last thing on your mind. But then again, it gets too expensive to order Chinese or Thai take-out every night (no matter how much you want to) and it’s probably not even that healthy for you.
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#MuffinMonday: Banana Bread Kit Kat Muffins
We’ve all had kitchen fails - an ingredient is missed, the cake is overbaked (or underbaked), the bundt cake sticks to the pan, you name it.
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So this weekend I had a major cupcake baking fail. I had plans to have a breakfast date with a good pregnant friend of mine who is having a girl in 4 weeks so I had planned to make these cute raspberry cupcakes. Now the disaster began with...
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Strawberry Horchata #SundaySupper
It’s Sunday which means we have an awesome #SundaySupper lined up for you. This week’s theme revolves around football’s season tailgating menu so I have prepared a refreshing beverage to accompany your finger-licking, deep-fried appetizer dishes: strawberry horchata.
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If you’ve never had horchata before, it’s a traditional Mexican drink typically made with...
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Nutella Donuts
Jason’s been gone less than a week and I’m already eating cereal dinners and going to bed at 8PM. It’s embarrassing, really, but I’m just too tired to do anything else! How did I ever manage to go out to bars and come home at 5AM during my college days?! At this point, I don’t even like driving at night!
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Anyway, on a more fun note, let’s talk about...
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Green Smoothie
I never really stop to think as to how fortunate I am. I was in SF over the weekend visiting Jason and we went to a Korean mom and pop shop that makes the most amazing kimchi fried rice. We got 2 orders of it, except mine had brown rice. But when I saw the sign that said, “Brown rice, $1 additional,” it really hit me as to how economically hard it can be to eat healthy.
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#MuffinMonday: Strawberry Cheesecake Graham...
Greetings from San Francisco! I made a short trip out here for the long Labor Day weekend to help Jason get settled into his new place. We ran errands all day, stocking up at Costco and Target, my two favorite places in the world. Then we came home and wrote Jason’s name on everything we bought. The beauty of having housemates, right?
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Anyway, I know it’s Labor Day and all...
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Stuffed Green Chili con Queso Cheeseburger Sliders...
Labor Day is such a great holiday. You get a day off of work (and/or school) and it gives you the perfect excuse to barbecue a copious amount of artery clogging foods and overeat until you’re ready explode. Or does that apply to just me and Jason?
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If you’re not ready to stuff your face this holiday weekend, I hope I can change your mind with these awesome sliders. Now this...
