Recipes

01

Jul

Honeydew Limey Minty Popsicles

For the past two weeks, I’ve had some serious issues with sleep.

I don’t know what’s up, but it’s not good. I just can’t seem to actually do it.

Stress? Nah, not really. Anxiety? I mean…maybe…I dunno? But every night when it’s time to go to bed, I totally choke.

I just end up lying there for a few hours before my mind gives up and body wins.

My sleepy-but-can’t-sleep ritual has officially become googling cat videos. I mean, I do this when I’m not trying to fall asleep too, but late at night it’s juuust way more fun.

So a few nights ago when I was just minding my business watching those typical videos of cats giving surprise faces, I came across this video of cats…just straight going to town on honeydew popsicles.

HONEYDEW POPSICLES!!

Random, you say?!

Totally. But maybe these cats know what’s up!!!

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09

May

Hashbrowns – Scattered, Smothered and Covered

So…you may have noticed that I’ve been MIA lately. It’s also possible you haven’t noticed since if you’ve been too busy drooling over A’s more recent recipes. At any rate, the short story is that I got a call to come back to NC for a 3-month job, and had only 5 days notice before I needed to start. If you’re trying to visualize what that must have been like, picture this:

Me, running around my apartment throwing whatever random clean clothes I had into suitcases.

Me, getting giddy with excitement about getting to be in Asheville for 3 months over the summer!

Me, crying because I’m not going to get to go to Cinespia this year.

Me, packing 4 pairs of high heels, which I wear almost never, and only two pairs of flip flops, which I wear every day. I, of course, will not realize this until I am all the way across the country. This will happen at the same time I realize I have 10 dresses to wear on the weekend, and only 3 pairs of jeans to wear during the work week. Packing fail.

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06

May

Chicken Curry Salad+Other Mama’s Day Recipes

Remember those homemade coupons booklets we’d give our mama on Mother’s Day?

Ya know, for stuff like “1 night of washing dishes,” or “breakfast in bed,” or “laundry washing.” I always felt really crappy giving my mom homemade gifts like that–because my 4th grade self knew that that stuff didn’t cost any money, and therefore, I thought it was kinda lame.

I wanted to buy her the shiny, pretty jewelry in those Zales commercials. My 4th-grade self was totally their target audience, apparently.

FAST FORWARD!

Now, I’m old enough to know that my mom would love to be able to cash in one of those coupons. ‘Cause that’s all mamas want when their little ones move out and move across the country–they just want time…time to talk, to hang out and talk some more.

So this is my digital, grown-up coupon for my mama. Next time I see her I’m gonna make this sandwich for us; it’s jam-packed with stuff she loves.

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05

May

Ginger Limeade

CINCO DE MAYO in the hiiiizzz-ouse.

I know what you want. You want something Mexican, and cheesy with salsa…maybe something that’s even sprinkled with cotija cheese and avocado…

But I don’t have that. I’ve got nothing of the sorts. I had plans to do this, I swear. But something happened. A heat wave came ploughing through LA with 90-degree temperatures, and all I had the desire to do was to drink like, everything in the world. Not alcohol-wise, but like, lemonade, iced coffee, limeade, watermelon raspberry slushies, etc.

I did have a plan, though–it involved lots of shredded pork, a fried tortilla and lots of cotija cheese. I didn’t make that, obvi. It was too hot. I’m sweating now just thinking about standing over a hot stove with even hotter oil.

Instead I made this…for lunch…and dinner.

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01

Apr

Bake It Pretty Present For You!

It’s Friday, sunny and I’m sipping on iced coffee. All is amazing in the world.

I bought you something.

Yea, YOU! I wasn’t talking about the person behind you.

I figure you’d like a little something to kick start your Spring baking.

I bought you polka cupcake liners and pretty striped ones for all the pink cupcakes that you’ll be making.

Umm…did you know edible glitter existed?! I didn’t until a few days ago. Sprinkle it on top of icing, or mix it in cake batter. Glitter cakes, glitter cupcakes, EVERYTHING glitter.

And for all the limeade, milkshake makin’ you’ll be doing this Spring, I figured you needed some cutesy straws. Duh.

Leave a comment by Sunday at noon. I’ll pick a random winner. Simply answer this question:

“What sort of Spring/Summer dishes are you most looking forward to whipping up?!”

xo

Adrianna

Update: Ann Goodman is our winner! Congrats, Ann!

Her comment:

“I look forward to the middle of summer when we pick wild blueberries in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. There is nothing better than a wild blueberry pie. The blueberries don’t need much assistance to be wonderful — just a little sugar, a pinch of salt, a splash of lemon juice and some lemon zest. OMG! I don’t know of anything better.”

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30

Mar

Chocolate Chip Easter Egg Cookies

I have had a decidedly not-cute week. First, I got a cold. The first morning with said cold I was out attempting to walk my dog when I tripped and fell in a HUGE puddle. So, so not cute. Oh, and to the guy that that was stopped at the intersection and drove off WITHOUT helping me: I understand that you were probably paralyzed with laughter and couldn’t get out of your car, but help a girl out next time, okay? I of course got up and tried to pass the other dog-walkers like nothing was amiss. As if I typically spend all of my morning walks dripping water from half my body.

Then I went to work. You know what you do at work when your nose is stuffed up with a cold? You mouth breathe. You ever really though about how not-cute mouth breathing is? Very. Especially when you zone out in front of your computer and have an empty glaze over your eyes while doing it. Seriously people, this is reason alone to stay home from work when you’re sick.

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31

Jan

Game Night Buffalo Chicken Sandwich + Beyond Shelter Charity

I made this sandwich for charity!

And not just any charity, but my favorite charity here in Los Angeles called Beyond Shelter. Their mission is to combat homelessness in Los Angeles–and if you’ve ever been to LA you know that it’s a very large problem. Beyond Shelter helps families with everything from housing and employment to kitchen supplies, childcare and clothing. They basically assist families with everything that goes into getting a second chance. Yay, for second chances, right?

Since I’ve now convinced you that Beyond Shelter is the most awesome charity ever, this means you now must vote for my sandwich (even if you’re a vegan and don’t eat chicken) at Momversation. The poll is on the right handside of the page. If my sandwich wins Tyson Chicken will grant Beyond Shelter $5,000!!! That’s a lot of money. We can do this!!

And to top it all off…you can watch a video with me talking about the sandwich. Awwwwkward.

P.S. Watching myself on the internets will never make me NOT cringe. Like hearing my voice on an answering machine. Terrible.

P.P.S. This soundwich is actually perfect for The Super Bowl. It has a blue cheese aioli. Chicken tossed in hot wing sauce. It’s simple, easy and amazing!

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15

Dec

Apple and Cheddar Crostini

There’s a scene an episode of the show “Six Feet Under” where one of the characters describes the perfect lunch as being a block of cheese, a crunchy apple and a piece of crusty bread.

Seriously, truer words have never been spoken. This is absolutely one of the best lunches you can have. Or snacks. Or…whatever excuse you wanna come up with to eat.

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01

Oct

Tortilla Soup

This may have been the dumbest week to make soup considering that LA actually set a record for highest temperature ever recorded in the city. I have been lazing around my apartment in shorts and tank tops while the air conditioning has struggled to try and keep the heat at bay. And for some reason, I got an absolute hankering to make soup. Please note – this is perhaps the first time I have ever written the word “hankering”. I like it; expect more to come.

I can blame this soup entirely on Cafe Magazzino in Burbank. See, on Friday’s this place makes a tortilla soup that is good enough to bring tears to your eyes. I have actually woken up in the morning with drool sliding out of my mouth because I was dreaming about this soup. Okay, that’s kinda gross, but it totally happened.

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06

Jul

Peach-Almond Cobbler

There are a lot of remakes going on in Hollywood right now. Every week there’s a movie coming out either based on a book, or a remake of a classic older film, which isn’t exactly my favorite thing. I am definitely the girl that will read a book, go to see the movie, and spend the entire time making a mental list of everything that they changed. When I saw the movie version of “The Phantom of the Opera” I could even tell you when they had changed individual words in the songs. Yes, it bothers me. If something is good, just leave it alone. I see no reason why some snotty director or writer needs to come along and “make their mark” on a classic. Basically, I’m a big fan of the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Therefore it surprised even me when I decided to change up what is considered a Southern classic – peach cobbler. If you live in the South and manage to go an entire summer without eating a gallon of this, then you obviously live in some sad, dark cave and you have my sympathy.

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