Recipe blog by Adrianna Adarme

Coconut

05

Apr

Coconut Curried Fried Rice

I’m all about some one-pot/one-pan meals. Reason number #1 – less dishes to clean. I really, really dislike doing dishes, although I guess that’s a pretty obvious thing to say. If you’re a weird person who likes doing dishes, we probably don’t get along.

Actually…if you like doing dishes then maybe we should be best friends. As in, the kind of best friends that will drop by unexpectedly do nice things for each other. How about, I cook dinner in your kitchen and you come clean my dishes? Deal? Deal.

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28

Mar

Grapefruit Coconut Scrub

in Sides

Spring is here, everyone! Spring means…

cheap peonies from Trader Joe’s, pretty pastel nail polish, Summer vacation planning, rompers (how awkward are they in public restrooms? Good god.), and dress stalking at Anthro.

Pretty dresses might mean flashing a little harmless cleavage. Maybe showing a little back or leg or whatever else you’ve been covering up all winter.

That’s why an inexpensive, do-it-in-five-minutes, homemade body scrub is kind of a no brainer, right?

Let’s get schmexy!!

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14

Feb

Almond Joy Milkshake

in Chocolate, Desserts, Drinks

Hi! It’s Valentine’s Day.

When I had a boy, I was a fan of Valentine’s Day. I mean…it’s kind of an awesome holiday. Cooking, chocolate, flowers. HELLO! Cuteness everywhere.

But if you don’t have a boy/girl…it can be kind of annoying, right? Annoying. But don’t worry! Adrianna to the rescue, because this milkshake is for the single girl. No boy, no friend, no dog needed. Just halve the recipe. Done and done.

Umm…I have a question: while we’re talking about boys, relationships and wuv, uhh…how do you exactly meet boys? Are people meeting each other on the internet nowadays? Is that what the kids are doing these days? Because that’s just kinda scary. I’m too shy for that business.

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25

Oct

Marriage and Mexico

in Events

So…I got married. Totally, completely crazy. And awesome. That’s the best word I can think to describe how it feels to be lucky enough to marry your best friend. Now, when you get to do that with a hundred of your closest family members and friends around, well, there really aren’t words to describe how that feels. Knowing that every guest at our wedding took time off from their lives, booked a hotel room, packed a suitcase and traveled just so they could be there for us is probably the best gift that we could have gotten.

It’s kinda like how I feel about you all. I know that it’s not quite the same amount of effort, but I think it’s pretty awesome that you’ve decided to take a few minutes out of your day to spend with our blog. There are like, 10 billion food blogs out there, and knowing that so many people have chosen ours to read and follow is seriously fantastic. From the bottom of my heart, thanks for being here.

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21

Jun

Pink Lady Cupcakes

in Cakes, Desserts

Growing up, I was a total tomboy who had to be bribed with candy to wear dresses, or fancy shoes, or anything remotely girly. And even now, I wouldn’t consider myself a super girly-girl. But every now and then, I totally give in and embrace it. Case in point: Thursday night a friend scored tickets to the Twilight premiere, and yes I’m going. I have this weird love/hate thing with the Twilight series and am sort of excited to laugh my way through the movie. I’ll be doing what any normal person would do at the premiere: tweeting pictures, of course. So if I end up getting tackled by some security dude, I’ll just blame it on all of you…

Back to cupcakes…these things taste down-right pretty; they’re baby pink, paired with cream cheese frosting, and topped with shredded coconut. Try them. Embrace your girliness for gosh sakes, even if you’re a dude. Trust me–they’re worth it.

Here are a few other girly things I’m loving right now…

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14

Jun

Coconut Chocolate Pudding

in Chocolate, Desserts

I have a distinct memory from my childhood of my mother and I buying a coconut with the intention of eating the flesh and coconut milk inside. However, we got it home and sort of looked at each other to see who would make the first move to open it. I assumed that since she was my mother she of course knew all the secrets of the universe and was utterly shocked to discover that neither she nor my step-dad knew what to do. My stepfather, who flew jet planes in Vietnam and assembled my bike on Christmas day, was stumped by this little brown ball in our shopping bag.

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11

Nov

Granola Bars

in Breakfast, Snacks

For a long time I’ve had a love-hate relationship with granola bars. My idea of the perfect granola bar is something chewy, delicious, not too sweet, and that serves as a satisfying snack. I always want to like the store-bought ones, but time and again they disappoint me.

Every few months I’ll be in a grocery store and will wander past a large display of some new variety of granola bars and will then somehow convince myself that these are the bars I have been looking for all my life. Ten minutes later, I’m in the checkout line with a basket filled with granola bars, only to get home and discover that these are no different than any other bar I’ve ever had. They’re either bland or too sweet and I still feel hungry after eating 5 of them.

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