Over the past two years of living in the Bay Area, I’ve come to realize that I could happily live only eating Asian food for the rest of my life. “Asian food” is such a blanket term, which is perfect, because it covers everything I love. When we first moved here, we knew we loved sushi,…
Spring Asparagus and Smoked Salmon Baked Eggs
It’s the first day of spring and I’m so excited for brighter evenings, leaves coming back onto trees & the reappearance of green vegetables! While potatoes, beets, carrots, other hardy root vegetables are delicious and there are no end of creative recipes to use them in, sometimes you just want some fresh peas, & especially…
Chocolate Espresso Muffins with Toasted Walnuts
Almost every time my dad would make the Costco run when I was growing up – you’d better believe it – he’d buy a pack of giant Costco sized muffins in a variety of flavors. I remember always loving the poppyseed ones best and the apple-streusely ones second, and being kind of bored with blueberry,…
Cauliflower Coconut Curry
Probably the most frequent question I’ve been asked when I tell people that I cook a lot for this blog is whether I eat everything I make. I definitely try everything I make, but often find myself eating more of it than I probably should. For instance, when I bake a batch of muffins or cakes…
Strawberry Chocolate Almond Acai Bowls
In Santa Barbara, where I was blessed to go to college for three years, there is a wonderful place called Backyard Bowls. After I first visited Backyard Bowls, I realized that Santa Barbara is actually the ideal place for a restaurant of that sort. To expound, in SB everyone walks around in Lululemons and Nikes,…
Blood Orange Poppyseed Mini Bundt Cakes
First of all, I want to thank Jonathan, the MVP for trying all 8 of the test muffins, cakes, bundts, etc. it took me to get this recipe right. I was planning to share a recipe like this WAY back in the month that I started – August/September. But back then, I was trying to…