I bet these blondies will make up for the time you used up the rest of your neighbor’s laundry soap, and when you wrote “donuts” instead of “donate” on the bring-your-own-bag raffle slip at Trader Joe’s, or when you picked napping over cleaning and drinking beers instead of water or when you didn’t do the dishes for 4 days. And by you, I mean me, and by blondies I mean one big cookie. So whip these…
This is more of a method than a recipe. It’s one of those things where baseball season starts and I just crave hot dogs. And when I crave hot dogs I generally crave a Chicago dog. When you give a mouse a cookie, ya know? And so I googled and wikipedia-ed and reminisced about past tasty Chicago dogs I’ve eaten before. And this is what I came up with! So let’s make hot dogs classy! Let’s…
A couple weekends ago, Ben and I went to Kentucky! There were a few reasons for this trip. The traveling tattoo artist we like (and who did my mermaid and Ben’s rose!) was going to be there, his parents live there AND there is a wigwam hotel just an hour and half from Louisville where we knew we wanted to stay. Wigwam Village is in Cave City. It is a TEENY town where things close super…
Did you know that if you freeze these big ole cookies and then wrap them up individually, pop them in your pocket, and go to the movies they’ll thaw in about 10 minutes. I mean, you might end up eating it before the previews even start. You might pretend you’re only going to eat half and will re-wrap it and return it to your coat pocket like a golden girl. And by you, I mean…
The day after Christmas* my boyfriend and I took off on a road trip! The destination was New Orleans, but we made a few stops on the way. We drove to Lousiville, Nashville, Memphis and then New Orleans. And then we flew home, making this road trip a little bit more NBD because you don’t have to spend a bunch of hours in the car after everything. *Most fashionably late post EVER. But I hope…
On Friday I was all, “I just have to take off by 2:45 in order to make it to happy hour.” On Saturday I was all, “Gotta set my alarm! I have a brunch date at 10am.” You see, I like it when I have a tighter deadline due to happy hour plans and when I have to get up early for brunch. Some things are worth getting less sleep over. And other things, like scones, are good…
In January I went on a little vegan-eating thing for 3 weeks and really loved it! I like how food-rules (self-induced even) turn into more creativity sometimes! I mean, if I don’t give myself any restraints I end up peanut butter cookies passed around at the bar or all the Cadbury mini eggs. But regardless of all that, this is my current favorite meal. It’s ALL veggies and the sauce has my heart. I feel pretty good about…
I can’t always differentiate between a low-point and a high-point (of the food variety). Like eating cinnamon rolls before dinner and then before brunch. High or low? Going for a run then eating 8 Thin Mint cookies. Going from a vegan phase to eating a Little Caesar’s pizza in the car? Getting granola all around my desk at work from handfuls? Honestly, I kinda consider these all high-points. Gotta live your life, right? One thing I…
Sometimes I listen to the A side of the same record over and over. Sometimes the label looks pretty with my creamsicle record player. Sometimes I buy pastel pink rhubarb and turn it into sauce and syrup. Sometimes I put it in yeast rolls and dream of pink sodas. Sometimes I write a Pink Floyd lyric on my chalkboard. (I’m lucky to have a bf who plays me the best songs.) Sometimes I fry avocados…
Turn the heat up, put on your bikini, and watch House of Cards on a beach towel in your living room. Because, you see, these are sunshine despite the weather. Even if it’s snowing, icing, slurpee-ing, or misting out. It might be freezing outside, but it can be summer inside. I wanted to make vegan cookie dough ice cream, but I couldn’t puree it smooth enough and well it was a lil weird because of my…