I hope summer’s treating you well. I hope you’ve been driving around with your windows down listening to summer music. Have you been listening to She & Him and singing along to the Avett Brothers? Blaring Lady Gaga for the dance-y days? I hope your car never gets too hot and that your parking spot’s always in the shade. I hope you eat things like this for breakfast because they’re called muffins even though they…
Chocolate ice cream is my favorite ice cream of all the ice creams. Jake’s been asking me to make it ever since I made vanilla for our hot fudge sundaes while there was snow on the ground. I’m a total jerk for waiting this long to make it. I know that now. That photo up there is what the base looks like before it’s refrigerated for hours. That’s my face reflected in it’s lovely brown…
These pretzel rolls are like house guests that never over-stay their welcome. They’re gone too quick. You miss them already! You cross your fingers that they’ll just move into your spare room and sleep forever on the futon with mis-matched sheets, under the owl wind chimes, behind the computer desk, tripping over my yoga mat. They are the kind you walk to the grocery store for, despite the heat and shady characters, just to buy…
I’m hungry. So I always opt for for the edible. These are snack-attack favors. Because bringing dessert home and being able to gobble it in the comfort of your own home is where it’s at. And everyone knows strawberry shortcake can be breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Now I want to toast marshmallows and eat s’mores … and it’s 10am. I wish I had a s’mores pop tart at least! P.S. You print out the labels…
Sometimes pie makes me nervous and that’s a shame. I’m excited though because the July 5th Pie Party totally motivated me to make this lovely pie! You see, this party is happening to encourage people to just make pie and not worry about it being perfect. No drama. So, it’s time to just make pies and to love them just the way they are! (Like Mark Darcy and Bridget Jones! …anyone?) My mom is a pie…
Sometimes I need a nap in the afternoon. Sometimes I need to confide in my favorite ladies. Sometimes I need a beer before dinner. Sometimes I need to sing along to Lady Gaga. Sometimes I need another coffee. Sometimes I need to bring Elliot with me to get ice cream. Sometimes I need to sit in the sun and get freckles. Sometimes I need to watch true crime shows in front of a fan. This week I…
We’ve been wanting fish tacos for weeks. Monday we got them. We even ate outside! We went to Zúmba and got crunchy-messy-delicious fish tacos with chips and salsa. We talked about cake and how we need to buy coffee. Then we went to Lost and Found and tried on leather jackets. (If only we looked like Jamie Hince in them.) Jake perused records* until we went home to hang out with Elliot in the backyard.…
Don’t worry about breakfast, there’s English Muffins that can happen right in your kitchen! Don’t worry about what to top them with, use the Raspberry Jam you made last year after you picked the berries yourself with your BFF in the sun. Don’t worry about the rise-time, just sit in your backyard with your cute pup and wear sunglasses instead of make-up, and think about how ice cream is a necessity for this day to be a…
My friend, Katie, is the coolest. She’s the cutest and most fun. She also makes really good salads. This one is my favorite. Partly because it has avocado in it, but mostly because it’s delicious. Honestly, I wish I had this in my fridge all the time for snacking. And the bleu cheese makes it so good! You barely need any dressing. So you guys should probably make this, and be the most popular person…
I live for breakfast on the weekend. Sipping coffee with pancakes on the griddle makes everything better. (Except, I don’t have a griddle; I have a frying pan. And sometimes the pancakes run into each other, and then they look like snowmen.) Do you like my pancakes with their blueberry syrup make-over? Is it too much? No way, these pancakes can totally pull off the bright syrup look. And honestly, there’s no such thing as…