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Spam Mac and Cheese Recipe

As a kid, I was the pickiest eater. My favourite meal was plain white rice, if even that. Mostly, my mom let me get away with eating bowls of Cocoa Pebbles for dinner. There were a couple of other…

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When an email popped into my inbox proclaiming “OMG! It’s How Sweet’s Invisible Internet Friends Baby Shower!” it was hard not to get excited. I’m incredibly happy for Jessica (a dear friend and sweetheart), who has…

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Sunday Brunch: Crispy Taro Pancakes Recipe

It’s Sunday! You know what that means: it’s time for Sunday Brunch. Why don’t you skip the line and make brunch at home this week? The coffee’s truly bottomless, the booze doesn’t have a crazy markup and you can…

Friday Links: 10.31.2014

Happy Halloween! Do you guys have plans!? Every year, I want to make myself a paper mache animal head and every year Halloween comes and goes and I don’t end up making a paper mache animal head. Instead I’ll…

Totoro Jalapeño Grilled Cheese Recipen

Totoro week continues with this Totoro jalapeño grilled cheese! Be sure to check out Lyndsay’s Totoro cake tutorial & Catbus tutorial and my Totoro apple pie pancakes & Totoro black sesame donuts! I’m ending off Totoro week…

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Totoro Black Sesame Donuts Recipe

Totoro week continues with these black sesame Totoros! Be sure to check out Lyndsay’s Totoro cake tutorial and my Totoro apple pie pancakes! Do you guys ever picture something coming out perfectly? Maybe this is a weird quirk of…

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Sunday Brunch: Totoro Apple Pie Pancakes Recipe

Friday Links: 10.24.2014 & FBC

It’s been a strange week and there’s a lot that’s going on in the world (as always), but I prefer my little corner of the internet to be my cozy spot where nothing bad ever happens. And with that, I’m glad…

Mini Pizza Cookies

Do you ever have those days where you just want to lie in bed and do nothing? When you finally get out of bed everything seems grey and gloomy and …

How to Make Instant Pot Chicken Congee

When I want a bowl of soupy comfort, nothing but congee will do. The only thing is, making congee on the stove takes a while. Like, hours. But, not anymore, …

Air Fryer Chicken Breasts

If you want juicy, air fryer chicken breasts are the way to go. No more dry meat, just juicy, moist, perfectly cooked chicken breasts every time. Air fryer chicken breasts are juicy, …

Friday Finds: 1.22.16

Happy Friday Friends! Mike and I just came back from a little getaway – we went to the tip of an island in the Pacific Northwest where there was nothing …

Chicken Pho with Zucchini Noodles Recipe

It’s been a fabulous October so far: super sunny days, crisp air, blue skies, and rainbow leaves falling everywhere. But, like all good things, perfect weather can’t last forever and we’ve been getting more and more rain. I love…

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Crispy Oven Sriracha Buffalo Wings Recipe

I’m a huge fan of chicken wings and I don’t really know anyone who isn’t. I think eating wings satisfies some sort of primal urge we have to rip meat off bones. I truly believe eating wings brings people…

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Sunday Brunch: Breakfast Grilled Cheese

Friday Links: 10.17.2014

It’s Friday! It feels like it’s been a particularly long week so I’m pretty excited about the weekend. On Wednesday I was preheating the oven for pizza and of course, the fire alarm went off. Usually when this happens I’ll…