Since I’ve been home in Oregon I’ve been in complete awe of the beauties of spring. All the plants are sprouting back up again and the plentiful tulips and irises are just stunning. Even though it is still quite cold here, I decided to...
I just finished making the drive up to Hillsboro, Oregon from Los Angeles yesterday, and boy am I tired! I knew the trip would be draining, so I tried to stock up on protein the night before. I wanted to make something with ground...
. I was walking around the aisles of Trader Joe’s the other day and stumbled upon something I hadn’t noticed before. It was peanut flour, in a fun little orange package. I peeked around the bag and decided to bring it home to...
It is that time of year again. Flowers start blooming, the grass turns greener, and eggs get boiled and dyed to celebrate the wonderful holiday that is Easter. My family is Greek, so Easter has always been a fun and huge celebration, with tons...
I have been trying to eat healthier again this past week, particularly after enjoying the delightful Dulce de Bacon Milkshake of my last post. After trying and failing, I came to the realization that I eat a lot of carbohydrates, and not the good...
Okay, so I know what you’re probably thinking. Bacon? In a milkshake? Whaaaa? But trust me on this, it works out incredibly well. Seriously, like, addicting well. To explain, I made this milkshake for a recipe contest that required bacon as...
Last post I talked about all the fun things I like to look at in my local Mexican grocery store, and sweet limes are one of them. I saw them in the produce bin and at first I thought they were lemons, until I...
Yesterday I went on a little walk over to the local Mexican grocery store, Palms Super Market, just to look around. They always have a lot of fresh exotic produce and I enjoy spending close to an hour walking about the store, looking at...
Good news everyone, yesterday was my birthday, YAY!!!! I wanted to make myself a cake that would be fun, but still pretty. So I decided to make a cake with taro powder and do a really fancy job with the icing. I saw the...
This recipe is based off of one that my mom makes that I absolutely love. She uses beef instead of Irish banger sausages, but the sausages were on sale after St. Patrick’s Day and the beef wasn’t, so….sausage it was! I changed it a...
Yes folks, another post with avocados. They were on sale for $1 each when I decided to make the avocado fries, so I picked up another one with the hope of making some sort of salad with it. I’m trying to eat healthier, which...
A few weeks ago I went to an improv comedy show with my friend Alana, and afterwards we stopped at a little Irish pub in downtown LA for a bite. We were very intrigued by the listing of ‘avocado fries’ on the menu, and...
