Food

Super Bowl Sunday Dips (and a fun game all can play)

February 4, 2011 Food

I’ll be honest and say that I don’t have much interest in the Super Bowl this year. It all depends on the teams for me and this year, I just don’t care much who wins. However, what i always look forward to about Super Bowl Sunday is the food!!! Just those three words are enough [...]

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Sunday Sipping- Cucumberlicious

January 31, 2011 Food

I decided yesterday that it had been waaaaay too long since we had had a Sunday Sipping cocktail. I didn’t have anything particular in mind except I knew I wanted it to include cucumbers. I looked at what seemed like hundreds of cucumber cocktail recipes and didn’t find anything that struck my fancy. So I [...]

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MY 2011 GROCERY LIST- eating healthy and reducing waste

January 18, 2011 Food

Ever since I moved out of my parent’s house a few months ago I have constantly found myself in one of the two following scenarios. SCENARIO ONE After a long commute, I finally get home, walk into my apartment and get ready to put my feet up and relax. I walk to the refrigerator, open [...]

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BOTTEGA LOUIE- Downtown Los Angeles Restaurant Review

January 14, 2011 Food

Steph and I are the perfect pair when it comes to a lot of things, especially eating pizza. Our gluten free and dairy free diets fit perfectly together when pizza is served- she eats the cheese and I chomp on the crust. We recently shared a pizza at Bottega Louie in downtown LA, and it was 100% [...]

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Trader Joe’s GF Brown Rice Tortillas

January 13, 2011 Food

The gluten-free life has taken a little getting used to for me. I used to be a bread monster. I’d be the one to eat all the bread out of the basket they place on your table at restaurants. Same with tortillas. Needless to say I was quite sad to learn that I couldn’t indulge [...]

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Snacks That Take Us Back: 3 Fun and Simple Snacks

December 23, 2010 Food

There’s something about Christmas that makes me nostalgic. Tonight after dinner, delicious baked potato soup, I started to crave some of my favorite snacks- snacks that Steph and I grew up loving and that can always take us back to the feeling of eating them as little kids. So, in the spirit of Christmas I [...]

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S’Mores Cupcakes

December 21, 2010 Food

My house may wash away at any moment now, or at least it feels like it might. It’s been raining SO stinkin hard for the past couple days and is supposed to continue for who knows how long?! Despite the torrential downpour yesterday we still had lots of friends come hang out, as always, and [...]

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Eggnog cookies and Zucchini Gratin

December 14, 2010 Food

Eggnog Cookies Yep, just how it sounds. Cookies made with eggnog= eggnog cookies! What could spread holiday joy better than these?! Yield: about 6 dozen What you’ll need: 1 1/4 cups sugar 3/4 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup eggnog (maybe a tad more if you want) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon [...]

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Brighten Up Your Day by Brightening Up Your Beverage

December 9, 2010 Food

A few of my happy places: In a cabana in Puerto Vallarta with a fruity and fun cocktail. At a tiny cafe on a date with a Pellegrino and lemon. Snuggled on the couch with a warm mug of tea and honey. Taking those places everywhere I go: After visiting Puerto Vallarta in June and [...]

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NOLA style sipping

November 23, 2010 Food

As you may know, Lizzy and I spent a few days in New Orleans a couple weeks ago. It’s such an incredible city with so much to offer. One of their best “offerings” is Cafe Du Monde. It’s a large coffee stand, of sorts, that was first opened in 1862. It’s located in the French [...]

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