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This past weekend my mom and I went to the famers market and picked up some of the most beautiful, juicy strawberries and decided to make our own jam. I am not too sure where she found this recipe but it seemed pretty easy. All that we did was chopped up a few handfuls of … Continue reading Making your own jam
There are not many thing that I am addicted to. But it is always usually something sweet and these banana cupcakes from Icing on the Cake are NO exception. I even tried to recreate these banana cupcakes and I did them no justice. Because you know what's funny? What a lot of homemade cupcakes need? … Continue reading Best Banana Cupcakes
Suddenly this common item has become a hot commodity in all quarantined bakers kitchen. Everyone seems to be BAKING so much lately and it is showing a shortage of yeast in grocery stores. However it has not always been this way. People seem to just like to panic buy anything nowadays. If you do not … Continue reading Yeast
Quarantine has led me to thinking I am a pastry chef (which is absolutely not true). But its also been super exciting to try out new recipes since I now have so much time on my hands. I am obsessed with cinnamon rolls. I would go to Cinnabon every single day if my stomach allowed … Continue reading Cinnamon Rolls
So usually my days would look different than they are now. I would be going outside to school over work and eating lot of my meals on the go. But now that we are stuck inside a lot of my food is what I make and can make quickly before hoping on Zoom calls. For … Continue reading Meal Plan-Day in my life
We are all going through the same thing right now. We have been in the house for months now left to our own devices. Feeling stir crazy and trying to stir up new recipes that we can find at home. But lets for a minute just reminisce on everything we used to have when we … Continue reading What I would be eating.. if I wasn’t stuck in QUARANTINE!!
I have fallen into another social media fad. This one was actually shared on TikTok and has been deemed as being called TikTok coffee but it is actually called Dalgona coffee. Dalgona coffee actually originated and is very popular in South Korean and Indian culture. But seemed to become very popular when it was introduced … Continue reading Whipped Coffee
It has come to my attention and many during this time just how easy it is to order food to take out instead of just cooking your own meals. It has also come to my attention how much money food delivery apps such as DoorDash, UberEats, Postmates, etc. are taking from restaurants. It is actually … Continue reading Take out from restaurants: App vs. Direct Delivery
There seems to be a theme in my post now. Probably because we are stuck in lockdown! But I wanted to piggy back over my last post and go more into depth of what I have witnessed while trying to grocery shop during a pandemic. As I said in my last post at the very … Continue reading Grocery Shopping during a Pandemic
So we are quarantined now. And we have been for a few months now. People have gone into panic mode while shopping leaving not much for the rest of us. So now we have to get creative. If there is no more bread on the shelves it is time to make our own. And that … Continue reading Making your own bread
So this weekend my boyfriend and I decided to go to Tahoe and unfortunately while coming back we were trapped in the car for 12 HOURS. No bathroom, limited snacks felt like the end of the world. Luckily there are drive thrus and 24 hour drive thrus at that. Truly a gift from above when … Continue reading Roadtrip Food
If you thought this was just going to be a post about how to make a sandwich then you are absolutely correct! I think sandwiches are great because they can come in all different shapes, sizes, and flavors in fact I think burgers can even be considered a sandwich! You got the classic PB&J, BLT … Continue reading How to make the perfect sandwich
So we all like tacos right? WE MUST! And how about turning tacos into breakfast! I mean lets be real if I could have tacos for every meal I totally would! I first was introduced to breakfast tacos when I visited Texas, they are VERY popular there, super jealous of your super exciting food options … Continue reading Gimme all the Breakfast Tacos
Many people can get very self conscious about snacking but it is actually a very healthy thing to do. But of course only if you are doing it the healthy way. This does not include chips, cookies, candy but the foods that can help keep you energized between meal times. In an article found on … Continue reading Snack Attack
Starbucks is one of the best guilty pleasures. Especially when we don't have a lot of time but need a pick me up. However, some things at places like Starbucks can be extremely high in calories even though they taste so good there are many additives that help them taste so sugary. So I decided … Continue reading The best low calorie food and drink options at Starbucks
My boyfriend wanted me to make a post talking about fried rice so here it is.. Let me tell you how silly I feel Googling the origins of fried rice just to find out that it is lost in history... yes lost we may never know who the founder of this beloved dish is but … Continue reading The origin story of: Fried Rice
During the month of February I made the decision to become a vegan. Not for any special reason I just wanted to try it to see if it was something I could attain for a whole month. Let me tell you that was one of the hardest, most self restricting months I have ever experienced … Continue reading Why I stopped eating animals for a month
Trendy foods... everyone LOVES trendy foods especially when you can put them on your Instagram feed and they are super aesthetically pleasing. I am guilty of this, sorry everyone you can eat yet because I need to take a picture of my food to post that probably no one will care about. But that is … Continue reading The origin story of: Avocado Toast
We've all heard it... "Don't forget to eat your breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day!". And I get it. It's the first thing that you are putting into your body after you have been, for a lack of a better word, fasting all night. But what are the benefits of eating a … Continue reading Is it really the most important meal of the day?
Hi my name is Dana and I have started this food blog because food is one of the things in life that I am most interested in and enjoy the most, but I think the biggest reason I made the topic for my blog about food is because who doesn't love food? There are so … Continue reading Introduction
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