Food Coma

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Beschreibung: I make food. I read books. I wear dresses. And then I blog about it.

Rang: #150 in Alle , #4 in Food & Drink

Dream Catcher Collection

I really like the look of dream catchers. There’s just something so whimsical about them. I’ve been wanting to start a collection to hang above my bed. Originally I had thought about hang...

3 days seit

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Food Photography, Then and Now

Recently I’ve been going through my blog archives as I prep for a big… um… let’s call it a makeover (announcement to come in another week or two). I also think that it’s...

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Five Things….

I missed you. And my kitchen. And secure internet. But Hawaii was wonderful and I’m so glad I got to visit a new-to-me (and beautiful) state! You can see some of our travel pictures here. IR...

20 Mai 12

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Out of Office….

Hey guys, guess what? I’m on vacation with some of my family. Yeah, I know. Vacation. It’s awesome. I am visiting the beautiful state of Hawaii for the very first time, and loving it so f...

15 Mai 12

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Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

Weird fact about my life: I have made cream cheese frosting every week for over a year now. Well over 52 times I’ve made the same cream cheese frosting recipe. No, I’m not just a crazy cr...

11 Mai 12

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On Displaying Photos

Lately I’ve gotten the itch to display more photos in my home. Maybe it’s because this is my first house and I really want to make it my own. Maybe it’s because I’m getting ol...

09 Mai 12

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Upside Down Coconut Cream Pies

My mom asked me to make a coconut cream pie for a birthday party this past weekend. I adore trying new things and I love experimenting in the kitchen; but I do get just a touch nervous to make new di...

07 Mai 12

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Peach Cobbler Muffins

Warning: the following story is about crumb topping. And it goes no where. Read at your own risk. When I was in high school we had this group called DECA; I wasn’t a member and to be honest I c...

03 Mai 12

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Risotto Basics

I think the first time I ever made risotto was about three years ago. You know what’s weird, I don’t think I have actually ever eaten risotto at a restaurant. Every time I’ve ever h...

01 Mai 12

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Love Notes and Glass Etching

I just had the most fantastic weekend! The mister and I took a little weekend trip for his birthday and his lovely sister had us over and created an amazing seven course dinner. Yep, you read that co...

30 Apr 12

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Ice Ice Baby

It’s ice coffee season—finally! I am a coffee person. All the way. Love coffee. Probably drink it too much. If you like tea we can still be friends. Coffee is awesome. I love to get coffee out ...

27 Apr 12

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A bed frame and a whole lotta studs!

I’ve got a couple of projects for you; both of these have been a long time coming. For this shirt I learned how to properly add studs to denim. I share my tips over on the A Beautiful Mess blog...

25 Apr 12

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Strawberry Salsa

I know what you’re thinking, but hear me out. Tomatoes are a fruit. Strawberries are a fruit. Tomatoes are red. Strawberries are red. They both grow on vines… wait a second, is that even ...

23 Apr 12

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Two weeks and counting…

It’s been two weeks since my sister left town with the Sucre tour… and man am I missing her. While she’s off having adventures in California, Arizona and now Texas; I’m at hom...

20 Apr 12

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Strawberry Cupcakes with Strawberry Cream Cheese Glaze

My mom used to take me and my siblings berry picking sometimes when we were kids. I only vaguely remember these trips (sorry mom!). I think I spent most of the time eating all the berries I picked. I...

18 Apr 12

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I dyed a dress. It’s true.

Today over at A Beautiful Mess I shared project #17 of my 2012 craft challenge—I dyed my white bride’s maid dress purple. It was a fun experience that I learned a lot from, and I share my top f...

17 Apr 12

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Whole Wheat Focaccia

Yesterday was one of those days where you realize you studied the wrong chapters for your online quiz. You had high hopes of building your back yard fire pit but now it’s pouring rain (and ligh...

16 Apr 12

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DIY Magazine Holder

I have quite the growing collection of magazines. It’s sort of embarrassing really. I collect: Everyday Food, Everyday with Rachel Ray, This Old House, and I have a bunch of old issues of Ready...

12 Apr 12

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Crustless Cheesecake

What I loved about this cheesecake (other than the fact that it contained 3 bars of my favorite candy!) is that it reminded me a lot of a really rich flan. My grandmother, Corina, used to make flan n...

11 Apr 12

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Mini Green Smoothie Challenge

If you follow me on instagram you probably already saw that last week I took on a mini green smoothie challenge. Up until a week ago today I had never tried a smoothie made with greens so it was a l...

09 Apr 12

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Amaranth Breakfast Muffins

I think my default is to add dark chocolate to everything I bake. My default hair do is curled out at the tips (I’d like to think I look like Farrah Fawcett… but that’s just not tru...

05 Apr 12

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Amaranth Flatbread

This is, without question, the best flat bread I have ever eaten. It’s so simple but the addition of amaranth flour and a few seasonings splashed on before cooking just makes this bread ah-maz-...

04 Apr 12

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Necklace Display

This project was a joint effort from my dad and I. I basically got all the supplies together and had the idea, my dad did most of the work. He’s got the good drill. I just have a bucket full of...

02 Apr 12

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Coasting along….

I made some coasters. I loved Kinsey’s mossy coasters and had planned to make something similar but I had some left over fabric from my shorts project and I couldn’t let it go to waste. I...

30 Mär 12

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Coconut Quinoa Brownies

Can we chat about the perils of multi-tasking for just sec? I do this thing where I try to get a bunch of little things done while something bakes. It’s a little game I play, you could say. It...

29 Mär 12

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Quinoa Cookies

I got a bunch of new flours over the weekend and I could not be more excited to try them all out! These cookies were made with quinoa flour. I am going to try to research each flour as I use them. Bu...

28 Mär 12

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Bleach it.

Got really inspired by Jill’s bleach painting tutorial here so I thought I’d give it a go. (If Jill says it’s cool then I’m all in-that gal has got style!) I used a (Clorox) b...

26 Mär 12

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Hazelnut and Raspberry Jam Pancakes

Hazelnuts-possibly the most under rated nut in the biz. 1.) Just the name hazelnut sounds cute. Like the color of a newborn puppy’s eyes. Or something. 2.) They are delicious! So, so good. And ...

22 Mär 12

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Shorts!

I made the mistake of wearing these yesterday…. and it rained, most of the day. Oh well. Cold, purple-tinted legs are really in this year, right? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Anyway, I go...

21 Mär 12