An Easter Season

salted caramel easter popcorn

Before I begin with this week’s post, I’d like to take a minute and wish myself a happy 100th! I didn’t realize I was anywhere near 100 blog posts until after I published last week’s post, but since this entry consists of other things that already happened last week, I’m going to take a minute […]

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Murphy’s Law

homemade oreos, St. Patrick's Day Oreos, baking, dessert, holiday

St Patrick’s Day has always been highly regarded in my family. How could it not be? With Murphy as your surname you learned at a young age: The lyrics to MacNamara’s Band Everything can be dyed green with the proper amount of food coloring-even chicken salad. Wearing green underwear will not win you the tiebreaker […]

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Soba Noodle Salad

soba noodle salad

I know what you’re thinking. Soba what? Soba who? But before you pass judgement and contribute to my bounce rate, hear me out. I’ve never been a picky eater. I come from the motto of trying anything at least once. Then, decide if you like it or not. After all, what if that new food […]

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Blueberry Banana Muffins

blueberry banana muffins

So I think I finally adjusted to west coast time. Only problem is I flew back to central time on Sunday. Or, it could be that Saturnsnowpacogeddon that rolled through yesterday causing all sorts of panic only to dust us with 5 or so inches here in the city. That may seem like a lot if you […]

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Life’s a Beach

I was off my blogging schedule this week but I’ve got a good excuse. I realized that even in our over-connected world, there comes a time and place to just unplug. And while Las Vegas may not be that place, California is. Note-this excludes Instagram. I can’t help my love for Instagram.  I’ve determined you […]

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What Finn Ate Wednesday

In light of recent events, I decided to dedicate this What I ate Wednesday to my pup. After all, he’s ingested more interesting stuff than I have this week. Except maybe that delicious antipasto at Coco Pazzo, or the leftover roasted beet salad and quinoa from my Sunday post. Oh, and snickerdoodle dip. But more […]

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Super Bowl Recipes

super bowl chex mix nutella cookies crab dip

Are you ready for some baking?! I love excuses for themed food. And the Super Bowl is just one of many “holidays” that allows for that. Giant meat and cheese platters constructed in the shape of football stadiums, wings so hot you lose feeling in the bottom half of your face through the first quarter […]

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Super Groundhog Bowl Day

swiss mountain dog puppy

I am fairly confident that by the end of this post I will have some correlation between one of my favorite Shel Silverstein poems and the events of this past weekend. Fact is neither Finny or I was sick, but we did take pause (well I did and inferred that he did as well) when […]

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Canon Camera Love…

>Santa must have been sick of me complaining about point and shoot and iPhone food photos because I finally made the jump to DSLR world this weekend! And as soon as I recover from my baking binge, I expect to share better photos on the blog from here on out. Between a new food processor, […]

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