After a summer of hot California weather I am so ready for fall. The past couple nights I’ve slept so good because the weather was cool enough that I wasn’t burning up the whole night. Plus there’s that whole Pumpkin Spice thing going on. I am close to getting another free drink at Starbucks (thanks to all those stars I get) and I plan on PSL-ing it up! Or actually I’ll probably get a PSF (Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino), add in a couple extra shots of espresso, maybe add some caramel in there too. I think that might be yummy.  Anyway, I was browsing Pinterest and it was Pumpkin this and…

As you’ll come to learn, I don’t really do recipes. I mean, I look on Pinterest and on other foodie blogs for recipes, but then I basically add in whatever I want to the recipe (and of course take out whatever I don’t like). Like if carrots are involved? Out they go. lol Anyway, here’s a salad that I made myself a week ago. I took some shredded chicken, added some avocado, onion, grape tomatoes, spring mix lettuce, red bell pepper, and peppercinis and mixed it all together. Added some pepper too, mixed it all up and done. I didn’t need to add any dressing either because of the avocado.…

I was up really early this morning, 6am, and of course my stomach was screaming “feed me!”. So I did. I decided that Crepes were the way to go because my mom and I bought a 4 pound container of strawberries at the grocery store yesterday. I looked around on allrecipes.com and foodnetwork.com for a recipe that would work for the ingredients I had and the amount of time I wanted to take and decided on this recipe. The ingredients below is for a serving of 4, but if you click the link you can adjust the servings to however how many you want to make. * 1/2 cup milk…

I was out running errands and didn’t have much at home to make for lunch so I stopped at De Vinci’s. They’re currently running a special where you can get spaghetti or pesto, salad and bread for $4.99. I love their pesto, so I had to get some. There’s tons of garlic in it and I love it that way! The bread is great too. Foccocia! The salad was a regular mix with an oil/vinegar dressing and croutons.

I made potato salad! I had planned on making it for a bbq we were going to have for father’s day and we went out to dinner instead, but it left me craving potato salad. I did a combiation of two recipes. I used Roseanne Cash’s Potato Salad recipe from smittenkitchen.com and also this recipe from jenyu.net. 3 pounds medium red-skinned potatoes, unpeeled, scrubbed 2 celery stalks, chopped (about 1 cup) 1 small red onion, chopped (about 1 cup) 3 hard-boiled eggs, peeled, chopped 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1/2 – 1 cup green onions, minced 1 cup salsa turkey, diced 1-2 tbsp mayonnaise (to taste) 1-2 cups non-fat plain yogurt…

Just like last year I baked and baked and baked for Christmas. I made lemon squares for my dad & step-mom (but don’t have any pictures to share). They were super yummy though. I made a cake for the dinner my mom made for Hanukkah. It was chocolate cake and green vanilla frosting with sprinkles. Then for Christmas with my dad, step-mom and family I made another cake. White cake and vanilla frosting. The writing and decorations are made with candy melts. My candy melt writing needs LOTS of work. lol

Pasta, lettuce, turkey, peppercini’s and tomatoes in an oriental mayo dressing. And garlic bread! I can’t remember what type of bread I used. Either potato or country white, I think. I put some butter and garlic powder on one side of the bread then put it butter side down in a skillet. I flipped it over to check that it was toasting the way I liked and sprinkled on some parmesean cheese, then flipped it back over so the cheese melted.