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Blogging about what I ate for breakfast just got a lot more interesting… for me anyway. I’ve been using my new iPhone to take garden, cooking, and [nomnomnom] out to dinner pics. It was fun to import a few weeks of food pictures into Picasa! One of my favorite recent recipes was ^^^ Summer Pasta [...]

It’s about time for another things that make me happy list, but I decided that at the moment, strawberry shortcake makes me happy… {circa 2009} {circa 2010} {*fingers crossed* future strawberry shortcake} Recipe: everyday food

otherwise known by the long — and culturally sensitive — name: Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes  with Irish Whiskey Chocolate Ganache and Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting I spotted a link to some Irish car bomb cupcakes last week that looked a little too similar to a Smitten Kitchen recipe that I’ve been meaning to try for ages! [...]

My latest cupcake obsession has been Banana Cupcakes with Honey-Cinnamon Frosting from my dear friend, Martha. They’re super quick and especially awesome if you have over-ripe bananas that you need to use up… way tastier than banana bread. The first time I made them, I made 24 mini cupcakes — which was good, but 6 [...]

Yay for orzo! Since I’ve had a seemingly endless supply of cherry tomatoes from my garden, this has been my go-to recipe for a quick (15 minutes!) lunch. I love how fresh this recipe is — and the feta makes it a good mix of tangy and sweet. It’s also really scalable (and for whatever [...]