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Mac and Cheese Scotch Eggs

Why have regular scotch eggs when you can have scotch eggs wrapped in creamy mac and cheese? All the eggs and cheese,…

Shishito Soba Recipe

Noodle roulette: cold soba noodles tossed in dashi-soy and a 1 in 10 chance at an extra spicy shishito pepper (the rest are…

Friday Finds 8.5.16

Now that we’ve been back home for a while and aren’t traipsing around from camp site to camp site, I’m really missing the camp life and all the awesome views. I should really put up a post of all of…

I’m the kind of person that gets food traumatized pretty easily. I once had an incident with injera bread and I haven’t touched it since. So really, my continuing love of avocados is kind of a testament, considering our bloody…

Sunday Brunch with BAE: Bacon Avocado Egg Sandwich

I’m a huge fan of breakfast sandwiches, not that I actually eat them at breakfast. I actually fail at adulting because I don’t do breakfast, except for coffee and sometimes medium-soft boiled eggs. Usually, Mike and I will have…

Friday Finds 7.29.16

Last Friday in July! What are you guys up to? We’re heading over to our friends’ new place – we missed their housewarming so they invited us on by for a barbecue. I’m waffling between making a blueberry centric pie…

Dashi Butter Basted Steak Recipe

I know I’m a broken record, but wow, it’s August already? Remember when you were a kid and summer vacation seemed to stretch out forever?! I don’t know if it’s getting older or if it’s just that we don’t…

Friday Finds 7.15.16

Whomp! Middle of July already. Where is the summer going? Oh wait, I know, I’ve been spending way too much time playing Pokemon Go, convincing Mike to creep around in the late of the night, trying to follow the…

Spicy, Savory, and Completely Addictive Mentaiko Kimchi Udon

Hi from Niigata, a little town on the Western side of Japan. It’s not a huge must visit for most first timers to Japan, but if you love rice, sake, …

The ultimate 10 minute spicy beef weeknight stir fry udon

This is an incredibly tasty weeknight stir fried udon based on classic Japanese spicy beef that comes together easily and quickly with only 8 ingredients. It’s spicy and savory with …

Mini Pizza Cookies

Do you ever have those days where you just want to lie in bed and do nothing? When you finally get out of bed everything seems grey and gloomy and …

Pho-strami: A Pho-Forward Take on Pastrami

DISCLAIMER: Technically this isn't really pastrami because pastrami is smoked. It's actually a pho-spiced corned beef but that just didn't sound as good >_< Pastrami this isn't, but what it is happens …

Sicilian Gnocchi with Sardines

People are always thinking that Mike and I eat pretty decently. And for the most part, it’s true. But, lots of times our meals (especially dinners) are leftovers hobbled together into some sort of strange smorgasbord that I enjoy…

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Cold Noodle Summer Salad with Salmon

Give me all the noodles, even in the summer. I don’t mind sweating over a bowl of ramen or pho, especially if it’s homemade. But, if you’re not up for the noodle sweats, don’t worry, I’ve got your back…

Phnom Penh Cambodian Style Fried Chicken Wings

There’s a restaurant in Vancouver that’s known for its fried chicken wings. It’s a hole in the wall kinda joint in Chinatown, where you have to line up for hours, usually in the rain, for your hit of chicken wing…

Fourth of July Flag Burgers

Happy Fourth friends! Mike and I decided to have a burger off this year. We came up with the brilliant idea of making flag burgers with alternating layers of red (beef) and white (turkey) meat! While I’m not very…