10 ingredients or less 30 minutes or less brunch comfort dinner noodles recipes

I Am... Sunday Brunch: Spaghetti and Eggs Recipe

It’s Sunday! You know what that means: it’s time for Sunday Brunch. Why don’t you skip the line and make brunch at home this week? The coffee’s truly bottomless, the booze doesn’t have a crazy markup and you can chill out in your pajamas. Every Sunday I’ll post a brunch recipe. Soon you won’t be asking, where should we go for brunch – instead it’ll be, what should we make for brunch today?

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I Am... Mini Swedish Chocolate Cake Recipe

I don't know about you guys, but I totally have internet crushes. When I find a blog I like, I fall hard and I fall fast. I can easily spend hours that should be spent doing something productive going way, way back into the archives until I get that satisfying feeling of reaching someone's first ever post. I've done it far too many times to admit, but I confess I did it with Izy's gorgeous site, Top with Cinnamon and it was so, so worth it.

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I Am... Friday Links: 10.10.2014

Woah, would you look at that – it's 10-10 today! You know that whole golden birthday thing where if your birthday is on, say the 16th and you're turning 16, it's a big celebration? My golden birthday was when I turned 10, but I didn't know what golden birthdays were back then and neither did my parents and I missed out. So now I get excited when the date and month match up. I know, I know, I'm super nerdy.

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dinner recipes

I Am... Spam and Egg Salad Roll Recipe

Growing up, one of my favourite meals was spam, eggs, and rice. It doesn't sound particularly Chinese, but spam, or luncheon meat, is actually a pretty big part of Chinese cuisine. You'll see it in so many dishes on the menus in HK style cafes: spam with macaroni in soup, spam sandwiches, and of course, spam and egg on rice or instant noodles.

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30 minutes or less breakfast brunch recipes

I Am... Pumpkin Ricotta Pancake Recipe

It’s Sunday! You know what that means: it’s time for Sunday Brunch. Why don’t you skip the line and make brunch at home this week? The coffee’s truly bottomless, the booze doesn’t have a crazy markup and you can chill out in your pajamas. Every Sunday I’ll post a brunch recipe. Soon you won’t be asking, where should we go for brunch – instead it’ll be, what should we make for brunch today?

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I Am... Cadillac Road to Table: Dallas

A couple weeks ago I was invited to Dallas to go to a Saveur Magazine/Cadillac event hosted at Oak. Of course, I jumped at the chance. Usually I'm a down-home kind of girl who spends her Friday nights in, so heading out to a glitzy-glamourous event was a bit of a dream. I threw on a little black dress (festooned with cats, of course), my ankle boots (we were in Texas, after all!) and got to ride in a fancy Cadillac and have dinner at the gorgeous Oak restaurant.

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I Am... Friday Links: 10.3.2014

The days are sunny and crisp, the nights are chilly and I've been indulging in pumpkin everything every day. It's truly October! I know I sound like a broken record, but I really can't believe this week is over already. It really went by in a flash. I spent a bunch of time with friends, got a bunch of work done, and gave a dear friend a birthday present that was the perfect combination of thoughtful and trashy.

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I Am... Pumpkin Spice Latte Syrup Recipe

It's finally October! October means two things: 1.) Pumpkin season has begun in earnest and 2.) I will not apologize or hide my pumpkin obsession any longer. Everyone makes fun of pumpkin spice, but you know what? Millions of people can't be wrong. Pumpkin spice lattes might be a clever marketing ploy, but I'm down with pumpkin and I'm down with spice.

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30 minutes or less breakfast brunch grilled cheese sandwiches

I Am... Sunday Brunch: Eggs & Avocado Grilled Cheese Recipe

It’s Sunday! You know what that means: it’s time for Sunday Brunch. Why don’t you skip the line and make brunch at home this week? The coffee’s truly bottomless, the booze doesn’t have a crazy markup and you can chill out in your pajamas. Every Sunday I’ll post a brunch recipe. Soon you won’t be asking, where should we go for brunch – instead it’ll be, what should we make for brunch today?

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I Am... Friday Links: 9.26.2014

It's finally officially Fall and I'm loving it! Today I made a big ol' pot of bolognese and this weekend I'm looking forward to making a lot of super hearty, fall-friendly dishes. I'm going to hole up, finally watch The Fault in Our Stars and be prepared to bawl my eyes out. While I'm doing that, Mike will most likely be in the other room, rolling his eyes at me.

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10 ingredients or less 30 minutes or less chinese food dinner noodles recipes

I Am... Chinese Sausage Carbonara Recipe

I wish I was one of those put-together people who have the foresight to have a fully stocked pantry and fridge. Instead, when I open up my fridge, I'm usually looking at limp, forgotten lettuce and frozen peas. I'm forever heading to the grocery store before cooking. It drives Mike crazy but I've never been able to do crazy large grocery runs.

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I Am... Honey Garlic Eggplant Recipe

My mom's a huge gardener and she always has been. Even when she was a little kid, she spent her days helping my grandma in the garden. Now, even though she's living in the middle of the city with a concrete patch for a backyard, she's still growing as much as she can. I love going over to pick out fruits and vegetables. It's kind of like having your own personal mini farm. And, as she always likes to remind me, it's all completely organic.

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