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Beer Can Chicken on the Grill

Cooking, Dinner, Food, Friendship, Grilling, Life, Recipe, Travel 4 Responses »

Jun 122013

You guys you guys you guys, I’m leaving for South America on Sunday! THIS SUNDAY! If anyone has any last minute tips about Peru or Ecuador, please let me know! I’m really excited about this trip but getting vaccines and everything has kind of been a pain–literally. I might have had an allergic reaction but won’t find out until I get an allergy test done tomorrow morning. Eek! Anyway, beer can chicken! Yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like. Chicken…on a beer can…on a grill. And it’s delicious. Two weekends ago, some friends and I drove up to Willits (about 2.5 hours north of San Francisco) and stayed the weekend at a quaint little cabin nestled between giant trees on a 380 acre plot of land. No service (at least for us AT&T folks), no computers, and no city noise. I love weekends like these! We had three cars drive [Continue Reading...]

Spicy Jalapeño and Bacon IPA Burger with Pepper Jack Cheese

Cooking, Dinner, Drinks, Food, Grilling, Life, Recipe, Side Dishes 4 Responses »

Jun 062013

Spicy Jalapeño and Bacon IPA Burger with Pepper Jack Cheese

I like my bacon extra crispy. Like so crispy that it’s nearly burnt. That’s the only way to eat bacon. Bacon + Avocado + Pepper Jack + IPA + Meat? Even better. Cooking with beer is awesome. It adds so much flavor to a dish and is fun to pair with your meal. My friends and I headed up north to the quiet town of Willits last weekend and we even created a beer-inspired menu! More on that next week though. This burger is a summer must. It’s really easy to throw all of the ingredients together. Switch up those boring frozen burger patties and give this a try! The IPA adds a nice taste and I love the kick that the jalapeños and cheese add. I also encourage using grass-fed beef and fresh ingredients to keep it on the healthy side (well, ya know what I mean). Also, this burger tastes just [Continue Reading...]

Blueberries + The SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market

Food, Friendship, Health, Holiday, Life, San Francisco, Uncategorized 4 Responses »

May 302013

Blueberries + The SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market

This past weekend was awesome. And blueberry season has officially begun! What started as Girls Night In (proof here) became such a fun adventure in helping out at the Sierra Cascade Blueberry Farm stand at the SF Ferry Plaza Farmers Market last Saturday! Some of you may remember that I also helped Armen at the Berkeley Farmers Market last year. Armen is Will’s (my good friend and college roommate’s) mom. And this year, we joined Will’s dad, John, at the Ferry Building. As much as I missed Armen’s wonderful personality and natural ease when chatting with her devout blueberry fans this time around, the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market was such a fun experience! I’ve gone here on the weekends before but have never been on the selling side of the stand. We go to our spot and started setting up at 7:30am on Saturday morning. We couldn’t have asked for a more gorgeous day. [Continue Reading...]

Spicy Buffalo Chicken and Quinoa Wrap

Cooking, Dinner, Food, Life, Lunch, Recipe, Self-Exploration 3 Responses »

May 212013

So yeah…I’ve officially decided that I am most definitely going through my quarter life crisis right now. What’s my passion? What do I want to do in the next 10 years? Do I want to stay on this career path or should I choose something totally different? I don’t have answers to any of those questions. Which is kind of scary but it sort of feels like a blank canvas. And I like that… (…I think???) It feels like I’ve had too many I’m-almost-25-what-have-I-done-with-my-life-I’m-not-where-I’d-thought-I’d-be-but-that’s-ok-right?-RIGHT? moments lately. But I’ve always found that getting in the kitchen, putting on some music, and cooking/baking helps. There’s something about cooking that soothes me. I don’t know if it’s following a recipe so that I don’t have to decide what to do or if tasting whatever I make is enough at the time. I have a feeling I’ll be in the kitchen A LOT MORE [Continue Reading...]

Easy Baked Sweet Potato Fries

Baking, Food, Recipe, Side Dishes 5 Responses »

May 152013

Lately. I went camping at Big Basin over the weekend. We hiked to some sweet waterfalls. Plane tickets have been bought for South America in June with my best friend! Recommendations for Peru and Educador are encouraged. You can blame my lack of blog presence to New Girl, The Mindy Project, and the SJ Sharks being in the Stanley Cup. (How funny was the lastest episode of New Girl?!) I’ve been craving Safeway sushi for lunch. Like every day of the freaking week. I think I could spend a whole month in Bed Bath & Beyond and STILL be entertained by walking through those isles. They have everything! I think I might be starting to go through my quarter life crisis. Someone give me life advice please. I’ve been baking sweet potatoes like it’s my job. Simple, sweet, and healthy. These basic sweet potato fries will be a great accommodation to any [Continue Reading...]