PB&J Brownies
4 months. Depending on where you’re at in life, 4 months can feel quite different. As a kid, it was was an amount of time that wasn’t even fathomable. 4 months until Disneyland / summer vacation / insertcoolthinghere?? Uuuuuuugh. These days? Let’s put it this way: in seemingly no time at all, it’s been 4 months since my last […]
End of Summer Empanadas
There are mere hours left of summer – according to the calendar, that is. But I’m going to keep eating tomatoes and corn until I explode or they disappear entirely from the produce section. Only time will tell. If you need one last summer veggie hurrah, I suggest you run out and grab some now (just […]
Chocolate Smoked Salt Ice Cream
I have a couple of reasons to be extraordinarily excited right now. For starters: look around! Welcome to the new and improved Kitchenette! I’ve been longing to redesign the site for a while, but the timing never seemed quite right. Once I accepted that I’m never going to be less busy, I sat down and […]
Spicy Coconut Lime Popsicles
^^^Look you guys!^^^ I finally got a popsicle mold! It’s very exciting stuff, not to mention the best $20 I ever spent. I’ve already made 4 batches of popsicles, and it just showed up on my doorstep a week or so ago. I can’t stop! In fact I currently have a pop in one hand […]
Shaved Fennel and Melon Salad
If you live in most parts of the Northern Hemisphere, this is probably just what you need right now. A light and refreshing salad with fresh herbs and a jalapeño kick! Right?? Unless, like me, you live in San Francisco… In which case we can totally enjoy all the benefits of this salad next month […]
Green Gimlet
Sometimes I want a cocktail that’s on the savory side, but don’t quite feel up to tackling a meal-sized bloody mary. That’s where this Green Gimlet comes in. And for those wondering if that near radioactive green hue is the product of food coloring: nope! It’s alllll natural – a combination of lime juice, basil simple […]
Maple Lavender Frozen Yogurt
There was a time when I really tried to hate frozen yogurt. This, of course, had nothing to do with the year or so I spent working at a frozen yogurt shop. Nothing at all. I was just genuinely against its velvety texture, the balance of sweetness and yogurty tang, not to mention its health benefits over run-of-the-mill ice […]
Roasted Pepper Turkey Burger
Ah, the humble burger. Sometimes I get so caught up in kitchen experiments that I forget to just cook a damn burger once in a while. We have a red-meat-intolerant hubby in the house though, so burgers here are generally made from alternative meat sources. And since a plain chicken, pork or turkey patty can’t […]
Mini Corn Dogs from Tiny Food Party
When life gets crazy, it’s nice to have something to look forward to, no matter how tiny it may be. This September was just about the busiest month I’ve ever encountered (a close runner-up being the one when we moved to a new city and got married in the old city, in that order). I […]
Beer Battered Fish Tacos with Cilantro Crema
I really feel that if I keep making fish tacos, summer will never end. This would be a welcome phenomenon because I also feel that I didn’t get to do nearly enough summery activities this year. You know, the lounging beach/poolside, BBQing, and general carefree frolicking that comes with the summer months. So if you’re […]