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Crepe Week: Foolproof Crepes

Happy Crepe Week!

There is so much to do/celebrate/eat this week, it’s hard to know what to make! Lunar New Year, Super Bowl, and the upcoming Valentine’s Day… But my favorite day lands smack dab in the middle of them all – February 2: La Chandeleur! This special French day translates directly as Candlemas, but is colloquially referred to as crepe day. A real, official day devoted to eating your weight in crepes! (Ok, maybe not quite that much, but I’ll take any excuse to eat crepe after crepe). And so, it must begin with some foolproof crepes.

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Vegan Raspberry Lemon Bars

Vegan Raspberry Lemon Bars

On cold, dreary rainy/snowy/icy winter days, I almost always crave chocolate. That sort of weather and mood makes me want the richest, most decadent dark chocolate. But then there are those other winter days where I end up dreaming about summertime, or wanting something a little bit lighter to pair with the rare PNW sunny day. Craving a fruit and real food heavy dessert, I made some vegan raspberry lemon bars. With these around, my chocolate cravings have disappeared.

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Two Ingredient Snow Ice Cream

Two Ingredient Snow Ice Cream

Last night, snow fell at about an inch an hour, and kept on falling into this morning. Snow accumulations anywhere close to a foot in the Portland metro area is very rare! We’ve had our fair share of ice storms this winter, but we FINALLY got the soft, fluffy, peaceful thundersnow. (Side note: I could go on and on about weather if you let me. But for now I’ll remind you that if you go to the “Clouds” section of this blog, you can see more of my weather obsession firsthand). Anyway, this is the kind that you can actually make snowmen, and snow ice cream out of. So here is a little bonus recipe for you!

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Chi Chi Dango

Chi Chi Dango

Happy New Year! 2017 is finally here! I’m looking forward to another year of delicious food. Growing up in Hawaii, one thing that always marked the start of a new year (other than the absolutely insane firework displays!) was chi chi dango.

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Homemade Vanilla Extract

Homemade Vanilla Extract

I have been wanting to make homemade vanilla extract for YEARS! For some reason I was insistent on making it so I could give it as a gift, but would always think about it when it was too late. But this year, I successfully planned ahead, and I’m so glad I finally made it!

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