Giving thanks for the Small Things

To our dear readers~ I have a confession to make. For the past month, I have been regretfully in a state of seemingly perpetual writer's block. It is extremely frustrating to not be able to produce something for our blog readers each month, let alone each week. Despite somewhat of a setback, I wanted to write this post for our dedicated readers and supporters who have given us inspiration from Day 1. We are forever grateful. Thank you.  ________________________________________________________________________________ In...

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Sweet Treats for my Gfree Peeps- Halloween Edition!

Hi All! I know this is super late, but as Halloween is tomorrow, I thought it would be appropriate to write about safe candies for gfreers to eat.  Most candies are usually gluten free except for ones that have cookie bits or other flour products inside the candy or are processed in a facility that also processes wheat. Here is a non-exhaustive list of safe and not safe products to eat:  GLUTEN FREE CANDY Baby Ruth Butterfinger...

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Are we getting too sensitive??

Hi everyone! So, I admit that I've been absolutely terrible at keeping up with the blog posts. I hate to use the phrase, 'life happens' because that would just be an even more terrible excuse as to why I haven't been posting. I believe that in life, if something is important to you, you WILL make time for it. No excuses. No if, ands, or buts. Although my sorry excuse of not having time to post kinda is the truth, I think it's because there hasn't been a great deal of inspiration for me to write. Until last week. I was at an event for one of...

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Ooh la La Med

Hello Everyone! Sorry that I've been M.I.A. for a while now.. I've been battling final exams for my summer classes and getting ready to apply for dietetic internships for next year! It's funny to imagine that just 3 years ago I was a high school senior preparing for college and now in one years time, I'll be moving on to the next chapter of my crazy life. Where I'm going... I'm not really sure. All I know is that exciting things are coming up in...

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San Francisco Street Food Festival

Just a shmorgishorg of the festival's offerings The San Francisco Food Festival is a foodies paradise. It takes up nearly 6 city blocks in the Mission District and attracts entrepreneurs, food vendors, food trucks, restaurateurs, and wannabe foodies *cough*cough ...like myself.  The festival is actually a fundraiser for La Cocina which is a non-profit organization that focuses on helping low-income/immigrant food related businesses...

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Chocolate Thing-A-Ma-Jigs - Another kitchen adventure

For those choco-holics out there this recipe is for you! These babies take all day in the kitchen, so if you got some spare time try these chocolate-y treasures out. There's actually a story behind the recipe and it involves my wanna-be chef brother again...lol. Basically he was trying to copy a recipe for chocolate mousse cups, but between missing a few ingredients and failing at making chocolate cups it turned into some sort of chocolate mousse...

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Homemade Tater Tots

I guess my brother and I have been feeling nostalgic lately because it seems all my posts are foods from my childhood. Homemade always beats store bought and tater tots are no exception.   I remember being allowed to be home alone when I was about 12 or 13 years-old while my brother was 5 or 6 and we be allowed to bake frozen tater tots or curly fries for our lunch; let me say it was a BIG DEAL. I felt very grown up preheating the oven to...

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Pesto Shrimp Scampi

 I had so much fun photographing these food pics and trust me it tasted as good as it looked. Like I said my brother is getting pretty handy in the kitchen and its crazy how the roles have switched! Back when we were younger and I would diddle daddle in the kitchen he was my sous chef and now I'm the side kick...go figure LOL. Don't be overwhelmed with the amount of ingredients just use what you have and have fun in the kitchen, use...

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Mac & Cheese

Who doesn't like good mac n' cheese? As a child I thought good mac n'cheese was the blue store bought Kraft instant mac n' cheese; full of artificial  flavoring and neon orange powdered "cheese". I know LAME. But hey I was a 90's kids with two working parents who did their best with convenience products.  Fast-forward 10ish years and I'm in college where I HAVE to cook for myself and that means I get to make WHATEVER the hell I want....

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Getting my Crepe fix at Crepevine!

Hellooo to all my foodies out there! It certainly has been awhile...I've missed all of you!  Today, I wanted to write a quick post on a delicious gfree food adventure I went on with one of my good friends that I've had the pleasure of knowing since my freshman year at Cal. She was feeling particularly brunchy that evening and so my search for a place that serves brunch meals for dinner led me to a delicious find: Crepevine!  An...

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Confit Byaldi aka the original Ratatouille

Confit Byaldi with my brother's own original mash potato recipe Who knew that my kid brother could cook? I sure didn't. As of late he’s been dilly dallying in the kitchen and to my whole families’ good fortune we get to eat new dishes, aka my brother’s delicious creations. I definitely cannot take the credit here; this is ALL my lil bro’s work. And on top of being peskatarian/vegetarian conscious he goes out of his way to make them gluten...

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The Most Delicious Summer Pasta Salad

Cilantro Pasta Salad Here's a super refreshing pasta salad for those days you don't want to cook :). Don't get scared of the ingredient list! You can always substitute with the ingredients you have on hand...that's what I did. Remember my recipes are simply here for structure, have fun in the kitchen! Serves 8+ Ingredients: - 1 lb box of gluten free elbow pasta, cooked - 1 large English cucumber, seeded - 1 cup of sliced red bell pepper -...

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Asha Tea House: Finally!! And some announcements... :)

After I wrote my Boba in Berkeley post, I figured that if I didn't get my butt down to Asha Tea House now, I never would.   Why you may ask? Well, that's simple. I'm lazy to walk, I'm a cheap college student and I know boba is unhealthy. Most days, at least one of the three apply.   But I knew today was a good day to get boba because 1) my lovely friend, Mayra, was driving, 2) I didn't feel that cheap today, and 3) I had a "screw-the-unhealthy-part-of-boba"...

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