It’s Friday? It’s bizarre when holidays fall in the middle of the week. Mikey got yesterday off for New Year’s Day, but today he had to go back to work for a single day before the weekend. Seems silly, right? Can we just all agree to have every holiday fall on a Friday? Haha

Rough morning? I have just the thing! Chances are fairly good that you, like myself, were probably up a bit too late last night, and probably had a bit too much champagne. Gotta bring in the new year with style, right? But it’s okay, because this Bloody Mary is going to make everything right in

Happy New Year’s Eve! (picture heavy post ahead!) Are you going to do something fun tonight? I actually don’t have any plans, but I’m sure it will somehow involve champagne and watching the ball drop! But really, how the heck is 2014 over?! Did you guys have a nice Christmas/Hannukah/whatever you celebrate?

Is it just me, or does it definitely NOT feel like Christmas is next week? I’m so not prepared. I guess it just somehow hasn’t sunk in that it’s next freaking Thursday. I am in Florida now, though! My mom had her annual cookie exchange on Wednesday! It was amazing, like usual—full of lots of laughs,

Cookie season! Yet another reason why the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. I mean, a time of the year where everyone bakes delicious delights and gives them to each other? Yes. Count me in. Forever. Actually, I’m flying back to Florida for Christmas tomorrow, and then Wednesday my mom is throwing

Do you know what this is? This is the best kale salad of your life. For realz. And, there’s a strong possibility that it’s the best salad in general, ever. I’ve been making variations of this salad for a while now, but this is my favorite iteration, yet. It’s savory, slightly sweet, salty, umami-y (wait…does

I’m super excited to be able to offer you guys an awesome giveaway today! Recently, CatchingFireflies.com got in contact with me about featuring my Turkey & Tomato Panini in one of their blog posts (here’s the post, by the way…totally drooling over those other sandwiches!). After some brief back and forth, they offered to give away

So, I’m way into Caribbean and Cuban food, lately. A few weeks ago, a super well-known Seattle sandwich shop closed down completely unexpectedly. This place had a total cult following, and every day you could see hour-long lines trailing down the road around lunchtime (umm FYI, you people could have just called ahead and skipped