This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SienteGlade #CollectiveBias I love the holidays. The lights, the love, the sights, the smells. The right scent will take you back to a special moment in life, so I firmly believe in choosing a signature scent for the home during the … [Read more...]
Cooking with my Abuelita: Salsita Sabrosa
My dad is from El Salvador, but my mom is not. My brother is from El Salvador, but my sister and I are not. We grew up in the US, speaking English, practicing an American religion, learning American culture from our American schools, eating mostly American foods. We learned a lot about our father's culture, but now as I'm getting older, I … [Read more...]
Easy, Layered Jello Shots
Years ago for St. Patrick's Day, my friend, Oakley, hosted a little get together. I'm usually at a loss for what to bring to get-togethers like this, but I had the stroke of genius to keep things boozy and make Irish Flag Jello Shots! After some research and experimentation, I came up with the following recipe for perfect jello shots! Over time, … [Read more...]
Classic Scones & Preserves
I find it funny that when I now read "scones," I hear "scahns" instead hearing it with the long "o." There's not really a point to that statement. Anyway, I love scones & jam, especially when the weather calls for curling up with a good book and a cup of tea, and if I do say so myself, I make them quite well. However, I don't consider my … [Read more...]
The Most Impressive Easy Dish Ever: Quiche from Scratch
Quiche is one of those super intimidating dishes that seems incredibly fancy, but is deceptively simple and really pulls through in a bind. On top of that, it's incredibly versatile (as in suitable for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner) and quite healthy, depending on what you fill it with. What I'm going to do here is provide a template or … [Read more...]
California Christmas Colada
Over the last few months, I started to realize how very unusual Christmas celebrations are here in Southern California. While we do get snow, we have to go to the mountains for it. While we may bundle up, it's because we can't handle anything less than 60°F. We're chickens, you guys. Yet people brave holiday airport craziness just to visit … [Read more...]
Kid-Friendly Green Juice Recipe
Cameron is at an age where he eats voraciously, but he won't necessarily eat all the things he needs for all the proper nutrients, PLUS he doesn't have all the necessary teeth to make certain foods happen, even if he does like them. Spinach, for example, is one of those things he really likes but can't chew well enough because he lacks the extra … [Read more...]
Mexican Spiced Hot Chocolate Cookies
I suck at baking cookies. SUCK. So when I visited Melissa's Produce HQ a while back, they introduced us to a really simple recipe for Hatch Chile Devil's Food cookies, and my 2 immediate thoughts were: 1. I can SO do this and 2. I wonder how I can modify this? So then I thought chocolate and spices? What about Mexican Spiced Cocoa? Now I've … [Read more...]