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Felt Ice Cream Craft Tutorial

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Since we had an ice cream-themed 4th birthday party for Gigi {I guess a love of ice cream has been inherited by my little girlie!}, I wanted to do a couple of little activities along the same theme for her and her friends. A while back I had seen a similar idea: Rachel (from Small [...]

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Vanilla Bean Ice Cream {Recipe}

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A few months ago, a friend on facebook asked for a vanilla ice cream recipe and I realized, with all the ice cream I’ve made, I’ve never made a plain vanilla. I have a go-to vanilla recipe that I’ve used as a base for other flavors, but hadn’t made it by itself yet. Maybe that’s [...]

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Cups Cooking Extravaganza!

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One of the really fun things I got to do this fall was take a cooking class at a really cool local San Diego place called Cups– an organic cupcake eatery in La Jolla with a full, state-of-the-art kitchen classroom in the back. The class was called cream cheese-making, but that title really only scratched [...]

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Simple Lemon Sorbet

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I randomly decided that it has been entirely too long since I made or posted about homemade ice cream. Today when organizing the freezer to find something I came across some lemon juice I froze sometime earlier this year when I had an abundance of my dad’s Meyer lemons around the kitchen. I figured it [...]

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Great Recipe over at Simple Organic

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I’m feel like maybe I’m starting to get back into a blogging groove; we’ll see! {Altough I meant to publish this 2 days ago, and forgot, so maybe not…} For now though, I’m over at Simple Organic this week, talking about one of the most challenging ingredients to modify/substitute in recipes: condensed (“cream of…”) soup! [...]

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Spiced Apple Ice Cream

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“If the sheer sensual joy of eating homemade ice cream is enough for you to shed your guilt [of healthism/nutritionism], throw away phony industrial foods, and return to eating real foods, all the better.” ~Nina Planck, Real Food Looking for a delightfully autumnish ice cream recipe? This one is sure to hit the spot! I [...]

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Mexican Spiced Chocolate Ice Cream

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I figure to be as authentic as possible, I have to share my kitchen successes as well as my not-so-successful ventures. This Mexican Chocolate Ice Cream didn’t come out quite as I would have liked it. I was combining recipes and something went awry. But, have no fear, if this flavor sounds delicious to you, [...]

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Ice Cream Inspiration…

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You all know how much I love ice cream, especially homemade! Well, today, I’m over at Pure and Noble, where I’m so honored to be guest posting for sweet Brooke. Find me over there, talking about my love of ice cream and sharing some beautiful helado-inspiration… more than just what gets eaten with a spoon.

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Tomato Love

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I am so thankful to have family in the shipping industry. Once, my aunt and uncle sent us an amazing Trader Joe’s care package (on dry ice no less) back when we lived in the TJ’s-starved region of Colorado. Now, they’ve gone over and above by FedExing us… a box of bounty from my uncle’s [...]

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A Summery Sunday Treat

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We’ve finally been having some summer weather around here! “Sunny San Diego” is known for its May Gray and June Gloom, but the pesky marine layer has persisted through most of July as well, here on the coast. I’m sure hoping for a hot, sunny August. For me, warm weather is the best. I get [...]

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