Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery

About Julie Hashimoto-McCreery

28 year old food blogger and writer.

Day to Day Life: Week Seventeen

A look at the last week: So many good cloud days… it happens when it’s cold, cold, cold… Little seedless watermelons were on sale… 8 cups of watermelon juice, gone after just a few hours. Partially into watermelon margaritas… Silas … Continue reading

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Saturday Sites: Week Seventeen

What do you wonder about? What do kids wonder about? These sorts of things, apparently… Spring time is asparagus time… and I am obsessed. THIS SANDWICH. I want it. When I was 16 or so, I discovered Natalie Merchant and … Continue reading

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Lemon Blueberry Coconut Muffins

I think the reason I like muffins is because they’re almost like having cupcakes for breakfast. But its also been my experience that muffin batter is much less finicky cupcake batter and I thoroughly appreciate that fact. The other reason … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Pesto Pasta Salad

We are into the swing of little league season, since Silas made the minor leagues this year. That generally means there are at least a couple games weekly, including one mid-week game. Not a huge deal, except those mid-week games … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week Sixteen

A look at the last week: Since I don’t sleep like a normal person anyway, it was easy to catch some glimpses at the lunar eclipse and blood moon that happened this week! Blueberry lemon coconut muffins for breakfast-ing. Little … Continue reading

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Saturday Sites : Week Sixteen

I am recently obsessed with tiny houses and imagining what it would be like to live in these spaces. This article was a short, but good read. “…We must learn to see our relationships, not as drudgery that we endure … Continue reading

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Cocktail Classic: Vodka Gimlet

It’s Friday, which obviously means happy hour is both necessary and probably well earned/needed after the work week. Of course I am a firm believer in happy hour whenever needed or desired, not just Fridays. I am pretty boring when … Continue reading

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Salted Caramel Macaroons

There are some things about where I grew up that I miss incredibly much, often. The ocean, for one… the way I could wander in and around it barefoot, in a swimsuit, sandy salt water hair strewn all over the … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Barbecue “Pulled” Seitan

One of my favorite things about learning how to cook has been figuring out how to make ingredients that, originally, I would have bought already made. (Then griped at due to the price versus the quality/quantity of the foods I … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week Fifteen

A look at the last week: Our dogwood tree blooms once a year… Guess who bloomed this week? When I went in to turn off his bedroom lights, this is how Silas had fallen asleep. Maple cinnamon bread certainly requires … Continue reading

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