Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery

About Julie Hashimoto-McCreery

28 year old food blogger and writer.

Saturday Sites: Week Fifteen

I laughed out loud watching this prank a student pulled on her professor, whose class rule is that if your cell rings in class, you must answer it on speakerphone… Joy’s recipe for milky salted caramel needs a place in … Continue reading

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Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream

What do you eat when you’re alone? Seems like a funny question, but I imagine I’m not the only one who eats differently when I am by myself, versus when I’m cooking for others. Are you a stand at the … Continue reading

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Smoked Salmon Salad with Smoky Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette

I have been extremely slow at getting into our gardens this year. Perhaps it’s the cold that doesn’t quite seem to go away. Maybe it’s the number of hours in a day and balancing everything that needs to get done … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Vegan Polenta with Lemon Garlic Pesto Cashew Cream Sauce

I go back and forth about incorporating an entirely vegetarian diet often. Truthfully, I don’t eat a lot of meat as it is. When we are traveling, I will keep myself open to trying new dishes – vegetarian or not … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week Fourteen

A glimpse at the last week, in photos: Our Christmas cactus is loving the sunshine through our kitchen windows and therefore blooming like crazy. This smoothie as breakfast/brunch/lunch/snacking. Bourbon thirty is my favorite hour of the day. Palak paneer in … Continue reading

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Saturday Sites: Week Fourteen

I love pasta. And spinach, lemon, cheese… This recipe is full of those loves. This cover of Lou Reed’s Walk on the Wild Side by Joseph Arthur is beautiful. I’ve listend often this week. Having zero formal cooking training, I … Continue reading

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All-in-One Breakfast Smoothie

We have discussed this before: my apparent avoidance of early morning hours. (I know it’s bad when I post a photo on my Instagram at almost 11:00AM and the first comment I get is, “Julie you’re up early.” Am I … Continue reading

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Blueberry and Cherry Nut Granola

The thing about granola: it’s versatile enough to fill any meal throughout the day and it can often pass as dessert as well.  I used to buy boxes or eco-pacs of granola, generally limiting myself to sale items only. Around … Continue reading

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Meatless Monday: Orange Cashew Tofu with Roasted Asparagus

When I was in the 7th or 8th grade, I decided I was going to try vegetarianism.  When I told my mom, who did most of the cooking, she assured me that she wasn’t going out of her way to … Continue reading

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Day to Day Life: Week Thirteen

Here’s a look at the last week: The last week was spring break. For the first time in awhile, we stuck around Ashland. Silas participated in a 3-day baseball camp hosted by the local collegiate team, the Medford Rogues. Jalapeño … Continue reading

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