Author Archives: Julie Hashimoto-McCreery
Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake
Fall is officially here and it’s time for baking things, filling our home with warmth and scents of this season: soups galore, slow roasted vegetables and fruits, the delirious smell of slow-cooked beans and overnight oats. Perhaps Autumn means finding … Continue reading
Creamy Jalapeño Mac & Cheese
Sometimes a girl reads about mac and cheese about thirty times in ten minutes, while browsing through her blogroll, then sees about ten other mac and cheese photographs over her instagram feed. Forty different mac and cheeses, mind you. The … Continue reading
Chocolate Carrot Zucchini Muffins
There is a fine line between “cupcake” and “muffin” at times. Some folks say a true cupcake must have frosting. Others say true muffins cannot contain candies in the place of things like fruit. I call these muffins, because the … Continue reading
Day to Day Life: Week Thirty-Nine
This week. . . where has it gone? I don’t know, but it looked a little like this: Rainy and overcast days bring some of my favorite skylines. They always have. I am picking our tomatoes more or less daily. … Continue reading
Please vote for me at Foodgawker. Pretty please? With sugar (or cotija cheese) on top?
Dear Readers, Since I began this blog, I have submitted hundreds of posts to Foodgawker – a gorgeous foodie website that emphasizes photographs as much as recipes. I’ve had many rejections along with acceptances in the last few years. Needless … Continue reading
Roasted Poblano Chilaquiles with Fried Eggs
Numerous times, I’ve shared that I am not a morning person. I don’t know when this happened – but it’s true. I like a quiet start to my day. One where I can sleep long past the crack-of-dawn, then lay … Continue reading
Crispy Tofu Tacos with Creamy Roasted Poblano Sauce and Grilled Cotija Cheese
There are days (weeks, really) I am certain that I could live on tacos. Soft tacos, crunchy tacos. Veggie-stuffed, beans + cheese only, fish… I’m certain that making tacos at home means that anything you desire can be made into … Continue reading
Day to Day Life: Week Thirty-Eight
The last week looked a bit like this: Goodnight, sky. My husband and I discussed revamping some terrible recipes one evening. We reminisced about enjoying McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish sandwiches once upon a time. You know, the ones with a fried paddock square of … Continue reading
Magic Chocolate Custard Cake
I’ll make a confession: I rarely cook by following a recipe. My preferred way of cooking something new is to research a bunch of recipes, then combine elements of all of them, picking and choosing what sounds like will work … Continue reading
Day to Day Life: Week Thirty-Seven
The last week looked something like this: Blue skies and golden hills. Lots and lots of cheese pizza rolls made with homemade and homegrown tomato basil sauce for Silas’s third grade welcome picnic. Stepmothers build over-the-bed forts and then don’t … Continue reading