Kirbie's Cravings

Village Kitchen

Village Kitchen, a Hunan cuisine Chinese restaurant recently opened in San Diego. It is the sister restaurant of Dong Ting Chun in LA and has so far garnered pretty positive reviews. After reading Kirk’s take on his...

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Red Velvet Chocolate Lava Skillet Cake

This red velvet cake is cooked in a cast iron skillet and has a gooey, melted chocolate ganache center. I love red velvet cake. It’s a serious weakness of mine and I am really,...

Garlic Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry

Garlic chicken stir fry is paired with fresh cilantro lime rice for an easy weeknight meal. It’s light, healthy and ready in about 30 minutes. This post is sponsored by Minute®Rice and SheKnows Media....

GD Bro Burger

After watching GD Bro Burger on the most recent season of The Great Food Truck Race, we were excited to check out their brick and mortar location in Santa Ana. Their menu features stuffed gourmet...

Flourless Cheese Crust Pizza

This Cheese Crust Pizza is flourless and a delicious low-carb and gluten-free pizza crust. It’s made with three kinds of cheese for the best flavor and texture. It’s a great alternative to traditional pizza crust! The crust for this pizza is made mainly out...

Baked Churros with Chocolate

With just 5 ingredients, the dough for these Spanish-style baked churros comes together in about five minutes. It’s a very easy dessert to make, and this baked version makes the process even easier. I...

OO Tea

OO Tea recently opened inside Ranch 99 market, serving Taiwanese tea drinks. The chain is said to originally be from Taiwan and claim to be the No. 1 milk tea store in Taiwan. With...

The Milk Bar

The Milk Bar, serving cookies, infused milks and beers, recently soft opened in San Diego and I couldn’t resist checking it out right away. It’s the newest project by the owners of Streetcar Merchants...

Poqet Donuts

Poqet Donuts opened in Irvine recently, offering gourmet donut creations as well as a build-your-own option. After drooling over their gorgeous donut photos posted on social media, I had to make a stop on...

Bacon Wrapped Cheese Sticks

Bacon wrapped cheese sticks. You can imagine the rest right? Gooey, stretchy, melted cheese, just covered in bacon! With the Super Bowl coming up, my mind has turned to fun appetizers to make for...

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One Bowl Microwave Lasagna

If you’re craving pasta but want something quick, this microwave lasagna is ready in 10 minutes. It has layers of pasta, sauce, and cheese for an easy single-serving dinner. This microwave lasagna isn’t your traditional layered lasagna. But it does consist of lasagna noodles, tomatoes, and melty...

Marble Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies

Thick and soft cookies combine chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chocolate chip cookies so you don’t have to choose just one. Marble cookies are easy to make and a fun twist on regular cookies....