Kirbie's Cravings

Current Cravings- Healthy Bites

Spring is in the air! I love how the sun is setting later, giving us more daytime hours. It’s given me more energy and a renewed effort to start working out and eat healthier....

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream

This week, I spent a very quick 24 hours in Ohio. Most of those hours were already accounted for so I didn’t have much time to explore, but I knew I could manage one...

Thin Mints Milkshake

Have you gobbled down all those Girl Scout cookies? Or are you like me, hoarding boxes the last few weeks of the sales so that there will be enough for a few months supply...

Sushi Tadokoro

As I previously mentioned, my friend from Pittsburgh was visiting last week. On his final night in San Diego, he requested sushi. So we decided to take him to what has recently become one...

Strawberry Fruit Roll Ups

Ever since I discovered how ridiculously easy it is to make your own fruit leathers/ fruit roll-ups, it’s my favorite way to use up leftover fruit. Sometimes I overbuy fruit, just so I can...

Bread & Cie Afternoon Tea

We stopped in Bread & Cie this past weekend to get some bread and pastries since we had just eaten lunch nearby. While I was paying for my purchases, DH excitedly pointed out that...

4 Ingredient Chocolate Mug Cake

After successfully simplifying my Nutella mug cake to make a four ingredient one, I tackled making an easier chocolate mug cake. I love how much easier this cake is and healthier compared to the...

Puesto

This week, while my friend was visiting, he requested Mexican food. I wanted to take him somewhere casual and fast, but also somewhere we could still hang out and catch up. Puesto seemed to...

photo of pizza fries

Pizza Fries

If you love pizza and French fries you will love pizza fries. You can use homemade French fries or frozen ones – top them with your favorite toppings for a cheesy delicious appetizer snack...

Chef Hung

Chef Hung Taiwanese Beef Noodle opened in Irvine last year. It’s a chain of restaurants opened by Chef Hung, who apparently has won several awards for his beef noodle soup at the International Beef...

Baileys Blondies

I made one other Baileys inspired dessert this week before deciding I needed to save the rest for drinking. I wanted to make some fudgy brownies and decided instead to make blondies. In my...

Royal India Del Mar

The popular Royal India recently opened a second restaurant location in Carmel Valley. We’ve enjoyed the downtown location but are often too lazy to deal with the parking. We were excited by the new...