Kirbie's Cravings

Red Velvet Brownies

Hello February! My January was ridiculously busy and full of more lows than highs. So I’m relieved to see a change in the calendar and hoping for a better month. February also brings those...

Ogawashi Part 2

As I mentioned in Part 1, shortly after my lunch visit, Roddy arranged an omakase dinner for DH and I. Ogawashi advertises on their menu that they offer omakase dinners starting at a price...

Pizza Donuts

Pizza donuts are a savory deep-fried donut hole stuffed with cheese and pepperoni. Using premade dough makes these super easy! Yup, that’s right. I made pizza donuts. Last year I made pizza cupcakes and...

Ogawashi Part 1

Ogawashi is a sushi restaurant that opened in downtown San Diego a few months ago. Normally I don’t pay much attention to ones that open in downtown as they tend to be overpriced, loud...

Funfetti Brownies

Ever since I started making cakes from scratch, I don’t really enjoy cake mix based cakes as much. But I do love using cake mix for other purposes like cookies and even milkshakes. I’m...

E & Drink

I was hoping the warm sunny weather we were experiencing would be here to stay. But of course it didn’t last. The last few rainy days had me craving warm soups and noodles. So...

4 Ingredient Nutella Cookies

These Nutella cookies are just 4 ingredients and the easiest Nutella cookies I’ve ever made. And they are good.  As in super rich, fudgy in the middle, good. As in you can whip these...

Current Cravings- Trader Joe’s January

There was no Fearless Flyer in my mail this month. I know they don’t come every month, but after getting so many consecutive ones in a row, it felt like such a let down....

Bulgogi Sliders

Continuing on my Super Bowl recipe ideas, over the last several months I’ve made these bulgogi sliders quite a few times and people always seem to enjoy them. Bulgogi sliders, made with Korean-style marinated...

Pizzeria Mozza

Finally, DH and I have found a pizza place serving wood fire oven pizzas that taste as good as the ones we ate in Italy. We had heard good things about Pizzeria Mozza and...

One Minute Brownie

I have a quick brownie recipe that I really love, but I’m always up for trying new ones. I found this one that looked even simpler than mine because it doesn’t require you to...

Yogurt Swirl Snow Ice Revisits

I am really enjoying the return of warm weather to San Diego, even though I know it’s not here to stay. It’s a perfect excuse for me to eat a lot of snow ice....