Kirbie's Cravings

Red Velvet Hot Chocolate

Quick and easy red velvet hot chocolate is a fun spin on hot cocoa. You only need four ingredients to make it and it tastes like red velvet turned into a cozy mug of...

Solace and the Moonlight Lounge

This weekend I got a chance to brunch at the newly opened Solace, which I had been very curious about after hearing some good buzz.  Solace is owned by Chef Matt Gordon, who also...

Ultimate Brownies

I wanted to create one special sweet treat for this weekend’s Game Day. But there’s so many sweets I love…So I came up with the ultimate brownie. Well, my ultimate brownie. A layer of...

Healthier Red Velvet Cake

This easy red velvet cake is a little denser and fudgier compared to regular cake, but is a little healthier thanks to some greek yogurt. As a quick reminder for frozen yogurt lovers, tomorrow...

Super Bowl Recipes Round-Up

So I’ve spent a good majority of January sharing Super Bowl recipe ideas and hopefully people have found them useful. I wanted to provide a complete round-up of all the recipes I’ve made and...

Lawry’s Carvery

I’ve been a busy bee since the holidays have been over. Busy with work, busy getting sick and busy with a project I’ll talk a little more about in another post which has required...

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...