Kirbie's Cravings

Flourless Chocolate Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies

These peanut butter and jelly cookies are a twist on a classic thumbprint cookie and are made with chocolate peanut butter spread. There’s no flour so the cookie dough is easy to make and...

Jiufen (Taiwan)

Usually when we visit Taiwan, we stay in the main city of Taipei. On this last trip though, we took some time to visit other parts of Taiwan, including the city of Jiufen. Jiufen...

Nutella Monkey Bread

I never ate monkey bread as a kid. I didn’t even know what monkey bread was until after I started blogging. Now I’m doing some major catch up for missed years with different monkey...

Surati Farsan Mart

A few months ago I had a taste of Surati Farsan Mart’s menu. You can read about my first visit here. I’ve been wanting to revisit ever since to check out more dishes. Last...

Scalloped Hasselback Potatoes

Scalloped hasselback potatoes combine two side dishes in one. Sliced potatoes are stuffed with cheese and cream for a fun presentation and great flavor. I love hasselback potatoes. They are easy to make, they...

Kit Kat flavors from Japan

As you may recall, I have an obsession with collecting and tasting various Kit Kat flavors from Japan which offers hundreds of flavors, some specific to a certain region, some produced as limited edition...

Puesto

Puesto, an upscale casual Mexican street food eatery, recently opened in downtown La Jolla. I was recently invited to check out the new eatery and meet one of the owners, Eric Adler, who co-owns...

Light Strawberry Mug Cake

After creating a low fat version of my peanut butter mug cake, I attempted to do it again with the strawberry mug cake. I played around with a few versions before finding one that...

Hinotez

A request was made for Japanese ramen, so we decided to visit Hinotez after reading posts by A Radiused Corner and mmm-yoso. This small Japanese restaurant offers curry, ramen, sushi rolls, among other things....

Steamed Sausage Biscuit Sandwiches

Aren’t these adorable? They look like mini hamburgers but they are actually steamed biscuits with sausage patties and cheddar cheese sandwiched in the middle, making them breakfast biscuit sandwiches. I actually got the idea...

Breakfast Burrito Cups

Sausage, cheese, eggs, served on a piece of tortilla and wrapped up in a cute to-go form. I present to you breakfast burrito cups. It’s been a while since I made a breakfast cup...

Marine Room High Tide Brunch

During a few short months every year, The Marine Room offers its High Tide brunch. The Marine Room has always had the best dining view in San Diego in my opinion. Its floor to...