June 8, 2017
Trader Joe’s June Edition
by Kirbie
Can you believe it’s already June? I’m having a hard time accepting that the year is half over. Over the weekend, we stopped in at Trader Joe’s to pick up some of the latest new...
May 23, 2016
Single Serving Peanut Butter Cake (4 Ingredients)
by Kirbie
This single-serving peanut butter cake is just 4 ingredients. It takes less than five minutes to prepare, and no special tools are needed. It doesn’t get much easier than this. One of my favorite recipes is my...
April 13, 2016
Microwave Snickerdoodle Cookie
by Kirbie
This recipe makes one single, large, soft and chewy snickerdoodle cookie in the microwave in just a few minutes. Since making a Chocolate Chip Mug Cookie a few years back, I love making single...
March 29, 2016
Brownie Mug Cake
by Kirbie
This Brownie Mug Cake is rich, chocolaty, and fudgy. It comes together in just a few minutes and makes a delicious dessert, late-night snack or treat when you’re craving a fudgy brownie. I don’t know why but whenever the kitchen is finally clean, the...
January 25, 2016
The Milk Bar
by Kirbie
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...
December 23, 2015
The Dirty Cookie
by Kirbie
The Dirty Cookie is a small shop in Orange County that specializes in cookie shots. Even though I’ve already made my own cookie shots before, I really wanted to check them out. On a...
October 22, 2015
Microwave Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag
by Kirbie
Instead of buying expensive prepackaged microwave popcorn, you can make your own popcorn in a brown paper bag! It’s a quick and easy snack when you’re craving a bowl of popcorn. This isn’t the usual type of recipe I share, but...
September 3, 2015
Icebox
by Kirbie
During my last trip up to the Bay Area, I visited Icebox, a dessert shop offering ice cream sandwiches and shaved ice. What especially drew me in were the pretty macaron shells for their macaron ice...
September 1, 2015
Microwave Deep Dish Flourless Peanut Butter Cookie
by Kirbie
This deep-dish peanut butter cookie cooks in the microwave for an easy single-serving dessert. Serve the warm cookie with ice cream for a deep-dish cookie quick fix. I can’t believe it’s September. Over the...
August 19, 2015
Lemonade
by Kirbie
Lemonade is a popular fast casual, cafeteria-style restaurant chain originally from Los Angeles which opened its first San Diego location recently in Hillcrest (a second one is set to open inside UTC mall soon). My brother...
July 8, 2015
The Baked Bear (Carmel Valley)
by Kirbie
The Baked Bear, known for their custom ice cream sandwiches, recently opened their fourth location in Carmel Valley. We’ve always enjoyed the ice cream sandwiches here, especially the cookie brownie combination, and we were...
April 13, 2015
CREAM, Inc.
by Kirbie
CREAM (“cookies rule everything around me”), an ice cream sandwich chain from the Bay Area, recently opened a location in San Diego. It’s located right next to Bruxie, in the SDSU area. The focus...
