Kirbie's Cravings

Quinoa Fried Rice

Quinoa fried rice is a healthier fried rice is made with quinoa instead of white rice. It’s an easy, delicious and gluten free meal. And you get all the great nutritious benefits of eating quinoa. I like...

Foil Sheet Pan Oven Shrimp Boil

This easy sheet pan shrimp boil is baked in the oven using one sheet pan and aluminum foil. All of the potatoes, corn, sausage and shrimp cook together for an easy dinner that’s easy to clean-up. Traditional shrimp boil is...

Deep Dish Chocolate Chip Cookie Skillet Brownie and Brookie Cups

Fudgy brownies and chocolate chip cookies are combined into one in these fun desserts so that you don’t have to choose.

Roast Meat & Sandwich Shop

Roast Meat & Sandwich Shop recently opened inside Liberty Public Market. The small shop offers a variety of roasted meats like porchetta, roast beef, prime rib and chicken. You can get fresh-made sandwiches, bowls,...

Chinese New Year 2017 recap

We celebrated Chinese Lunar New Year over the weekend with some close friends. I managed to take a few photos before our guests arrived.

Taco Bell’s Naked Chicken Chalupa

Taco Bell recently launched the Naked Chicken Chalupa, which features a fried chicken shell rather than the traditional tortilla shell. Thanks to their great marketing campaign, my brother talked about the new product endlessly...

Fried Bacon Wrapped Eggs

Soft boiled eggs are wrapped in bacon and coated in panko bread crumbs before being deep-fried until golden brown. The eggs have a crunchy shell, a smoky bacon wrap and a soft-yolk center. It’s...

Instant Pot Hard and Soft Boiled Eggs

Perfectly cooked eggs that are easy to peel by steaming them in an instant pot pressure cooker. You can make either hard or soft boiled eggs! Eggs come out perfectly cooked and very easy...

Tasty Pot

Tasty Pot, a restaurant chain that specializes in individual Taiwanese-style hot pots, softly opened in San Diego last week. The chain is originally from the Bay Area and being a huge fan of Taiwanese-style...

Homemade Fortune Cookies

These homemade fortune cookies are only four ingredients and taste like the ones served at restaurants. I share step by step photos so you can make your own. They are fun to customize with your own messages and dip them...

Slow Cooker Chicken Noodle Soup

Make homemade, comforting slow cooker chicken noodle soup and you won’t want to buy canned soup again. Prep the ingredients and your slow cooker will do the rest of the work so you have...

Private Kitchens

Private Kitchens recently opened in San Diego, replacing Zisu Indian Market. The restaurant specializes in a Chengdu-style hot pot with skewers (Chuanchuan Xiang). The Indian Market signage is still on the building, with a...