July 21, 2014

Thai Corn Coconut Soup

I spent about 4 years working in a cubicle, so I know how it feels to be stuck at work while you see your friends living it up in the summer. I can imagine it’s even worse since we all check in to what other people are doing on Instagram. Summer seems so out of reach when you’re sitting under florescent lighting, working on spreadsheets and trying to STAY WARM from the incessant air conditioner. It’s like… SUMMER??! WHAT SUMMER? I’d give anything to be a bored 9 year old, playing bank with old Monopoly money on our summer vacations in Tahoe.

Here’s a soup that will help get you through the week at work. We exploit SUMMER CORN and make a beautiful Thai coconut soup with it. It’s both sweet and spicy as well as light and hearty. I’m pretty sure it would be great with an addition of rice (if you’d like to stretch it out even more) and some cold avocado. I might go crazy and serve it over rice with grilled shrimp on top! What do you say about that?

So if you’re stuck in cubicle land, you can bring the summer INTO your workspace with this soup. It’s sure to warm you up and make you appreciate the season’s best even if you’re sitting behind a desk with a view of your coworker’s crazy origami collection.

my everyday life, Photography

July 20, 2014

My Everyday Life: Week 29

Here’s what this past week looked like:

We spent the weekend in Napa.

July 18, 2014

I love lists, Friday!

I adore Matt. I really really do. And of course…Gaby too!
How colors play tricks with your mind {grapes}
Let’s get our draaaaank on.
Babies are masters of crime. It’s true.
I wonder if Pinot would like a cat tower…
Who doesn’t love a good Before & After roundup??
That kid from Little People Big World is a great photographer.
Raspberry Ripple Buckwheat Porridge looks good and is fun to say!
I want to do this nail art with golden & black.
This is the ice cream of my dreams!
Love reading these My Beauty Uniform Posts.
I bet Cooper would go nuts for one of these.
More lifehacks! I’ve been employing that banana trick since I listened to Uhh Yeah Dude.
AMEN.
Airbnb logos…. If you don’t know about the controversy here’s some info. 🙂
Now THIS is a birthday party!
8 Things I Will Teach My Children (some good ones there)
Photos that show what hasn’t changed about motherhood in 50 years.
A food stylist’s secrets to creating a sexy burger.

There’s a new Joy the Baker Podcast! ONE SMART FELLOW….. While you’re on Homefries, check out the new site!

Thank you Mom.me for including me as one of your Top 50 Mom Food Bloggers!!

recipes

July 17, 2014

Cheddar + Pretzel Sticks

Cheese + crackers = my ultimate comfort food. Sometimes I like to imagine a cheese & cracker (or pretzel!) cleanse where all you eat is CHEESE AND CRACKERS. Can you imagine? SIGN ME UP. In an effort to make snack time fun for me and Cooper, I made up this little combination. A pretzel stick makes for a very nice edible toothpick, don’t you think? For some reason poking something with a pretzel stick makes me eat less pretzels. I’d say that that’s a step in the right direction because #pretzelsaremygatewaydrug. Spear a little cube of cheddar with a pretzel stick. GO ON. DO IT.

recipes

July 16, 2014

Corn Tomato Shishito Pepper Pizza

New post! Corn Tomato Shishito Pepper Pizza

Ever since I made the Grilled BBQ Chicken Pizza a few weeks ago, I haven’t stopped thinking about all of the possible pizza combinations I’d like to attempt this summer. Confession: I have a separate google doc for that endeavor. I wonder how well my grill will work during the winter….when I’m standing out in the rain with umbrella. I think the crunch and crisp of a grilled pizza is definitely WORTH IT. That reminds me…I need a good pair of rain boots.

I bought shisito peppers at the market with the sole intention of grilling them so they’re salty, supple and smokey. Have you had blistered shisito peppers? They’re exceptional! But then I thought…wait can we make a whole meal out of them? I mean…if we eat enough, then YES. But why don’t we take them to the next level and PUT THEM ON A PIZZA.

So, I did just that. We exploit summer’s bounty and we add fresh corn, tomatoes and basil. There are several slices of garlic nestled into the cheese to pump of the flavor. And we finish with a squeeze of lime to brighten it up. Oh and I totally #putaneggonit ! Because #WHYNOT

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July 14, 2014

Plum Ginger Coolers

The other day I was over at my mom’s house and she asked what she should do with the leftover ginger she had from another recipe and I immediately told her MAKE A GINGER SYRUP. That’s always what I do or I throw ginger into a fresh juice concoction.

If you have a few rogue plums lying around you can make a Plum Ginger syrup with those!

And then you can make a refreshing drink with the beautiful tangy sweet magenta syrup. Sparkling water, lemon juice and gin (my favorite!) pair nicely with plum ginger syrup, you’re gonna want to make sure you always have leftover ginger in your house.