chicken biryani & cucumber salad

 so, i introduced cc to lots of good ethnic food when we were dating. he hadn’t had much past mexican that poor guy. we really like thai, and indian, and really anything spicy…. this was a meal we had at my aunts house a few weeks ago, and i instantly...

almond mandarin salad

salad is something we are working on this year. well, veggies in general. my aunt and mother make tons of amazing salads and have them with every meal. my uncle always says that the vegetable should be the first part you think up, then plan the meal around it. and...

winter recipes // brownie mint cookies

  so, this can hardly be called a “recipe,” but it’s something the roommates and i decided needed to happen one cold freezing winter in utah when we were all homesick… i wanted brownies. they wanted cookies. so we made up a brownie mix,...

orange bow knot rolls

  · me and 11 other bloggers  are posting our favorite christmas recipes this weekend,  so come back on saturday to see all “12 days” ·   as kids, we would go over to my aunt’s place around christmas, and she would make pies and cakes from...