Over the weekend, there was a huge blizzard, so I spent a lot of time in the kitchen. I was inspired by tons of pins like this one, so I decided to give it a go, and bake some cute Valentines Day cookies. I learned some lessons along the way, but also found a sugar cookie recipe that I wanted to save for myself, and…
When Matt was in college, he studied abroad in Lima, Peru. He fell in love with the culture and especially the food, and 2 years ago we returned to Peru and I was able to learn where his obsession stems from. Peruvian food is SO fresh – they have the most delicious salads (I know that’s a weird thing to call out, but anytime I…
After we spent so much time sharing our pizza journey in Marthas Vineyard with all of you, we realized how unrealistic it is to expect that tons of people have pizza ovens outside like that. That’s when we realized we had to share a more translatable recipe, the one we had been using in our home all along! This is Matt’s best attempt at recreating…
Matt’s dad was born in Argentina, so we love to make Argentinian empanadas, or any empanadas, because they are so delicious, and you can pick so many different varieties of fillings! We prefer this style because they are baked instead of fried. Back when Matt and I lived in Nicaragua and he managed a hotel, he taught the kitchen staff to bake empanadas in bulk,…
Tools You Will Need: Ingredients: Before beginning to create your sourdough, the first step is to create the Starter. Matt used this recipe to create his. It takes about a week from when you create your starter to when it is ready to use it to bake bread. It’s basically the yeast that is within the sourdough bread you will be creating. Some other resources…
Hudson and I are both sugar fiends – Like I had mentioned, I’ve been trying to find ways to eat things I like, but just in healthier versions. Hudson LOVES gummy bears, so I thought it would be fun to try to make our own! We used this recipe. They only took about 30 minutes to make, and came out SO good!! Making something fun…
I’ve been on a journey during this quarantine of paying more attention to the foods that I put into my body. I’m admittedly a processed foods addict, and I love sugar and salt. But, especially during postpartum, I began to notice how bad indulging on both were making me feel, so I’ve been focusing on eating more fruits, veggies, and foods from the fresh foods…
For Valentines Day last week, I really wanted to bake and cook a dinner for both Matt and Hudson to make the night feel more special. I am kitschy like that, and I want Hudson to grow up remembering fun little things, like baked goods and presents on Valentines Day to make his childhood more special. My mom created traditions like that for me, like…
I know a lot of couples make “date night” a regular thing, but Matt and I are pretty bad about it, to be honest. We’re lucky if we get out just the two of us once per month, but we do work from home together sometimes and get to sneak out for lunch dates. It’s SO hard to find a reliable sitter, and that has…
The biggest thing most new parents don’t talk about is their marriage. It’s such a hush hush thing, because let’s be honest, nobody wants to put their dirty laundry on display, but having kids is tough on a relationship. Relationships and marriage ALWAYS take work, but after having kids it takes EVEN MORE WORK. Before Matt and I had Hudson, we’d spend our time in…
This is a sponsored post on behalf of Tetra Pak USA. All opinions are 100% my own Living eco-consciously is something that isn’t discussed too much in this blogging space – and to be perfectly honest I am FAR from perfect. As a blogger, I am constantly receiving PR gifts that are packaged in tons of wrapping, using tons of products each month, and…
Every Fall, there’s a list of things that I absolutely love to do at home, just to make it feel a bit more like Fall, and to remind myself to slow down a bit every year. I’ve found that in our current house, it’s a lot easier for me to steer away from doing certain things because of this fear of THE MESS, especially since…
As most of you know, we are HUGE coffee lovers over here. I am team French Press, Matt is on team Pour Over and we are BOTH on team cold brew! Once it gets warm outside, we usually would head out to our coffee shop for cold brew. We had never brewed it at home, but knew it took quite a while to make and…
We have a few holiday traditions every year – we attend the drive-thru light show, we help my family decorate the Christmas village and we spend every single Christmas Eve at my Aunt Elisa’s house. Some of you who have followed for a while may have heard me mention Elisa once or twice, but she lives up the street from me + I am very…
It’s so easy to become wrapped up in the minutiae of daily life, and as silly as this sounds, we have to remind ourselves to HAVE FUN, and celebrate the little things. In lieu of tons and tons of house projects that we accomplished this week, we decided to have a fun little day-date, Hudson in tow, for some good ole’ burger and fries, so White…
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One of our favorite things about roadtripping and visiting new cities is trying new coffee shops! I can never say no to coffee & a scone, and would prefer that to any other lunch any day of the week! We snapped these at Tandem Coffee in Portland, Maine. It is one of my favorite places, and it seriously feels like 1960’s California (or at least…
On Sunday Matt and I went on a double date brunch to MIUSA in Williamsburg. It was lovely seeing our close friends who we haven’t caught up with in too long, and my french toast was so yummy. As overplayed as Sunday brunch is, I LOVE IT. We shared mimosas, bellini’s, and coffee (perfect combo, right?!) Later on in the evening Matt and I finally…
Contrary to popular belief, I live in Long Island, not NYC. Long Island is quite different than the city – it is suburbia. The houses are bigger, most residents get around by car not train, you can’t walk everywhere, and it is sort of small towny. It also lacks the trendy-hipster-brick walls and exotic lighting hanging in random places type restaurants that speckle the streets…
my friend Kelsea and i decided to test out a homemade pumpkin spice recipe. i read this article, and was pretty sad that the latte has literally NO REAL PUMPKIN in it. i always knew my seasonal PSL’s were a treat, and knew they couldn’t be lengthening my life, but i never knew there was 0 pumpkin in them! it was the motivation i needed…