Fruity Ideas

What I’ve been making lately with fruit: Dried (dehydrated) oranges. Sprinkle sugar on the slices before sticking them in the oven for a few hours on a low temperature. It gives a little extra sweetness that makes them great to nibble on as a snack, or to add into a cup of tea for a…

July Celebrations

I hope everyone in the States enjoyed their 4th of July weekend, and that Americans around the world found a way to do their own little celebration. Me? I have awesome in-laws who decided to do a 4th of July dinner, arranged by my mother-in-law. It was nothing too fancy (no fireworks or color-themed decorations),…

Inner Fat Kid Diaries

Welcome to the Inner Fat Kid Diaries. This is a sampling of the food things I’ve been up to over the past couple of months. Bake. Cook. Eat. Sleep. Bake. Cook. Eat. Sleep. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (Throw in “Run” every few cycles.) Top to bottom: – Cupcakes I made for Easter: Boston Cream Pie and…

Pride Cupcakes

In honor of the victories this week and Pride Weekend, I made “Pride Cupcakes”. We’re one step closer to marriage equality for all. Love is love, I say! So, these rainbow cupcakes. I usually try to stay away from using artificial coloring, but sometimes you just have to make an exception. (Though my next project…

Heat, Running, Radishes, Hummus

So that was a hot and humid weekend we just had… Humbling moment of the weekend? Learning the hard way that my body is not yet acclimated to running in this kind of heat and humidity. Within the first mile of my targeted 6 mile run, I felt my body revolting, and so decided to…