An easy to create cheesy artichoke dip that’s perfect for serving at parties with chips!
Author: Laura Barajas
14-Karat Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
This carrot cake was really special because when I made this again to photograph it I took a bite of it and remembered when she’d made it for me. It’s from scratch, but it’s really easy to whip together. I love that this cake doesn’t use raisins in the batter. I love carrot cake but…
Homemade Strawberry Chia Seed Jam
The first recipe video I ever published, which is still public on my YouTube channel today, was a recipe for no sugar added strawberry jam that was sweetened with Splenda. This recipe is an update on that – it uses fresh strawberries plus chia seeds. I still use a sugar-free sweetener such as Splenda (or stevia, or Swerve.) However,…
Pumpkin Pie Dessert Squares
This is the first recipe I’m sharing from a personal project that I am setting out to complete. Last year my beloved grandmother died quite suddenly. My grandpa gave me a box that had a lot of recipes she saved. Clippings from magazines and things like that. When going through it I found that there…
Ham and Caramelized Onion Hawaiian Roll Sliders
These sandwiches are an easy thing to throw in the oven that doesn’t involve a ton of work. For super busy nights you can easily skip the onions, but I think they’re worth the extra effort. You can make the onion ahead of time and store it in the fridge too. The everything but the…
Photos from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Here’s some family photos we took on the beach in 2019 for my old blog.
Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco
Last month I wanted to go and visit Japantown in San Fransisco and also visit the Japanese Tea Garden. I’ve been wanting to go check it out for many years, but I never actually took the time to go. It’s located inside Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. It is the oldest Japanese garden in the…
Our 2018 Recap in Photos
Here’s a recap of 2018 in photos, starting out with a collage of images from our first trip to LA this year. We were so excited to leave for this trip, we ended up driving down way too early and had to crash at a hotel near LAX that has “day use” rates on some…
Android Statue Park, Seven Seas Park – An Afternoon Adventure
Today I had a day off from my new job, and my husband had his normal day off. I have a bucket list of interesting places to visit and we decided to go try one of those places out today after spending the morning getting errands completed. The first place we went to see was…
Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch
Photos and blog from our yearly visit to the Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch in 2017.