by jessica yoon
When I began this site over six years ago (already, gasp!), online and social media were not exactly what they are today. Instagram didn’t exist yet and the number of popular food blogs could be counted on fingers. My own online presence has evolved over the years, from actively creating content here to being more present on social media. I’m still learning about who and what I want to be online, but I’m beginning a slow crawl back here to my home base.
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I love getting gifts for people, but am not very good at it. Someone told me a long time ago that the key to finding a great gift was to get something that you would want for yourself. Not the best advise for me as I literally like anything that comes tied with ribbon. I love those teeny tiny notebooks that no one ever knows what to write in, lip gloss in every shape and color (no matter if it doesn’t match my skin tone), trinkets and souvenirs that have no use or function, even books I know I’ll never read! I just love stuff, a trait I get from my grandpa who rarely ever leaves a store empty handed. There have been, of course, gifts that stand out in my memory, ones that were useful, personal, and more meaningful. Ample thought was put into those gifts concerning who I am and what I would really like. Those are the gifts I want to give but fail miserably at when I go to a store. The solution that I’ve come up with is to make something in the kitchen. Within that space, I’m more focused and better at concocting gifts that are not only thoughtful and individualized, but a little more personalized. Plus, who doesn’t love a homemade treat!
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At the beginning of this year I made the easiest stove top granola, full of whole grain goodness and a trail of healthy ingredients. I love trying out new ingredients, but admit I’m not good about sharing multiple uses for them. Partly inspired by my sister, who has mentioned a number of times her own concerns about being resourceful, I’m making it a point this year to follow up on ingredients with more new recipes. To make it super easy, I’m adding a little section at the end of each entry where I’l link to other posts with related materials. This is just the start, so the list of linked recipes will be short, but I’m excited to see how big and intricate this web can grow!
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It’s a new year, which kind of means a new start, so what better way to kick off than with a really great breakfast? One of my (many, well not THAT many) resolutions this year is to be more adventurous and creative on this site. I’m not necessarily thinking about super hard, crazy difficult recipes with high powered techniques involved…but just a little bit more amusing and possibly even inspiring to others. Well…the second part is probably reaching too high ha!, but if I can inspire even just my sister to cook more often and try out my recipes I’ll consider my 2014 resolution a success!
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