Caramel Macchiato

The most delicious carmel macchiato you will ever have! Made with my french press, Starbucks espresso coffee, vanilla syrup and carmel, and warmed milk made into foam with my coffee frother. Saved me a lot of money making these instead of going to Starbucks!!

A Spot of Tea

I am obsessed with these colors and the feeling these images give. I want to have a sunday afternoon tea party or something! haha

fffound

I have recently been obsessed with ffffound.com! I have a huge collection of images from the website, but I just thought this dress was really kool (yes, I spell cool with a K, get over it)! The site just has such random things that really inspire me.... GO! Check it out!

Fajita Follow-up

Last nights fajitas were so good, I had to try a breakfast version.... so I did the same thing, but used egg instead of chicken..... AMAZING! haha..... I think it was even better, and egg takes so much less time to cook then chicken, so it was even faster... gotta love mexican for breakfast!!!

Fajita Night!

So, I have eaten out waayyy too much this weekend, and decided that I had to cook dinner! I wanted to make something really fast and easy....

I surveyed the fridge and saw that I had thawed out some home grown and frozen corn from my families farm. So, I decided to make an easy corn salsa that was comprised of: corn, cilantro, red onion, green bell pepper, lime juice, chili paste, and of course, salt and pepper. It was better then I had thought it would be, considering my limited amount of ingredients...

So that inspired me to make fajitas! I sauteed some more of the peppers and onion, cooked some chicken and added taco seasoning, threw it in 2 tortillas, added from shredded cheddar cheese, and topped it off with my salsa. It took me about 20 min. to make everything and it was perfect!

I always hate when I try to make something when I feel like I don't have all the ingredients I would normally use, but in this case, I think it was better without tomatoes, sour cream, avocado, or jalapenos....

Sweet Success!

Keep it Local, Keep it Interesting!

So, I just ate at Echo in Hyde Park, and had their goetta. I had never heard of goetta until I moved to Cincinnati for school, and, despite the semi-unappealing looks, I tried it. It's actually really delicious!

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about, I will explain. Goetta is originally a german food that is comprised of mainly oats and ground meat (pork mostly, sometimes with beef as well) and is served kind of like a hash brown, in a rectangular "patty" shape. I've only seen it served for breakfast, but I'm sure people eat it anytime of the day.

Anyways, this got me thinking about all the new things I have tried since moving to Cincinnati, and all the things I miss most when I am away. The food here is amazing because local restaurants are really supported, giving the city such interesting and delicious gems that you can't find anywhere else.

Some of the places and foods I miss most are:

Fried Pickles and Pretzels with Bier Cheese at the Hofbrauhaus

Fried Pork Roll Vermicelli Noodle Bowl at Cilantro

King Woks Hot and Sour Soup and Chicken Pad Thai

Sitwells Cream Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich (which I can make, but its so good there!)

Bakery goods at Busken

Fried Pickles and Draft Hoegaarden at The Pub

Krishna's Indian Chicken Curry

Frozen Yogurt at Yagoot

Arthur's Boursin Cheese Burger and Fried Cheese

Quiche Muffin at College Hill Coffee Shop

.... Just to name my absolute favorites....

So if you haven't tried some of these things, YOU SHOULD! HaHa. And definitely try local restaurants over chains, it's so much more fun and really helps your cities depth of flava!

And So It Begins...

I have decided to start this blog because I have such a passion for food and fashion (non-intentional rhyme, haha) I am not a writer, or culinary expert, but I am however a soon-to-be fashion professional. I am just looking to provide my thoughts and experiences on fashion and food. I would like to share interesting things I stumble across, thoughts on runway shows, restaurant reviews, recipes, cocktail ideas, and thought on culinary and fashion TV. Hope you enjoy and return every so often to see what I have to share next!