Sooooo now that Halloween is over, we can get on to cookie season, right!? I thinks so! I’m not the kind of person who puts up my Christmas lights on November 1st (although tbh I have no problem with that), but I am totally the kind of person who thinks eating cookies all winter is…
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Brûléed Oats with Nuts & Berries: 3 Ways
This post is sponsored by Pacific Foods, a brand I’ve loved and used for many years! Thank you for supporting the brands that keep The Kitchen Paper up and running! I’ll be working with Pacific Foods regularly this year, so keep an eye out for some delicious recipes using their wonderful products! Let’s brûlée breakfast!!…
Coconut Cranberry Overnight Oats
Happy New Year, everybody! I hope you closed out 2016 with a bang, and welcomed 2017 with optimism! We spent the weekend at the beach with friends, cooking together, strumming guitars, playing with dogs, and just generally chilling out. This year is off to a darn good start — we’re mostly unpacked and settled into…
Soft Toffee Cookies
Less than two weeks until Christmas! That means EAT ALL THE COOKIES!! Last week Portland got a good ol’ Portland snow storm, which means like 1″ of snow that turns to ice and shuts down the entire city for two days. I am definitely not complaining, since it meant I got to work from home…
Warm Cocoa Chocolate Pudding with Smoked Paprika Candied Pecans
There are quite a few distressing things popping up on Facebook and Twitter these days — which I, for the most part, ignore. I read the New York Times every day, so I get my news from sources other than social media, but there are some things I definitely am glad to learn from social…
Easy Asian Fennel Beef Rice Noodle Bowls
Oh hey JULY! What the what!? I know it’s not until tomorrow, but seriously: did June even happen? I guess it’s a good sign — that I’m enjoying myself and therefore time is FLYING — but this also means we’re nearing the middle of the summer… which feels impossible. I’m still interning, and still loving…
Simple Breakfast Salad with Poached Egg
I used to be a sweets-for-breakfast kind of person. I LOVED French toast and doughnuts and anything considered a vehicle for maple syrup (which, let’s be honest, is everything). If we went out for breakfast, it was a safe bet that Mary would order something sweet, and definitely not savory. I’m not sure what changed,…
Northwest Kale Salad with Goat Cheese and Hazelnuts
And just like that, I’m 1/125 of the way done with code school! 8/1,000 hours done! AND I AM STILL ALIVE! Clearly. Also, smiling! Happy! Not wanting to die! I mention those in case you thought I might be frowning/unhappy/dead after the first day. I won’t get too nerdy for you here, but suffice it…
Cranberry Pistachio Baked Oatmeal
When did buying a dress become so difficult?? I spent HOURS downtown yesterday, trying on ten bajillion dresses (and a few sassy jumpsuits!) in search of the perfect one for a fancy holiday party on Saturday. Did I succeed? Um, no. Not really. It is HARD! Mostly, I think my Portland dirtbagness has overtaken my…
Butter Pecan Cookies
This butter pecan cookie recipe will become a holiday favorite! They’re easy to make and full of classic holiday flavors, everyone will love them! Oh haaay Monday! This month is absolutely crazy, calendar-wise, so while part of me always knows what’s going on, the other part of me occasionally has these “OMG IS CHRISTMAS THIS…
Brussels Sprout & Delicata Pizza with Hazelnuts, Goat Cheese, and Honey
Uuuh this holiday snuck up on me like WHOA. The last few weeks have felt absolutely insane to me — I moved, but other than that I really have zero excuses other than just generally feeling a wee bit overwhelmed by life — and it is *just* starting to sink in that tomorrow is Thanksgiving….
Cranberry Sweet Potato Buckwheat Seeded Bread
This bread might be the most fall thing I’ve ever made. I mean sure, pumpkin spice, delicata squash, hearty potato soups — all pretty darn FALL things… but this bread just SCREAMS earthy, hearty, satisfying, warm, FALL FALL FALL. Cranberries AND sweet potato? Anise? Rye AND buckwheat? This loaf is not messing around. I was,…
Pumpkin Spice Baked Oatmeal
I’ve been having craaaazy dreams lately. I guess this really isn’t a new thing, but since I forget them after a few days, I’m constantly thinking “wow what weird dreams I’ve been having!” — just because I’ve forgotten I usually do! That’s my theory, at least… Sometimes, though, I can’t remember if something was a…
Maple Turmeric Cashew Milk
We survived Halloween! HUZZAH! I’m assuming you survived, and I know I did, so … big pat on the back all around. It rained BUCKETS (seriously, SO much water!) here on Saturday, so the day turned into pretty much my perfect Saturday: sleep in, brunch, a quick trip outside, a coffee shop stop, lounging by…
Nutty Cardamom Granola
When I posted my making of granola on instagram and snapchat last week, I received SO MANY snaps/comments/texts from friends being like ‘WTF YOU HAVEN’T MADE GRANOLA BEFORE YOU?! YOU TERRIBLE HIPPY!’ and I’m here to agree: it’s an abomination. I should have been making granola every freaking week for the last 28 years of…
Molasses Scones with Candied Ginger & Pecans
Oh HELLOOOO fall flavors! Are you guys ready for this? Yeah, I AM! One of the best things about moving to Portland (that sentence could end with pretty much ANY true statement about living in Portland…) has been connecting with other people in the food (blogging or otherwise) community. THERE ARE MORE FREAKS LIKE ME!…