Month: April 2015

Dark Chocolate Chip Cream Scones

dark chocolate chip cream scones // my bacon-wrapped life

Helloooooo, giant tray of enormous scones that we consumed in less than 24 hours.

What can I say? This is my all-time fave scone recipe, and I’ve been craving it for, I dunno, MONTHS. I’ve had this recipe on my short list to share with you guys basically since the blog started, and I decided it’s finally time to right my scone-withholding wrongs. Because this is a weekend to celebrate!! Yesterday, my parents and I drove up to Santa Barbara and Malibu to finally (!!) look at wedding venues and guys, it was so fun! We found a place we absolutely loved, and spending a day looking for the perfect place to get married was basically the best day ever. My point is: wedding venue touring dream day deserves some celebration dark chocolate chip cream scones. And champagne!! But first, scones.

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Ham, Gruyere, and Spinach Strata

ham, gruyere, and spinach strata // my bacon-wrapped life

Are you finding yourself in the midst of a too-much-leftover-ham problem this Easter Sunday afternoon?

 Well, to be clear. Extra ham is not so much a problem, PERSAY, as an opportunity. An opportunity to make as many delicious hammy things as possible in the name of efficiency and non-wastefulness. These few post-Easter days aren’t QUITE as exciting as the post-Thanskgiving turkey-leftovers days, but they are pretty darn close if you ask me.

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Foodie Favorites – April 1, 2015

foodie favorites - april 1, 2015 // my bacon-wrapped life

Making good use of all the incredible California avocados ’round here! My fave way to eat them: smashed on whole-wheat bread, topped with liberal kosher salt, fresh cracked black pepper, and red chili flakes. YUM.

Happy April! I have to say, I am pretty pumped to see March go. A lot of exciting things happened, but moving, starting a new job, and dealing with a super fun and timely ant invasion in the same month has been…taxing. I’m ready for Spring, new beginnings, and a figurative breath of fresh air. I hope you’ll join me in a cheers to that! Here are this week’s Foodie Favorites…let’s just say I’ve got your Easter back covered, yo.

My #1 carrot cake find this week (besides, ya know, these): carrot graham layer cake. I must try this graham flour!!

Also, drooling over these carrot cake scones. Let’s carrot cake everything, okay?

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