Foodie Favorites – March 12, 2015

foodie favorites - march 12, 2015 // my bacon-wrapped life

Just casually sippin’ one of my favorite beers outside on a hot and sunny day. Why did I ever leave California again?!

Hey everyone! How’s your week going? This has been a rather hectic week for us…since last Wednesday, we’ve had our furniture delivered (semi-seamlessly), cleaned and assembled the entire apartment, and done more physical box-lifting activity than I’d like to do in my entire life. (Seriously – Never. Moving. Ever. Again.) I also started my new job and we’ve had Brad’s mom staying with us, so it’s been very busy but very fun! Better to be busy than bored, right?! Anyways, here are this week’s Foodie Favorites!

Quick Berkeley faves so far – we’ve been doing a lot of eating at home, but we did go out to Eureka and Jupiter. Both had seriously awesome beer menus and excellent food, so I’m loving what I’m seeing so far! At Eureka, I got one of the best burgers I’ve ever had in my life – I won’t tell you what it is, because I have on my to-do list to re-create for the blog, but I will say you should get excited! (Hint: there will be bacon.)

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Matcha White Chocolate Walnut Blondies

matcha white chocolate walnut blondies // my bacon-wrapped life

This is my super-trendy matcha-loaded St. Patrick’s Day gift to you.

Have you guys heard of matcha powder? It’s basically green tea ground up into a powder that can be thrown into smoothies, baked goods, or whatever else you want. And it also doubles as a handy-dandy natural green food dye for the greatest green-food holiday of the year, which just HAPPENS to be coming up next week!!

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Foodie Favorites – March 4, 2015

foodie favorites - march 4, 2015 // my bacon-wrapped lifeBest airport food in the world: tortas at Frontera Grill at O’Hare airport in Chicago! 

Hey guys! Greetings from sunny (and warm, SO WARM) California! This week has been a crazy whirlwind of starting to learn my way around a new city, massive Target trips, continued Aerobed snoozing, floor picnics for every meal, and learning to accept that I have to walk up a giant hill to get anywhere around here. I love what I’m seeing so far, and I can’t wait to share more! In the meantime, here are this week’s Foodie Favorites.

This chocolate pound cake with bacon bourbon frosting is basically all of my favorite things in one. Is this real life?

This cheese and bacon-stuffed French toast looks so amazing. Sweet/savory/cheesy/bacon-y gets me every time!

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Creamy Mango Green Smoothie

creamy mango green smoothie // my bacon-wrapped life

I swear, it’s merely a coincidence that my first blog post as a born-again California girl is a green smoothie.

Cross my heart. I made this bad boy when it was the middle of dreary, cold February in Chicago, when it seemed like everyone around me was sneezing and sniffling and I was like, “GREEN SMOOTHIE, HAAAAAALP!” I promise you, my bacon consumption will not decrease one single bit after moving to The Juicing State.

But can’t we have our bacon and our green smoothies, too?

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