This Winter Vegetable Sausage Galette is as comforting as pie and an excellent dinner for guests, special event, or just a simple weeknight in. Oh how I love great buttery flaky dough with pretty much anything! It is top favorites on my food lists for sure. But with all of the glorious sweets that are crossing our paths on a daily basis right now, I wanted to switch up the filling with something comforting and savory. This Winter Vegetable…

Speaking of chocolate! I am in a chocolates and confections class after all. Earlier in the quarter we had a field trip to a local bean to bar chocolate makers, Woodblock Chocolates. There are very few bean to bar small scale chocolatiers in The United States. It is a grueling process, that takes patience, practice, blood, sweat, tears, but above all love. Not joking. You really really must have a love affair with the process and end result if…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with Ashland Chamber of Commerce. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you Ashland Chamber of Commerce for making NJB awesomeness possible. The photo above is not my photography, it is last years competition and I have permission to use it. I am super excited to be a part the 8th annual Ashland Culinary Festival! This awesome event hosts twelve chefs from restaurants in Southern Oregon…

Chicken Katsu is Brian’s favorite Japanese simple dish. Even when we go to sushi, he usually orders this with small amounts of sushi. So after seven years of being together, I finally made it for him lol! It’s so easy to make, which makes it kind of funnier that I have never made it. I was leaving for Southern California for my nieces birthday, so I made this for our date night the night before I left. We have weekly date nights,…

When: Thursday, April 26 2012 at 10am-sold out Where: The Art Institute of Portland Main Building Address: 1122 NW Davis St Portland, OR 97209 I would like everyone to get involved in this great opportunity! Bloggers without Borders and Share Our Strength, no kid hungry campaign is going national people! Across the nation fellow bloggers, and myself are signing up to host a bake sale in our communities to raise funds to help this wonderful…

Thank you for stopping by and I look forward to working together- Fabiola Donnelly Fabi is most passionate about teaching people how to cook for themselves and inspiring people to get back into the kitchen. She offers cooking classes in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. She is available to teach classes in your home with your kitchen tools to have a personal cooking experience. This is a great way to have the hands on knowledge to…

21 Day Food Lovers Cleanse: Shopping List and Preparing As this week starts, I begin by putting together a list of recipes I want to eat during the cleanse. While I will be flexible in my meal planning, I’ll stick to a general 21 day routine. You can read about why I’m doing this here. My basic routine will be one smoothie, one raw meal, and one cooked meal. Some days I may eat all raw, but at least every day I will eat one raw…