You can see me demo this recipe on KATU AM Northwest here! What is a celebration of Mothers without cake? I don’t even need to answer that, it seems like a redundant question, there should always be cake. This is an easy cake to make, beautifully simple, yummy, and no special equipment necessary cake. That is just one of the many things I love about oil cakes. While creaming butter and sugar can be therapeutic in its own right, the…

Disclosure: This is a compensated post in collaboration with the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. As usual all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting Ashland Chamber of Commerce and making NJB possible. We are just weeks away from our trip to Ashland, Oregon for the 9th Annual Ashland Culinary Festival! What better way to get ready for this cool event than to take a moment to get to know the competing chefs. It’s pretty simple, and…

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…

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,…