Valentine Strawberry Short Cake

Hi girls,

Well, I am not trying to turn this blog into a "food blog" but I really had to share this strawberry shortcake recipe I made for my bf on Valentine's day. This recipe screams easy that even a 5 year old can do this with zero help, and it's absolutely delicious.

What you need,

1 store bought angel food cake

10 Strawberries halved

1 bottle whipped cream

1 tbsp sugar


Mix the strawberries in a bowl with the sugar and let it rest. In couple of minutes you will find that  the strawberries are coated in sugar and are becoming glazy, which is how we want it. Break the angel food cake into bite size pieces and place it in the the bottom of a sundae/wine glass. Top it with whipped cream and then layer it with some of the strawberries. Repeat the same process with another cake, cream, and strawberries layer. Wola! you have an amazing strawberry shortcake in less that 10 minutes.

When I served this to my boyfriend yesterday he was amazed because I was in the kitchen for less than 10 mins. I was also able to turn around my reputation as a horrible dessert maker ;). So try this out whenever you want and serve your guests and witness them being amazed with your culinary skills:)

Simple healthy workday lunch

Hi all,

I'm posting a simple recipe for all the working girls out there to bring as lunch. The inspiration for this salad is Corner Bakery's spinach sweet crisp salad. After trying it a bunch of times I thought why not make this at home; it's easy, healthy, and would save money.

So here you go:)

Ingredients:

1/2 bag of spring mix

1 clementine peeled and halved

5 strawberries quartered

10 grapes halved

1/2 cup dried cranberries

1 raisin pecan sweet crisp broken into pieces

crumbled goat cheese

raspberry vinaigrette dressing

Of course you can alter the ingredients according to your taste. What I did was first lay the spring mix on the bottom of my lunch box and then layer the fruit on the top. That way the fruit wouldn't sink to the bottom. Then I sprinkled goat cheese on the top. I packed the sweet crisps and the dressing separately so it wouldn't get soggy. During my lunch break I just added everything together and mixed well. It was delicious:)  

I bought raisin pecan sweet crisps from Corner Bakery and they are amazing. If you cannot find them maybe you can substitute a crumbled crunchy oatmeal raisin cookie for it? Or you can use some kinda honey roasted nuts instead? Experiment girls, experiment.

I hope you guys try this low cal, tasty, simple dish and if you did, let me know what you think:)