Not Your Gramma's Bars: Indian-Spiced Rice Crispy Bars

Nothing brings a devilish grin to my face like taking a beloved American classic and turning it on it's ass! Take for instance the rice krispy bar. I don't think I could even begin to fathom the sheer number of these babies I've consumed in my youth...

Happy Healthy Food Day!!! Winter Salad with Vegan Feta

Appentetly today is food day, and we are encouraged to celebrate by eating more fruits and veggies. Now you maybe thinking "ugh I hate fruits and veggies..."

Blood, Booze, Food and the Walking Undead

Well folks, another pub crawl has come and gone, and to be honest I think this was the best one yet. Mostly because I got to actually spend an entire evening out with the big man. I've been working my ass off between two jobs and it honestly was like a mini vacation, even if it was just a night. As hungover as I am, I feel refreshed and ready to hit the ground running.

If you know anything about me you know that I will jump on any excuse to throw on some fake blood and have a good time. But when I also discovered that there were food trucks involved I felt like I had died and gone to... well you get the idea.

I feel like such a small town Minnesota girl when I say that this was my first experience with real food trucks! The lines were a little ridiculous but I couldn't settle on just one. Hola Areapa and World Street Kitchen were the two I actually got through to and oh my god, the black bean areapa with a tangy red cabbage slaw and bright red tomato was as tasty as it was colorful and my curried squash tacos were seasoned perfectly served with a spicy chutney and a lot of fresh green onions and cilantro, it was to... die... for... (no pun intended).

Soooo good!!!

The rest of the night was slightly a blur, but I do remember a faintly a loaded veggie dog and us getting lost on the way back to the hotel (a 15 minute walk turned into a hour +)

I could eat this every morning!

but we topped off a bloody evening with a lovely breakfast at The Triple Rock Social Club full of toast, tofu (eggs for Mike) and good conversation. Oh what a weekend it was!

Today I will leave you with a festive little recipe to get you pumped for the up coming holiday... homemade fake blood!

Blood:

• 1c corn syrup
• 1/4c chocolate syrup
• 3-6 drops of red food dye
• 1-2 drops black food dye (optional, add more chocolate syrup if you don't have black dye)

Mix together in a bowl. (Hey I never said it was hard)

Be warned this stuff it really sticky and it takes a bit to dry but when it does it looks awesome!

PS. I apologies for the lack of posts, I recently had my old computer died and finally replaced it last Wednesday and haven't had much of a chance to set it all back up. So bear with me, I hope to be back up and running again very very soon!