Adventures in Mika's Kitchen
Today’s high (temperature) was 90 Degrees (F)! (32.33 Degrees C). That’s pretty hot for San Diego in April! Growing up in “The Valley*”, a high of 90 Degrees wasn’t really a big deal… I mean we had days over 100 degrees pretty often. Back then, we didn’t have “snow days”. We had “heat days”. But [...]
Over the weekend, we visited the Carlsbad Strawberry Company‘s “U-Pick” strawberry fields. For $20, they give you a large KFC sized paper bucket (and two adult admission tickets), and you can go down the rows of strawberries to pick and fill up your bucket. This was a really fun experience – our little nephew had [...]
This past weekend, I made cupcakes for my sister-in-law’s baby shower. I wanted to make something really special for them… and when my sister-in-law requested cupcakes, I figured I would try using fondant to make some cute decorations. On pinterest, I saw a cute idea for “baby in a pea pod” cupcakes… and thought [...]
For my latest project, I decided to tackle homemade croissants. I thought I would try using a really easy dough, like the Master Bread dough recipe that I posted not too long ago… because when you are making something complex like croissants… the easier you can make all the steps the better. But I don’t [...]
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