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By Adrianna, January 19, 2010

Breakfast is by far my favorite meal of the day, but despite my heavy addiction to pancakes, (which you’ll find here, here…and here) I hardly ever make them during the workweek.  I’d much rather opt for sleep than wake up early to prepare a full breakfast. Instead, I usually just make myself a blueberry smoothie which takes less than 5 minutes.  But as it’s recently been damp, chilly and rainy in LA, a cold smoothie simply does not sound appealing.

I always gaze at the marble loafs and sugary-coated scones at Starbucks and dream of eating them, but having a sugar rush first thing in the morning isn’t what I want. So, to hit the spot, I’ve moved my attention to something just as healthy as my smoothie, but with less sugar than the marble loafs I lust over—Granola Blueberry Muffins. Surprisingly they’re just as flavorful and easy to make.

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By Caroline, September 20, 2009

In my head I know it’s September already, but I am having a hard time letting go of summer. However, the world is doing it’s best to let me know that autumn is here. I have to carry a jacket with me since it is no longer guaranteed that it will be meltingly hot outside. There are just a few more leaves lying in the street every morning and a few less on the tree branches, and the flowers outside our apartment are starting to droop and shrivel ever so slightly.  The most obvious sign of the changing season, though, is that pumpkin flavored lattes have appeared in every coffee shop in the city. Ever since the birth of flavored coffee drinks, it seems that pumpkin has become the poster food of autumn.

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By Adrianna, August 26, 2009

Butter and pancakes seem to go together like, umm…me, chocolate ice cream and midnight.  No? Well, you get my point.  They simply make sense together.  So when I came across this pancake recipe using olive oil instead of butter I was intrigued, but waaaay skeptical.

Caroline and I have already given up butter when it comes to making eggs…but pancakes? Hadn’t even considered it. But I’m an easy going person—I went with it. When I carefully measured out the olive oil and added it to the batter, I thought to myself, Man, that seems like a lot of olive oil, but hey, that’s the recipe.  What the heck do I know? But then I double-checked the recipe and realized I totally botched it. I almost had a little crisis, which I have quite often in the kitchen.

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By Adrianna, June 6, 2009

It’s “June Gloom” in LA, and while most people spend complaining about it being cold, hazy and foggy outside, I wake up excited about it. I mean, LA is sunny EVERDAY so I welcome to change. In fact, the dreary weather actually makes me really happy. True fact: When I was a kid living in Ft. Lauderdale, I used to turn the air conditioning really low so I had a reason to curl up in a blanket and sip hot tea. I like being cozy. Whatevs.

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