dash & dart

these are a few snaps of some of my favorite items from a photoshoot with Haluna yesterday for our etsy shop dash & dart. slowly but surely we are listing every item on the shop and I couldn't be happier with our products and how the photos turned out. take a peep! 

thai coconut curry soup

this thai coconut curry soup is one of my favorite recipes ever, I wish I had found it earlier this winter because it is a perfect comfort food. plus it's vegan, gluten free, and so so easy.

this is a recipe I found via the daily muse on pinterest, but I modified it to fit what I was craving, and you should too! 

what you'll need: 

2 tbs olive oil
1 yellow onion, diced
2 large carrots, diced
1 bunch of baby bok choi2 garlic cloves, minced3 tsp red curry paste1 can coconut milk1 box (32oz) vegetable stock1 tsp curry powder1/2 tsp fresh minced ginger2 tbsp low sodium soy saucerice noodles1 lime


1 carton of crimini mushrooms
1 small bunch of green onions, diced
sriracha or chili garlic sauce to taste 

1. saute onion in the olive oil over a medium heat until translucent, then add garlic, mushrooms, and carrots,  cover and cook until carrots are almost tender (a few minutes)
2. add in curry paste and mix in until blended in with your veggies
3. stir in coconut milk until curry paste is totally dissolved and then pour in vegetable stock and soy sauce
4. add curry powder, juice of half of the lime, your choice of sriracha or chili sauce (or both!), ginger, baby bok choi, and green onions 
5. cook rice noodles however the package says
6. serve soup over rice noodles and top with fresh green onions, chopped up peanuts/cashews, and slice up the rest of your lime for squeezing into your bowl 

remember to drink plenty of wine while you cook and I usually keep the chili garlic sauce nearby for smothering my personal bowl. enjoy! 

you can take the girl out of california but...

living in portland is wonderful but the sunny days are few and far between, so being a california baby makes me run to big bodies of water when it's sunny out. I took off and went to sauvie island for the first time this year and I hope I end up back there again, soon. unfortunately, it was too windy to really play on the beach but this grassy field was a good alternative for opening up the wagon and doing some homework reading with my shoes off.

my valentine

kevin took me out to the roxy downtown for a lil pre valentines date since we both work tomorrow. he gave me this lil batty pin and just about broke my heart with the world's cutest journal with beet stamps inside. that Italian soda was amazing, for the rrecord.

tough days

after being cooped up in the school library all day yesterday I decided to take a quick drive out to the boonies. this term has been incredibly hard and I can't seem to keep up, and when that happens I tend to break down and I'm unable to get anything done. running around in an empty field singing along to top 40 radio hits coming from the wagon seemed to help combat the terrible day I was having until I got home and realized I've come down with a major cold.

cold remedies? sore throat soothers?

home

just a few quick and super grainy ones of our home. it's almost always a mess but I love it. as we speak pizza cat is climbing into a dresser drawer, to fall asleep no doubt.

the gorge

the gorge was amazing on monday. the terrible weather only made the waterfalls stronger, the last photo is of horsetail falls which is just right on the side of highway 30, I thought it was going to knock me over when I got down the steps closer to it.