A fizzy sweet sugar snap pea mojito mocktail makes a refreshing drink for spring entertaining! Slightly sweet with bright herbaceous earthy notes. Add a little rum for grown ups! Sugar Snap Pea Mocktail Inspiration This sugar snap pea mocktail is three years in the making. On a 2016 blogger retreat to Minneapolis organized by my…
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Blackberry Hibiscus Spritzer with Tarragon
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 These blackberry hibiscus spritzers with tarragon are a vibrant refreshing summer mocktail for special occasions, casual backyard gatherings, or just cooling off! It’s tart and sweet with a little fizz and herbal aromatics. We’re celebrating Lucas’s birthday today. It’s not a huge milestone birthday, but between juggling a toddler,…
What Does Matcha Taste Like? The Ultimate Guide to Matcha
Last updated on September 13th, 2019 If you’re wondering, “what does matcha taste like,” this ultimate guide to matcha tea can help! This matcha guide has all the basics you need to know about matcha green tea! Everything including: what is matcha, what does matcha taste like, matcha health benefits, choosing the best matcha tea,…
Morning Mint Matcha Milkshake (Vegan)
Last updated on May 8th, 2019 Earthy nutty matcha, vibrantly fresh mint, caramely dates, and smooth creamy coconut combine into a morning mint matcha milkshake worthy of breakfast or dessert. Packed with superfoods like chia, flax, and oats, you can feel good about indulging. Matcha March isn’t over yet just because St. Patrick’s Day has come…
Matcha Marshmallows with Fresh Mint Hot Cocoa
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Just in time for the holidays, it’s finally getting cold enough over here that I’m shivering through each spoonful of ice cream as I’m bundled up under blankets (dessert dedication). Without central heat, it’s (debatably) too cold for ice cream right now though (Oh hi over there with your -18°F…
Lavender Earl Grey Blackberry Ice Cream Floats {Vegan}
Last updated on August 2nd, 2019 This lavender earl grey blackberry ice cream float is my summer drink mascot. For starters, there’s ice cream involved (no brainer) and, even more importantly, it was inspired by the mocktail (or faux-tail?) bar that Sherrie set out for the #bossbabefestMSP retreat last month – complete with bitter black tea, infused simple syrups, fruity shrubs,…
Coconut Matcha Horchata: Matchata
If you ever need a relaxing exercise to calm the nerves (like, say, after you finally get the baby down for a nap after 1.5 hours of blood curdling can-you-see-my-tonsils-yet screams), I recommend making a batch of matcha horchata. Or really: blanching almonds and sitting over a bowl popping them out of their skins one-by-one. There’s something seriously satisfying about the pop of an almond leaping out of its skin into a bowl. pop. pop. POP. Once you’ve gone that far, though, you might as well finish the job and turn them into creamy horchata.
Sweet Zing Ginger Oatmeal Green Smoothie
Last updated on May 24th, 2019 Here’s to an even more delicious 2016! While some of you may have made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthy, I’ve spent the past week dreaming about what kind of cookie I want to make next (chewy gluten free oatmeal toffee cookies sweetened with dates in case you’re wondering – no shame). Then…
Sparkling Asian Pear and Mint Iced Tea
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Many thanks to CogWorks for sponsoring Snixy Kitchen this month! CogWorks mixes art with engineering in making unique wooden serve boards – anything from classic black walnut to cat engraved. Remember when I made that desperate plea for coworkers? Between all of my epic naps, I’ve been begging for friends to come over…
Hibiscus Ginger Ice Cream Float – A Trio of Floats Collaboration
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Summer is finally barreling in – and by barreling I mean, it’s peaking near 70°F here, which means as long as the sun is out I only need a light cardigan. Like I said: barreling. Meanwhile, we just bought an outdoor space heater for our back porch so we can…
White Chocolate Matcha Latte + Photo Books
Last updated on July 12th, 2020 We’ve been home from Kyoto for a year and a half, and I’m still courting matcha like we just began a serious love affair and I can’t take my hands off of it. When Alanna showed up with a bag of “extra” organic matcha in hand a few weeks ago I could…
Blood Orange and Sage Sparkling Soda
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Our glassware cabinet is filled with mason jars and a few mismatched Ikea glasses that haven’t broken yet. The great thing about mason jars is that they’re virtually indestructible – if only I had a dollar for every time my slippery fingers dropped a glass in the sink. The paper-thin glasses holding this blood orange…
Ginger peach mojito mocktail
Last updated on June 9th, 2016 Do you have a friend who just won’t shut up about how great life is and how everything’s so perfect – blahblahblah- and you just want to punch her in the face every time she opens her mouth? You do now. As soon as July hits and the Monterey…
Watermelon mint agua fresca & How to pick a watermelon
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The Bay Area was scorching hot this week. And by scorching hot, I mean it was barely hot at all, but, just as LA is ill-equipped to handle a little drizzle, The Bay Area melts with just a tiny spike above our usual year-round 60-70ºF temperatures. Without AC, the coolest part of…
Kumquat mango smoothie
Last updated on April 10th, 2019 One day last winter, Lucas came home from work begging for kumquats. Remember when your super trendy classmate pulled a packet of gushers or a squeezit drink out of her lunch box in 4th grade and you begged your mom to pack you some of those delicious snacks? (And she…
Orange frothy: an Orange Julius copycat
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 The other night as we were going to bed, I let out an exasperated, “winter sucks!” As if he could read my mind for once, Lucas echoed my concern, “…because stone fruits aren’t around!” Yup. That’s how I feel when the single sign on the what was once multiple…
Sparkling ginger apple punch with muddled cranberries
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When we moved into our new place, we promised our friends that we’d throw a barbecue not long after. We also taped up our bathroom with blue painters tape with lofty plans of turning the walls gray. It’s been 7 months since we moved in and we have neither…
Strawberry ginger lemonade
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 YAHOO!! I tied the knot this weekend! You’re lookin’ at the new Mrs. Menanix. Despite the hotel shuttle that picked up my guests with the phrase “Sarah’s wedding?” and took them to a different Sarah’s wedding instead of ours, and the 110º sweltering heat that melted our plastic compostable cups…
She Said Yes: Our signature sparkling ginger lemon mocktail
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Cheers! He got down on one knee. I said yes. We kissed. The end. Let’s toast!
