The Dirty Banana

09.01.2017

Hello there!! Happy happy Friday – BUT most importantly, happy game day!! Today is the first badger football game of the season. I just picked up by game day tickets and am eager to see all the football players I serve at the Bistro ( in Camp Randall ) play! My coworkers and I always …

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Hemp Without the High

08.21.2017

NOPE, we aren’t talking drugs!! We will talk about hemp, but probably not the kind of hemp you’re thinking of 😉 Hemp seeds are the seeds from the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. Marijuana does come from the same plant, but the hemp seeds only contain traces of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. You won’t get …

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Mountain Pie Pizza

08.18.2017

Happy happy Fri-yay!! I’ve been home for a week and spent most of my time home with my fam. One brother flew in from New York, the other brother came home after interning in Philly, and my grandparents flew in from Pennsylvania. We have sailed on Lake Michigan, attended a Coldplay concert on Soldier Field, …

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Coffee Has Met its Match-a

08.16.2017

I’ve committed adultery… on coffee. I have always been around matcha – whether it be inside Starbucks or in a boujie matcha cafe on Instagram – but haven’t dared to try it. For a while, I stuck to my routine Starbs drink, a grande cold brew with light ice, a splash of coconut milk, and …

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Flax Egg

08.10.2017

Why do we bake with eggs? Egg-cellent question… HAH ! Eggs play an important roll in baking – they add structure and leavening to mug cakes, cookies, and muffins. BUT, they aren’t the only agent that provide that structure to baked goods, flax eggs do just the same!   Flax eggs are a great egg …

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