This is the soup I suggest you eat this weekend after you devour three doughnuts at breakfast, and before you eat tacos and french fries for dinner.
It has broccoli and raw cashews in it. It’s the picture of health.
Nevermind how much butter I put on that bread. Let’s focus on our health. Health after doughnuts and before tacos and fries. French Fry tacos should be a thing. Is that a thing? It needs to be a thing.
Dear Success,
I got you.
I’ve got a jar of Sharpie markers on my desk, a frozen coffee cake in my freezer just waiting to be baked, a handful of people tell me they love me, and there’s spinach in my bowl. See? I’ve got you, Success. We’re totally roommates… and I’m totally not letting you move out, ever.
It’s Friday! Double Success!
Love,
Joy
Look around. I bet you live with success too! …sometimes success is as simple as a jar of markers on your desk.
Enjoy your weekend! I’m rooting for you. Go do good things!
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I can and I will.
I can and I will.
That’s what I’ve been telling myself lately. I can and I will… about everything. I’ve also been saying YES to just about everything. Do you know what can open up when you say Yes.. I can and I will? Whoa. Major. Going to the gym? Done. Having an uncomfortable conversation you don’t want to have? Done. Offering a lady at the laundromat my laundry soap? Done. Paying that dang parking ticket. Fine, done. Helping a friend with a photo project. Donedone.
I’m not looking for any sort of award. I realize that this is all just everyday living… but it really is a lovely brainchange to think YES first… and I CAN second. Really cool things can happen. Like tacos… tacos can happen.
Amendment: I think the only thing I’ll say no to right now is… seeing that 3D dolphin-without-a-tail movie. I can’t handle it… mostly because it would probably make me cry. Ugh.
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Uh-huh.
It’s onion ring time.
Were you the little girl that would put a small onion ring on her ring finger and pretend that she was married?
Yea… me neither. That’s weird.
… And I definitely didn’t do that today, as a grown-ass lady. That would be even more odd.
Except I totally did. Yea. So what.
Onion rings can be baked. Onion rings can be fried. Onion rings are always delicious. Especially when eaten off your finger.
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New Podcast is ready for your ears! The Grass is Always Greener. Dudes… it’s a good one!
I meant to make cake. I meant to make whipped cream. I meant to buy fresh raspberries. I mean to smash the three things together into a large bowl and eat it all… and then I made salad.
Don’t yell. We can not survive on doughnuts alone.
Let me tell you a little something about me… I do this weird thing wherein I eat one thing, all day. That’s not to say that I eat one carrot all day. No. I eat carrots, and only carrots all day. I don’t know why I do this. Welcome to crazybrain.
So! A few days ago when I made doughnuts…. I ate doughnuts all day. Doughnuts and lime popsicles… because I was thirsty. Clearly something is wrong with me.
I tell you all of this because it’s important you understand that salad is a good thing around these parts. A salad recipe means that I’m eating salad all day. My thighs like those days.
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This is the end. This is the end of my day. This is the end of the week. This is the end of a pizza bagel before it meets my belly.
The end looks like a toasted bagel with fresh, seasoned tomatoes, salami, melted fresh mozzarella, and lemon pepper arugula.
The end. The end tastes toasty, fresh, salty, and melty. The end also has Project Runway reruns. The end is pretty good lookin’.
This is the beginning. The beginning of my day. The beginning of my natural and unrelenting carb cravings. The is the beginning of a bagel pizza.
Now…. just to clear the air: Yes. Yes… I come to you with bagel pizza pictures. This has to be ok, because this is how I live. If you don’t crave pizza bagels on a daily basis then… I don’t even know you anymore. I just don’t.
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I made a thing that tastes like another thing…
Salad that tastes like chips.
Wait… would anyone sign up for chips that taste like salad?
No.
Wait…. Cobb Salad chips? Yes. How can we make this happen?
Ok. I’m totally distracted. I need to tell you about potato salad before the summer slips away.
This salad is special. There’s pickling and beans involved.
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I know what you’re craving. I know what you’ve got on your mind. I know juuuuust the thing you need.
Cold. Green. Soup.
Sexy right? Just the thing you’ve been yearning for? The answer to all of your burning questions? The great treasure?
Wait…. no!?
Cold green soup isn’t your thing? Come on…. let me at least try to change your mind.
This soup starts with creamy, ripe, delicious avocados. We’re off to a wonderful start! It’s the start of amazing things like guacamole. But wait… stop thinking about guacamole. We’re not making that.
Psssst! Sneak up top and check out the podcast page for the latest Joy the Baker Podcast!
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Five Things I Learned About Myself Last Week
by Joy Wilson
My Los Angeles style of driving will piss many people off outside of Los Angeles.
When traveling, I will take an unreasonable, and possibly troubling amount of travel-sized toiletries with me no matter the duration of the trip.
I so so soooo want to be the girl that’s awesome at Frisbee football…. but I’m totally just not.
I’m stubborn. I practice. I’ll totally be good at Frisbee football one day.
In a canoe in the ocean? I’ll jump out. You won’t even have to dare me. Life is short and the water is warm.
On a scale of 1 to 10, I’ll score a 2.2 in gracefulness returning my body back to the canoe. Whatever. Remember that part about life being short. Yea. Exactly.
Some people might feel like a bikini top is a suitable shirt…. but I’m pretty sure it just feels like wearing a bra in public. That’s just me.
When on vacation is a warm place with tropical fruits and fresh fish… I’ll most likely be thinking about cheese grits and my monster kitten. I dunno.
I have a real life.
I know… epic. You have a real life too. I’m not trying to pat myself on the back or anything.
I just wanted to remind you that I totally have a real life. It’s imperfect and blurry. It’s messy and florescent. It’s crooked and underexposed.
It’s quiet… with the occasional solo dance party. It’s awkward. It’s sometimes frustrating. It’s often times blessed. There’s a lot of food in this life of mine… and it’s not always in focus. It’s just not.
For some reason, I think it’s important that you know this.
Can I show you dinner? Real life… I made this at 7pm in my poorly lit kitchen… and ate it off the coffee table… dinner.
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You know those mornings when you:
wake up in a panic because you forgot to send an important email…
and wait! you only slept five hours! where did all of these zits come from!? like… seriously.
and the coffee line is surprisingly short, but you spill coffee on your shoes because you’re an absolute bonehead.
and technology is confusing.
but cookies are totally not confusing so you eat like, thirty of them.
and it would be awesome if you could just stay home and hide from things… but the world keeps on spinning… and you keep spilling things… and emails keep coming… and seriously with the text messages!?
You know those days?
when work feels suffocating. and it’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon, and you’re still trying to pull something out of your day. well… something besides cookies.
I had that day yesterday. I just couldn’t turn things right. It was like slow motion falling, all day long.
It’s ok. It really is. Some days are just funktown.
What turns around these days?
Buying your best friend cupcakes for her birthday. Yes. Buying!!! I already told you it was a rough day! Geez! Sometimes bakers buy cupcakes. That’s real life!
Buy cupcakes. Light candles. Pet a fluffy sweet dog named Willy. Sing Happy Birthday to Miss (dirty 30) Whitney.
Doing nice things for other people totally helps me out of a funky day funk. It feels good. Making other people happy is the best distraction there is! Truly.
Buy cupcakes if you have to. Eat cookies if things get weird. Do good things for other people. Also… try couscous for lunch. It’ll totally counteract all of the cookies you ate for breakfast, and the cupcakes you’re about to eat after pizzadinner. Pizzadinner is totally a word.
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This is one of the most satisfying things I’ve made in a long time.
It’s sauce. It’s just sauce.
I know.
But would you look at it. Rich, burgundy colored, speckled with coarse black pepper and onion bits!
Shut. It. Up.
Where’s the chicken. Tell me you brought the chicken.
We’re making this sweet barbecue sauce in 10 easy steps.
Step 1: saute chopped onions. Do it.
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Here’s the plan: breakfast!
Here’s the second plan: dice up potatoes, toss it with stuff, and call it hash.
Here’s the other part of the first and second plan: serve it to someone you love. Maybe that’s your dad. Maybe that’s your handsome husband. Maybe it’s that dude who takes your trash bins in just because he’s nice.
Here’s another important part of the plan: parsley and butter… they should go in pretty much everything (except probably cupcakes).
This is Dad and me. I know because my mom put a sticker on this… one of my favorite photos. My Dad is the best man I know. I also love those jeans… I wish he still had those so I could borrow them.
But seriously… best man I know. Thanks for being that guy, Dad.
Other Dad-friendly foods include:
Dad’s Buttermilk Biscuits & Dad’s Buttermilk Pancakes & Dad’s Perfect Sweet Potato Pie
See a theme here? Yea.
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I turned lip liner into a pencil I use to write silly notes on my bathroom mirror.
I turned an outdoor fire pit into an herb garden.
I turned a toothbrush into a bike cleaner.
I sometimes turn my desk into my bed… by simply falling asleep at it.
I can turn my bathroom sink into a cat bath.
Turn breakfast into dinner? I’ll do that. Yes.
Turn whole wheat pizza dough into twisty garlic knots!? That’s a heck-yes. That’s a win.
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I made you a bowl of greens.
Eat this while I eat some french fries and cake balls.
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What do mothers want for Mother’s Day?
Breakfast in bed? Flowers? Jars of honey? Hand sewn pot holders?
Crown of daisies? Wads of cash? A high five?
Gum? Altoids? Pet goldfish?
I’m hoping the answer is lunch with tea sandwiches and cocktails…. cause that’s what’s going to happen for my mom.
I’m making lunch. I’m setting the table. I’m using the fancy linens. I’m also doing the dishes. I should buy flowers too… someone remind me.
I think my mamabear is most stoked about the clean dishes… let’s be real.
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I watch the movie Jerry Maguire once a month. I dunno…
I seem to make soup every two weeks.
I chase my cat around the neighborhood about once a week.
I think about buying fancy shoes I don’t need at least two times a week.
Every few days I ride my bike… and eat salsa and tortillas… not simultaneously.
Every day, I send an obscene amount of text messages and emails. Millions. Too many. Lots.
Today I made soup, watched Jerry Maguire, sent about 8.4 million text messages, and thought about buying unnecessary shoes. What am I going to do for the rest of the month?
I don’t know, but it better involve Nutella and pretzels… and maybe string cheese.
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Truth be told… I’ve been a bit distracted lately. I thought I could distract you with that Cinnamon Sugar Pull-Apart Bread and disappear for a few days.
I’m had a friend visiting from out of town. My little orange cat is either trying to run away, or climb the screen door. I’m obsessed with bright pink Spring blush and this amazing Gin that’s been aged in a Whiskey barrel. I’ve spent a lot of time with my bike and the beach.
It’s been a nice break from the camera, and the kitchen, and the dishes, and the dishes, and the dishes.
A girl has got to eat…. and lately I’ve been eating Spicy Chickpea Salad. I’ve also been drinking far too much coffee and far too much gin. That’s a different story for a different time.
Hello and I love you.
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