july recap
been busy recently!
ICYMI
(in case you missed it) It was yet another jam-packed and awesome month! I started off by enjoying some time with friends and hanging out at home. Then, we went to Bozeman, MT, for a short and sweet vacation. My college visit was so wonderful and I really enjoyed it. I also finally bought cowboy boots and they are PERFECT and that same night I bought them, I wore them to Music on Main which was super fun! When we came home we had about a week before leaving for Oregon so I took full advantage. I made Christmas in July cookies, went to the mall, and hung out with friends! Then, we went to Oregon and enjoyed a ton of great food, good company, and beautiful veiws! Once we went to Washington we went Sturgeon fishing which was so amazing and I, #humblebrag caught a 6 footer! We went on the fruit loop and that was also really great! Finally, we came home and relaxed after a busy couple of weeks. This month was so jam packed and really really fun!
tunes of the month
Freudian- Daniel Caesar
Grace- Jeff Buckley
Being Funny In A Foreign Language- The 1975
Burnout Days- flipturn
highlights
Visiting Montana and MSU!
Catching my first sturgeon! And a 6ft sturg!
Visiting Oregon and Washington again!
favorite ingredients
I love brown butter. If I had all the time in the world, I would make more things with brown butter, but unfortunately that is time I do not have! It just adds a wonderful depth of flavor and a subtle nutty-ness that I love.
Lavender is an unexpected take for me! I don’t love the flavor very often, a lot of the time it is too strong for my taste, but in the sundae sauce I had it was so delicious paired with blueberries!
I’m obsessed with coffee. Everyone who knows me knows that! This one isn’t super specific to anything I ate this month but I had plenty of good coffee this month.
Malt powder is an underrated favorite! I like malt flavor in a lot of different things but I had an outstanding malt and walnut cookie this month, more to come on that.
Blueberries are so great seasonally and I’m super particular about them. There is nothing worse than a squishy, flavorless blueberry to me. But, the ones I had this month were so delish. And blueberries in the sundae sauce I had paired with the lavender was SO SO GOOD.
Walnuts are so versatile and I had the best malted walnut cookie a few days ago! I can’t wait to recreate that cookie!
Cinnamon is a boring pick, I know. But, it’s a great addition to coffee and baked goods that adds such a depth of flavor!
food!
top three eats this month
The Larch Mountain Sundae from Sugarpine Drive-In (Troutdale, OR).
Each and every pastry at The Wild Crumb bakery (Bozeman, MT).
Fresh Crab! And get this, we caught them! (Rockaway Beach, OR).
august will NOT slip away!
I repeat! August will not slip away! (Casual TS reference 😉) This month is travel free for me! I have auditions for my next show, some finishing touches on my summer reading homework, and a little fishing trip planned soon so that’s very exciting. But otherwise, this month is pretty low-key. I start school at the end of the month which I am half scared half excited about (#scited)!! Thank you so much for reading, and be sure to like and comment so more people can see this article and more of my articles to come!
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Let's talk malt powder sometime. Curious to know if you use both diastatic and non-diastatic.
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