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Summer nostalgia already hitting hard ❤️‍🩹

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forever favorite month 🍅 🌽 🍑

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chaotic first half of summer 🌼

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LA LA LAND 🎞️🌴🌄 the analog version

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Playing mermaids for a weekend 🧜🏼‍♀️💦

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Spring-summer-twenty-six 🌸🌷💐🪻🌼

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Spring is for carrot cake 🥕🍰

CAKE
⅓ cup butter (76 g)
½ cup walnuts, coarsely chopped (60 g)
1 cup flour (125 g)
2 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ cup brown sugar (110 g)
¼ cup sugar (50 g)
1 large egg
¼ cup Greek yogurt (60 g)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cup grated carrots (about 2 large carrots)
3 tbsp toasted black sesame seeds, divided

FROSTING
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature (112 g)
½ cup cream cheese, at room temperature (112 g)
1 ¼ cup powdered sugar (300 g)
½ tsp vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 10 x 6 in loaf pan and line with a piece of parchment paper.

2. In a small saucepan, melt ⅓ cup butter on medium heat, then let brown using a whisk or spatula
to scrape the browned bits as they form. Cook until very foamy, about 3-4 minutes. Add ½ cup chopped walnuts, and keep cooking for one minute or two more, until super nutty-smelling.

3. In a medium bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, 2 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp baking powder, ½ tsp baking soda and ½ tsp salt.

4. In a separate bowl, beat together ½ cup brown sugar, ¼ cup sugar, 1 egg, ¼ cup Greek yogurt,
1 tsp vanilla extract and the browned butter and walnut mixture.

5. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and stir until just combined, then add the grated carrots.
Don’t overmix!

6. Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp of toasted black sesame seeds.

7. Bake for 45-55 minutes, until the sides start to pull away and the cake is baked through in the center.
Let cool before icing.

8. Make the icing: in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a bowl using an electric hand mixer, beat ½ cup unsalted butter on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add ½ cup cream cheese, one spoonful at a time, and continue to beat until well incorporated, a couple more minutes. Add 1 ¼ cup powdered sugar and beat until combined, then mix in ½ tsp vanilla extract and ¼ tsp salt.

9. Ice the cake, then grind 2 tbsp toasted black sesame seeds with a pestle and mortar and sprinkle on top.

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35 is the new 25 🎈🍰✨

shot on expired film

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Easter weekend menu was pretty cute 🥕

crepe brunch
@haileecatalano spicy carrot rigatoni
brown butter toasted walnuts carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and black sesame
smoked paprika cutlet with a pickle-brine fennel and radish salad

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Fridays are for pasta in this household 🫡

1. my fennel bolognese with tiny lasagnas (recipe on my feed!)
2. @clarkbar baked artichoke pasta with creamy goat cheese
3. @wishbonekitchen broccoli cavatelli
4. my take on the creamy mapo tofu udon noodles
5. butternut squash miso pasta with oyster mushroom chips and homemade furikake featuring @sel_saint_laurent umami salt
6. my spicy miso pasta (recipe on my feed!) with fried pancetta
7. @wishbonekitchen rigatoni alla zozzona
8. @heysueli turmeric pasta
9. Yewande Komolafe’s sticky rice cakes with sausage and greens
10. @alisoneroman winter squash pasta with chile and toasted garlic
11. white truffle pasta with oyster mushrooms
12. my pantry pasta (recipe on my feed!)

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Who else is just trying to survive this neverending winter?

Recipe from @jennygoycochea 🥩🥥🍋‍🟩

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2025, you were one for the books 🍹🎬🍝🏃🏻‍♀️🫒👩🏻‍🍳🏅🍕🎥🍸🩷

Grateful to everyone who was a part of it 🫶🏻

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