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Author: Caitlin Lee

St. Pancake’s Day | Guinness Infused Green Pancake Recipe

Pancakes: one of the easier desserts to make. Guinness: one of the more difficult beers to drink. Together: one of the best things you’ve ever tasted. Seriously, these green Guinness-infused pancakes for St. Patrick’s Day are really all you need to start the holiday off right. This recipe makes roughly eight pancakes and includes not quite a […]

Spiral Slicer Cucumber Greek Salad Recipe

They say that in order to look better, you should eat healthier. Well frankly I feel that in order to eat healthier the food needs to start looking better itself. Thats where this little Gefu gadget comes in handy. Igniting the five year old in you who wants to play with their food, this vegetable spiral slicer […]

Public Lives: Jena of City City Fashion | Secret Recipe: Coconut Curry Rice

As the leader of Chicago style blogs, Jena of Chi City Fashion is the epitome of an it-girl. She’s mastered street style, she’s beyond witty, & today on Public Lives, Secret Recipes we went into Jena’s kitchen to see her whip up a delicious meal. From someone who claims that if she had her own television show […]

Homemade Twinkie Recipe

July 15th, 2013. I remember the day like it was yesterday. A beautiful summer day in Chicago & the day Twinkies went back on the market. (Ok, it’s also my best friends birthday so that may have helped why I remember this day so clearly…) However, I’ve always been a fan of the sweet treat. I mean […]

Mini Pretzel Crisp Chocolate Balloon Bowls Recipe

I’ll admit I’m completely guilty of something your mother surely told you not to do: judge a book by its cover. I swear it’s only when I go grocery shopping but let me tell you, packaging & aesthetics play a huge role in what I buy. So, naturally when I laid eyes on these new mini Pretzel […]

Homemade Psychedelic Tie Dye Cake Recipe

This cake is SERIOUSLY out of this world. From the rainbow layers inside, to the lollipops on top, & the chocolate ganache tie dye frosting; I mean it’s kind of ta-die for… Today on Public Lives, Secret Recipes, we’re going to tell you the top secret way to create this delicious & psychedelic frosting. Believe it or not, it’s […]

Raspberry Marshmallow Recipe | Valentine’s Day | Homemade

We’ll admit we had to make a few batches of these before finding the perfect combination & mixture. This recipe is fairly simple in terms of ingredients but it is all about accuracy when it comes to timing. The timing of boiling some ingredients & of whipping others is very important. Our first batch we […]