Gina Chong

This shop is part of a social shopper marketing insight campaign with Weave Made Media®, PEOPLE® Magazines, and The Hershey Company®, but all my opinions are my own. #weavemade #HolidayMeTimeMags http://my-disclosur.es/RgFrEH So I’m all about “me time.”Back in college when I was working every day at like 3am I would take 10-minute power naps on […]

Sometimes I still don’t know what my hubby likes to eat.So while he’s gone I’m trying to broaden my horizons and learn more dishes that hopefully he will love. This one was fortunately his idea/request. I asked what he wanted me to learn to make and he responded (strangely immediately): smoked ribs.Lol. Whenever he does […]

I obvi have a thing for Fall.I get so into the Autumn mood and want to cook everything with seasonal flavors. So here is an Autumn mac n cheese. It’s basically just butternut squash puree mixed into the roux, and is so mild that it mixes perfectly with the other ingredients. On a side not, […]

(Left to Right) 1. Sugar cookies for my class.2. Sunday bike ride in NorCal.3. The Tiffany’s necklace “medal” from my race. 4. Date at Oakland temple with my boo.5. Pocky from Japan for Pocky Day (coconut & berry carnival, so yummy!)6. My kitty-baby sleeping on me. 7. Smoked Salmon, brie, dill and caper creation~ the […]

Pumpkin is probably my favorite flavor pie. I love just a traditional one; no need to fix something that’s not broken right? So I took a traditional filling and added a couple of small twists to complement it’s deliciousness. Basically just a gingersnap crust because I love Fall flavors, and a marscapone cream to top […]

Nom nom nom.I had to tweak and re-make this recipe a couple of times for it to turn out just how I wanted. Now it’s perfect, and as much as I loved eating those Quaker instant oatmeal packets growing up…this tastes much much better. I’ve already made it three times in the past week. My […]