Beautiful simple recipes and ideas to eat deliciously, entertain easily and adventure often.
Fresh flavorful cocktails, easy desserts, quick breakfasts, delicious main dishes, and fun appetizer and seasonal recipes. Also a little inspiration for throwing parties for friends, making holiday traditions, finding Pacific Northwest restaurants and farms, camping and hiking, gardening, foraging, food preservation and more!
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Hi, I’m Tristin, or you can call me Tris.
I’m the chief cook, writer, adventurer, photographer and woman behind it all around here. Former small business consultant and web designer turned food blogger, I chronicle my easy family adventures and food life usually from my back patio with a cup of black coffee or glass red wine in hand, depending on time of day.
Flavorful recipes
Recipes for beautiful food and drinks for all occasions made with fresh ingredients and simple preparation methods.
Cocktails
Easy inventive cocktail and beverage recipes. Usually fizzy and fruity. Always fresh and flavorful.
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Parties
Fresh ideas for easy parties, events and creations. From date nights at home to backyard parties and holidays these recipes, crafts, printables and other ideas makes it so easy to enjoy entertaining and creating at home.
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Pacific Northwest activities
Adventuring ideas and travel tips for the best Pacific Northwest farms, markets, restaurants, hiking trails, picnics, and camping spots.
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And more!
Food preservation, gardening, wellness, and other general ideas for creating at home.
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