lucky i live HAWAII.

here is a look at what I did today..i forgot to say that i jumped off this pier for the VERY FIRST time! after a gazillion 1, 2's, and 3's..i finally jumped! AHHH it was scary :|north shore, kaua'i.


yes, we can pretend to be little kids :P


went to Hanalei today, it was a bit cloudy but cleared up later in the day. Ate some good food, swam and got more dark.

had a good day today!
did you?!

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN BY: kiani mccarthy (ME!)

current...

cravings #1: Pumpkin Crunch

The other night I went to my friends graduation party and there were a variety of desserts and sadly I only ate 3 pieces of this scrumptious piece of (pie?). Yes 3 seems like a lot, but it wasn't because they were cut very small. I'm a big girl, & i love to EAT! :) Ever since that night I've been craving it!

craving #2: Caesar Salad with Homemade Croutons

been on my mind since ever. I was reading about the recipe of homemade croutons on justjennrecipes.com . I recommend her site, she has great recipes! My mouth is watering just thinking of the salad...moving along!

choice of drink: Diet Coke

and of course water!


last but not least....my current obsession(s) would be:

#1- looking up food blogs (my fave will be featured at another time)
#2- looking at their recipes! and getting jealous because I want to make them so bad but I can't because I do not have a working oven!!



here was a little something til my next post..

have a foodtastic day :)

note that all photos (except for diet coke) are courtesy of Google.com

Hello!

My name is Kiani, most of you probably already know that. I'm 19 and I live on the small island of Kauai. Today I've decided to make myself a food blog. It's always been on my mind since I watched the movie Julie and Julia. If you love food, cooking or blogging, I suggest you watch that movie. So with inspiration from my sister Che'Lyssa, and her friend Chasidy, I finally made it!

I have decided to make a food blog because I think it's fun. Cooking to me is fun, you get to put the flavors you want and make it how you want. What is better than cooking/baking something, taking pictures of it, eating it, then blogging about it?! Wow, come on! Okay people might think that I am weird for taking pictures of my food but it's totally not in my book.

So I want to share with you something that I recently baked. I got the recipe from my friend Chasidy.
Banana Bread

Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups flour
3 ripe bananas, mashed
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla1 teaspoon baking soda
1/3 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar (I usually add 1 1/4 to make it sweeter)
1 egg beaten. (Make sure you beat the egg before putting it in the mixture)

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix BUTTER and MASHED BANANAS in large bowl.
3. Add SUGAR, EGG(beaten), and VANILLA. Mix well.
4. Stir in BAKING SODA, SALT, and FLOUR.
5. Butter 4x8 bread/loaf pan. Pour mixture in and bake.

Baking Time: 60 minutes
**Serve with butter or cream cheese.
This is such a yummy and easy recipe to make!

That's all for today.
Hope you guys have a great day!