La Fuji Mama

Pulled Pork with Chocolate Barbecue Sauce & Cheese Corn Cake — Celebrating Cheese & Chocolate

What could be better than a weekend celebrating chocolate and cheese? This past weekend there was a 2 day long Chocolate & Cheese Festival at the Natural History Museum of Utah. The festival featured some of the best local producers of cheese and chocolate, as well as some out-of-town guests, with demos, workshops, tastings, and other […]

It’s Pi(e) Day, one of my favorite days of the year! Please tell me that you’re celebrating? I whipped up a version of a pecan pie for our celebrations today using a combination that has been swirling around in my head for months—a chocolate almond crust that gets brownie-like as it soaks up some of […]

Life has been hectic around here. I’ve been filling life with things like teaching cooking classes at one of Harmons Grocery cooking schools, volunteering at the Fujilings’ elementary school, driving the girls to and from piano and dance lessons, etc. I looked at my planner the other day and thought, “Who got a hold of […]

Five cooks given a mystery box of four ingredients that they must use to make a specified course and two and half hours to prep, cook, and present their creations, with judges walking around watching and asking them questions, all in hopes of winning the round for the chance to compete in the finale. Does […]

To celebrate all of the fun I’ve been having with hummus, I’ve joined forces with my friends at Lilly’s Hummus to send one of you an awesome package of Lilly’s Hummus goodies! One winner will receive 4 tubs of Lilly’s Hummus, a tote bag, a t-shirt, and assorted ephemera. Enter in the box below for […]

As you may have gathered, I LOVE hummus. My favorite afternoon snack is fresh cut veggies dipped in hummus. But hummus is so much more versatile than that and I think it’s time we break out of dip mode here on LFM. So here are 5 (easy!) ways to use hummus that aren’t dip related. I’m […]

I spent last weekend laughing my guts out, learning, making new friends, meeting old friends for the first time, and being inspired. Taste of Home magazine sponsored me to go to Build Your Blog Conference (BYBC) in Salt Lake City, UT.

I’ve been trying to bring more variety to my breakfasts lately, as you might have seen by my chia breakfast pudding last week. Another item that I’ve been feasting on in the mornings is an açaí bowl. An açaí bowl is like cross between a smoothie and a bowl of ice cream, made with frozen […]

Last Friday was Bug’s 100th day of kindergarten. To celebrate, her class had a party where they did activities that all had to do with the number 100 and were encouraged to dress up as centenarians. Bug’s teacher also asked the helpers to dress up, so Bug and I woke up a bit earlier than […]

I have to admit that I shied away from the chia trend for a long time because I couldn’t think or say the word chia without the old 80s jingle of childhood running through my head. “Ch-ch-ch-chia!!” That combined with the disturbing visual of a clay head with green sprouts growing out of its scalp […]

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