BEB Favorites: March 2017
Happy Thursday to you!
I’m back with another installment of my favorites. It’s been a few months since I posted my last favorites post, and then we had holiday gift guides (has it really been more than three months since Christmas already?!)… I’ve found some great new things in the meantime, so here we are!
I separated this list out into two different categories – food and home/beauty. There are a handful of products in each section that I’ve been loving… hopefully you’ll find something new to love, too!
Food Favorites
BurgaBox – This is basically like Blue Apron on burger steroids, and IT. IS. FANTASTIC. You can pick out the type of burger you want, as well as side dishes (HIGHLY recommend the garlic parm fries!), and they deliver everything you need to make the meal. My husband raved about how fantastic the burger was
Special Offer: BurgaBox is offering Brown Eyed Baker readers $15 off “The Hot Mess” box (this is one that we had!). Just enter the code BROWNEYEDBAKER when you checkout!
ButcherBox – This is the third time I’m mentioning ButcherBox, because I’m still love, love, loving them! This monthly delivery service features high-quality meats from small grass-fed farms; everything is incredibly fresh and packaged perfectly.
Special Offer: Sign up here by April 5th, 2017 and receive TRIPLE the bacon (three 10-ounce packages) free with your order.
Cook’s Illustrated Dolstop Bibimap – I had saved this recipe from a recent issue and finally tried it a few weeks ago… this Korean rice bowl is PHENOMENAL. It’s my husband’s new favorite meal and we’ve eaten it every single week since. I haven’t blogged about it, but you can find the exact recipe on Cooking with Sheila.
Cravings – So I’ve talked about this cookbook every chance I’ve gotten, but I couldn’t do a favorites post without mentioning it… it’s the best cookbook I’ve purchased in a long, long time. Every recipe not only looks and sounds amazing, but actually IS. Highly recommend!
Dutch Baby Pancakes – That cookbook is what brought Dutch baby pancakes into our life, and we can’t believe we’ve lived our entire lives up until this point not eating them. Well, we’re making up for lost time, that’s for sure!
Oakmonter – This cake, OMG. You can see this cake in every one of my birthday pictures from the last handful of years: 2017/ 2016 / 2015 / 2014 / 2013 (AHEM, please note how much younger, fresher and well rested I look in my pre-baby pictures, OMG, but those boys are worth every under eye circle)… It comes from a local bakery (Oakmont Bakery) and is a layer of cheesecake, fudge icing, chocolate cake, then covered in milk chocolate frosting and decorated with fudge icing and whipped cream. It’s my only birthday request every year and it is utterly amazing.
Triscuits – Is this 1992 and am I 80 years old? My husband and I have been on a Triscuit bender for well over a month now. My lunch of choice is currently smoked turkey and sharp cheddar on Triscuit crackers. They’re so much better than I remember them!
Home & Beauty Favorites
The Home Edit Instagram Feed – These ladies are professional organizers and their photos are so inspirational! It’s what finally got me off my butt to organize my pantry! Follow them here.
The Container Store – Pittsburgh recently got one of these stores and I may have made umpteen visits while reconfiguring my pantry, and it’s pretty much totally addicting for anyone who loves to organize.
Gap Curvy Jeans – I had a pair of these jeans pre-Joseph pregnancy and when I went to get another pair last year, it looked like they had stopped making them. I was so bummed! However, I was doing a little online shopping last week and saw that they are back! I hurried up and ordered a pair. If you’re a fellow pear shape and have trouble finding jeans that fit, give these a try! (I was disappointed to find that my beloved matchstick jeans from JCrew are NOTHING like the pairs I had from a number of years ago, wahhhh!)
Q: What are you loving right now? Do you have favorite products you’ve found recently? Lay ’em on me in the comments below!
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[These are all items that I have used and loved, and wanted to share with you! There are some affiliate links above; thanks so much for reading!]
I know this is an old post but I’m catching up on my BEB today. :) Saw your note about Oakmont Bakery. I am in love with this bakery! I am so jealous that you live near it. I live in SC and sadly they won’t ship their baked goods to me. My aunt is from Oakmont and she always talked about this bakery. I finally got to visit it a few summers ago. I’ve dreamed about it every day since. Just had to comment on this because I am in love with this bakery. I am already planning a trip back to Pittsburgh so I can go to Oakmont Bakery again (and to Kennywood, of course!)
nice list, thank you, I’d forgotten about triscuits too!
I’m loving American Eagle skinny kick boot jeans. I have a problem of no butt whatsoever but extra baby weight around the middle, which means if I try to avoid the muffin top I end up having droopy drawers! But the skinny kick boot are great–slim cut but boot cut for the legs, so I’m not only wearing skinny jeans all the time!
I’m super picky about my jeans and I’ve had similar annoyances with finding the perfect pair only to find that the company changed the way they make them! So frustrating.
I am excited about the Gap Jeans as well, but i love Eddie Bauer Curvy jeans and pants as well. They are not as cool maybe as Gap :), but they are a great fit and come in boot cut and straight
I LOVE the cravings cookbook as well. I’ve only made like two things from the cookbook though.
What are your top 5 favorite recipes in the book that you have tried?
Thanks!!
Right now I’m loving…Wonderbrow. It’s better than a brow pencil or powder, great color options and really easy to use. Well-done brows do wonders for your eyes!
Yes to triscuits and crackers! My two boys are about 2 years older than each of yours. I often make them “homemade Lunchables” for lunch – smaller slices of lunch meats and cheese and a pile of crackers – and let them build their own stacks. Being boys (only 2 and 3!) it, of course, becomes a competition who can make the tallest stack AND fit it in their mouth.
I’m also at work reading this…so thank you for sending me down a The Home Edit rabbit hole….
The link for Burgabox isn’t working, and when I tried searching for the Hot Mess box and added it to my cart, it said the eligible items were not eligible for the BEB promo code. Any thoughts? Would love to try it!
Hi Renee, Oh no! I just double checked and the link took me to their site and I went through the checkout and entering “BROWNEYEDBAKER” deducted $15. Can you try again with the link above and let me know if it’s still not working for you?
Got it to work now! Thanks!
Great! You’re welcome!
I ordered a box and loved it! YUM. Kind of pricey, but the coupon helped. Thanks for sharing!
I had a similar rediscovery of Triscuits a couple of years ago. Turkey w/avocado and alfalfa sprouts is my favorite combo. I’m not sure how I ever preferred Wheat Thins, yuck!
JCrew recently stopped making my beloved Chino shorts (now they make them stretchy, which is not for me), when I was whining to the sales clerk she gave me the customer service number and told me to call and give them feedback. She was certain it made a difference. Worth a try for the right fit :)
JCrew seems to be very responsive to their customers. I mentioned several years ago I’d love to see more natural fiber clothes (cotton, linen, or silk) and they have way more options now (though I’m sure they didn’t change just for me!). They also brought back their linen shirt this year – with no pocket on it that was there last year. The catalog showcased several tweets asking for no pocket, with the comment that we asked and they heard us. So your call to customer service won’t go unnoticed!
Oh NO! I LOVE their chino shorts! I have a million colors that currently don’t fit me because they were from pre-pregnancy days. I was planning to buy a few for summer, I guess no shorts for me this year! Those are seriously the ONLY shorts that fit me perfectly.