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Ash
@ofoceanwaves.bsky.social
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wannabe artist
amateur cook
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Okay second/final photo..
A messy pile of French toast, with caramelized crust and a blueberry compote on top.
April 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Trying one photo at a time 🥲
Sliced bread is lined upright in a ceramic baking dish. The bread is dotted with cranberries and walnuts and drenched in egg, milk, and a warm brown maple sauce.
April 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I made honey chipotle salmon with roasted zucchini- 9 out of 10. I think it should have a bit of sugar to help give it a little crust but the overall taste was lovely.
A blue plate with roasted, sliced zucchini and yellow squash, topped with a serving of salmon- all covered in a red chipotle honey adobo garlic puree.
April 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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I made chicken tacos and it was excellent (my house still smells like seared ancho & citrus), 9 out of 10. Another new to me recipe, made of new to me recipes. Jalapeño, lime cilantro crema, & homemade pico de gallo on top of marinated shredded chicken & oven warmed corn tortillas.
White plate with two yellow corn tortillas topped with shredded chicken- a white sauce is on top and pico de gallo is on one side of the chicken (diced red tomato, onion, cilantro, and green jalapeño). A small green slice of lime, bent from being freshly squeezed atop the taco, is in the background. White plate with two yellow corn tortillas topped with shredded chicken- a white sauce is on top and pico de gallo is on one side of the chicken (diced red tomato, onion, cilantro, and green jalapeño) and chopped jalapeño lines the other side of the chicken. A small green slice of lime, bent from being freshly squeezed atop the taco, is in the background. Interior of a large glass bowl on a beige counter top, at the bottom are 4 raw boneless skinless chicken thighs, layered on top of each other in a dark orange marinade. Marinade is orange juice, lime juice, apple cider vinegar, garlic, ancho chile powder, smoked paprika, salt, pepper, and Mexican oregano.
March 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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I made chocolate mousse
March 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Blackened halibut spinach florentine was a huge hit, I heated a little baguette on the side (just a discount loaf from kings). 12 out of 10, easy to throw together on a weeknight. Recipe coming soon!
Two small blackened halibut fillets rest atop a bed of wilted spinach, diced red bell pepper, and whole yellow grape tomatoes all tossed in a creamy parmesan sauce. A few thick slices of a small baguette are lined up behind on the same blue plate. Another angle on the same plate, only one of the small blackened halibut fillets is visible from this angle, thick and nicely browned. It rests atop the bed of wilted spinach, diced red bell pepper, and whole yellow grape tomatoes all tossed in a creamy parmesan sauce. A few thick slices of a small baguette are lined up behind on the same blue plate.
March 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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I will straight up send you my word doc w all 5+ PCs if you want! 😂

Some say to start w a human fighter so here's mine: a folk hero named Sybil. These pics are from my notes app so from before my ideas were fully formed.

My fave PC idea so far is probably my half-elf ranger or half-orc barbarian!
Screenshot of note app, text reads: "Trinket: dead grandma's journal, leatherbound, worn, and vaguely green if you look past the tears in the cover. Became a folk hero when she stood her ground (froze more like) against a wild boar to protect a child in her village. The boar was already dying, she really just put it out of its misery. The townsfolk ran with the story and every time she hears it, there are more and larger beasts attacking her village with only her to stand in the way. The boar was her mother, transformed and cursed. Does Sybil carry a similar curse? She has no way of knowing, as her mother never revealed the familial curse and Sybil now has little more than vague mentions of her family members' untimely deaths within her grandmother's journal, taken from the bedside of her mother. Can she bring herself to attack another animal or even defend against when she froze fighting her mother? The truth of that day haunts her. She struggles with the guilt of ending her mother’s life, unsure if she has inherited the curse that transformed her mother but convinced she's next. With pale skin and intense, almost sorrowful dark brown eyes, Sybil carries a quiet elegance, her features sharp and defined from years of hardship. Her light orange hair falls loosely around her face, and though her stance is confident and her build is rather athletic, there’s a haunted air about her, as if she’s always-" (cuts off here, continued in next photo) Screenshot from notes app, continuing approximately where the first left off, reads: "Her light orange hair falls loosely around her face, and though her stance is confident and her build is rather athletic, there’s a haunted air about her, as if she’s always carrying the weight of her family’s curse. Her posture makes her appear several inches shorter than she really is. She later discovers that generations long past (300+ years), her family members wronged a powerful witch—theft, betrayal, or the death of someone close to her, Sybil doesn't know yet (i don't know yet). The witch, in her rage, cast a curse that doomed every member of the family to die prematurely, their lives stolen by the wrath of the curse. Each cursed family member would experience intense pain before dying, their deaths marking the culmination of their ancestors' crimes. Sybil’s mother, a druid and victim of this curse, died violently while in the form of a wild boar. Sybil, unknowingly part of the curse’s cycle, now carries the fear that she will meet the same fate, dying before her time, and she's right— unless she seeks out the witch’s descendants to find a way to break the curse, according to her dead grandmother who now haunts her dreams. Witch's descendants, dead Grandma Elenna, people from her town or nearby villages who know of her "glorious feat""
March 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Idk how I forgot to post this but I made jalapeño crab rangoons and they were awesome 🥰 these are the only photos I have because they were 10 out of 10, we ate the entire batch instead of freezing half as planned (whoops). Cream cheese, green onion, garlic, jalapeño, crab, wonton wrappers + egg wash
A raw wonton wrapped is laid out on a clean counter top, with a half tablespoon of a mixture of cream cheese, red imitation crab (crab, lobster, + whitefish), green onion, and diced green jalapeño in the center of the square. A second wonton with its own centerpiece is in the background. The wontons are folded neatly and fried golden and crispy. At least 4 finished wontons are resting on a paper towel with the corner of a stove top in the back left side of the photo. In the back right, a red-handled food thermometer rests on a kitchen scale. Between the scale and wontons is a stainless steel spoon rest, nothing resting on it.
March 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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New recipe #13 of 2025: clam chowder. This one was for the nostalgia. 9 outta 10 but not too often.

We had garlic butter sourdough toast (farmers market again) on the side, which really made the meal tbh

This recipe but without bell pepper or flour:
tastesbetterfromscratch.com/clam-chowder...
A glass bowl of diced potatoes sits on a counter. In the background and visible through the side of the glass bowl are canned chopped class, salt, pepper, olive oil, and a container of whole bay leaves. Close-up shot of clam chowder in a bowl with a brown rim. Sprinkled on top of the creamy chowder is red pepper flakes and a sprinkle of dried parsley. Potato and celery are visible in the chowder. The same bowl of chowder as the second photo, white topped with red pepper flakes and dried green parsley. In the background, a blue plate holds two slices of toasted sourdough (oval) with butter and a sprinkle of dried parsley.
March 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Another new to me recipe but it's just a bunch of perishables thrown in a pot.

I had onion, jalapeños, leftover rice, bell pepper, garlic, tomatoes, queso, cheddar, and frozen corn from the summer farmers market left.. so I made a weird dip and we ate it with spicy tortilla chips. 9/10.
Black bowl filled with cheesy beans, tomatoes, bell pepper, jalapeño, corn, and rice dip with shredded cheddar, snipped green onions, and sliced fresh jalapeños on top.
March 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Sometimes I just mash a bunch of ingredients together and call it dinner. This is technically new recipe #11 for the year and it's mostly just leftovers and things I needed to use before they go bad: baked potatoes, leftover green chile & white queso, bell pepper, garlic, beans, chives, & cheese.
February 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Chicken noodle soup was a success! New Recipe of 2025 #11. 9 out of 10.

I didn't mince the fresh thyme, just tossed the sprigs in. I halved this recipe and it was more than enough for 2 people. Next time I would use thinner egg noodles, more broth, and I would shred the chicken into smaller bits.
Photo inside an enamel-coated cast iron pot. Chicken noodle soup with wide egg noodles, yellow and orange carrots, celery, and pieces of chicken, dotted with herbs.
February 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Making homemade chicken noodle soup for the first time ever, wish me luck!
February 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Made creamy Cajun shrimp pasta tonight and it was disappointing. The seasoning mix, perfect. I added bell pepper + celery to add texture. My number one issue with this recipe was the combo of parmesan and Cajun spices. Not a win for me unfortunately but edible.

New recipe #9 for 2025. 6 out of 10.
A black bowl with rotini (corkscrew) pasta, cooked pink shrimp (tail on), and diced red bell pepper and celery are coated in a light orange cream sauce dotted with various herbs and spices. Snipped green chives are sprinkled on top.
February 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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I made turkey chili again last night and it was truly awesome and very filling. I need to make cast iron corn bread again next time. I'm working on getting together a recipe blog of some sort to share the things I make up. Any platform recs? #recipe
3 muted green bay leaves are arranged in a fan on a bed of various herbs & seasonings. The main character here is the red chili powders- ancho and rojo. Dried oregano and cumin are visible throughout. Red turkey, 4 beans, red bell pepper, and tomato chili in a bowl. The pot half full of the rest of the chili is visible in the background.
February 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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I need to actually write my recipes down because I made spinach feta turkey burgers again and at this point it's 4 recipes mashed together + my own twists but seriously 10 out of 10 tonight yall

I made my own tzaziki with this recipe (new recipe #9!):

www.loveandlemons.com/tzatziki-sau...
An open faced brioche bun on a square plate. The top half is the center of the frame, upside down and covered in a swirl of white tzatziki (green dashes from shredded cucumber and dill are shown throughout). A slice of Swiss cheese with a turkey burger barely visible underneath is shown off to one side on the other half of the toasted brioche bun. A green salad and tomato slices are out of focus on the back half of the plate. An open faced brioche bun on a square plate. The bottom half is the center of the frame, cut off at ¾, and a slice of Swiss cheese with one hole covers a turkey burger browned and seasoned. The other half of the brioche bun is in the background, upside down and covered in a swirl of white tzatziki (green dashes from shredded cucumber and dill are shown throughout). A green salad and tomato slices are out of focus to the right.
February 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Agnes is my sourdough starter, I moved jars post-explosion but now she doesn't look the same so we're in a very delicate stage.

What am I doing? My best (I assume)
A side view of a tilted glass jar filled one third of the way with a white sourdough starter (dough). Bubbles are visible on the lower half of the dough even from the outside of the jar.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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I made orange chicken last night! It took me 3 hours (adhd + I only had bone-in chicken thighs + my knives suck) and the chicken was not worth it tbh. That said, the orange sauce was perfect and I will be making this again w deboned chicken & broccoli.

8 out of 10. Use less cornstarch in the sauce.
On a bed of jasmine rice, pieces of fried chicken have been tossed in a bright sticky-looking orange sauce. Snipped green chives and tiny bits of orange zest garnish this dish, all in a red bowl. Part of a shelf of books is out of focus in the background.
February 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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I have very pretty cats and they'll be 8 years old next month 😭 how did this happen?? They were babies yesterday
February 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Another update for those interested: my blackened miso-marinate black cod turned out beautifully texture and taste-wise, less blackened than expected. Next time I'll be flipping the fish to get a nice brown on top. I'll also slice smaller fillets for easier marinating. 9 out of 10.

(Recipe below)
White fish fillet (black cod/sablefish) with crispy skin just barely visible underneath. Orange miso marinade clings in the spaces between fish flesh. A green salad with orange bell peppers is out of focus in the background.
February 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Toronto with my best friend really reawakened my love of food and art. All museums should be free.

Here's the miso black cod and the duck panang curry I had 😍
A fillet of lightly blackened miso-marinated black cod sits on a rectangular white plate with dots of miso in each corner. The fish rests on a long green leaf. A beautifully cooked duck breast is sliced and laid across the top of an orange panang curry in a round dish. As garnish: 2 thin slices of radish, a sprig of thyme, a pink flower with 3 petals, and a dried orange slice. Pink mocktails and a glass of water are visible in the background.
February 3, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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In November @profitez.bsky.social took me to Nobu in Toronto and I've been dreaming of the food we ate ever since. Here's the first look at my attempt to make my own miso black cod! Easy marinade- white miso paste, sake, and mirin.

Using this recipe:

www.justonecookbook.com/black-cod-wi...
Two sablefish/black cod fillets coated in and surrounded by miso paste based marinade. The marinade is an orangey light brown.
February 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Let the cats smell the sake I brought home for cooking this week and they had to make sure they came to the same conclusion
February 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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I haven't been cooking as much over the last few days but I have big plans for this week! For now here's an excellent old fashioned I made for CJ like 2 weeks ago:
Heavy bottomed glass full of amber liquid, ice, and fresh curls of orange peel sits on a handmade knitted black coaster, dotted with bits of red and yellow in the yarn. A small amp and a few Lego botanicals are visible in the background.
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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This is my template for characters! It's super fun. Druids are my fave to play so far but I try to make my Tavs varied so the playthroughs are totally different.
February 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM