Strawberry Mango Bubble Tea - VIDEO

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Strawberry Mango Bubble Tea

Serves 2

1/2 cup boba pearls*

a sprinkle of brown sugar

1 cup frozen strawberries

1 cup frozen mango

1 cup almond milk (or milk of your choice!)

Boil 2 cups of water in a medium pot. Swirl the water with a spatula while its boiling and add in the pearls. Cook 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally. I usually drain mine after about 7 minutes so they don't get overly mushy. But test one and cook to your liking!

Drain your pearls and place in a bowl and sprinkle with brown sugar while still hot and set aside.

Blend strawberries, mango and almond milk in a food processor or blender.

Spoon half of the pearls into a glass and top with the smoothie part. And enjoy!!

*you can find the boba pearls at most asian food stores and also online.

I had so much fun making this little video and I want to do plenty more in the future! Would you like that too? I hope so!

p.s. Much thanks to Josh for helping me film and edit this.

lately..

lately...

-i've been drinking so much bubble tea, i may need an intervention. well, actually it's not so much bubble tea as a fruit smoothie with boba pearls. they are so addicting..
-i've been to salt & straw more times in the past couple weeks than i'd like to admit. you haven't live until you've tried their mint chocolate chip with lemon zest.. it's THAT good.
-i realized laurelhurst park is the prettiest photo location
-this is where you can find mosey just about any time of day. that or partially in my lap, partially laying across the laptop keyboard.
-i spotted this guy on a walk in our neighborhood. i've never met such a friendly squirrel.. i was tempted to bring home.. (do you see him standing in that picture??!)

Portland Favorites - NW Portland

I'm so excited to be sharing all of my favorite places in Portland to eat/drink/shop/etc over the next couple weeks/months. People that are planning trips or just moved here ask me alllll the time where they should go so it's about time I put it together. It'll also be nice for when I'm being indecisive about where we should go on a date (happens every time).

I'll be splitting it up by the quadrants to make it easy! First up is NW Portland since that's where we live and spend most of our time. It's a beautiful area for going on long walks or riding bikes, has some of the nicest parks in Portland, gorgeous neighborhoods ($$$$) and of course amazing food every five steps.

I'm not going to detail each place since I would probably say "THIS IS THE BEST PLACE EVER" about all of them. So just know, these are best places ever.

Food:
Kung Pow (best chinese food in the world)
Nuvrei (sandwiches, pastries)
Little big burger
Los Gorditos
Tilt
Stepping stone cafe

Sweets:
Salt & Straw (which I've mentioned here before)
Blue Star Donuts
Nuvrei Macaron Bar
Ken's artisan bakery

Drinks:
Tea chai te (get the black milk tea with boba)
Barista
Commissary
Coffeehouse NW

Shopping:
Papersource
Childs play toy store
Powells Bookstore
New seasons market
West elm
Anthropologie

Fun:
Wallace park (Beck's favorite park)
Jamison square fountains
Hiking/walking up in forest park
I also enjoy casual strolls through the pearl district and on NW 23rd





(My bike is a V7i from PUBLIC bikes)