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About the Girl…

Hai! I’m Carmen… the “Girl.”

I am… an INFJ mom, certified professional life strategist, breakup recovery coach, 2x Amazon best selling author, religious education teacher, wannabe foodie, advocate for victims of narcissistic abuse…

and YOUR biggest fan!

I initially got on the internet in 1996 as an internet marketer… my side-hustle as I completed my education and training in the field of mental and emotional health.

Then a baby… a move across the country… devastating divorce… and many moons later, I began sharing food pix on social media… and it was my genius son (the “baby”… now a premed) who suggested I create a food blog…

20 minutes later, Girl Plus Food was born!

Girl Plus Food is a food blog, created & maintained by me, Carmen Sakurai. This is where I document the recipes I’ve tried and fallen madly in love with… and to be honest, I still refer back to this blog for ideas and help when my brain needs a break!

I may not have thousands of posts yet, but just you wait, my kid and I have appetites that rival those of starving, wild animals! (you think I kid, don’t you?)

You’re invited to try the recipes I share… give the products, services, and companies I review a spin… and ask questions / leave constructive feedback in the comments!

Say “BRIEEEE!”

My iPhone camera makes an appearance whenever there’s pretty food… and good food (that may not look all that pretty) on the table. There are NO professional food pix on this blog and  there’s really no point in calling me out on exposures and filters and angles and light…

because I don’t “get” photography like that.

Heads-up…

I’m not a health blogger, clean eater, nor am I familiar with ingredients that “shouldn’t” be in certain products. I’ve never counted calories, purchased anything low-fat, low-sodium, or sugar-free… and I’m just learning what gluten-free is… so keep that in mind.

Where I get the recipes…

Most recipes come from cookbooks, magazines, adapted from my favorite food bloggers, and Pinterest… but some are totally made up. LOL. I make it a point to attribute the source whenever possible.

Professionalities (I totally made that word up!):

Carmen is the Founder of Carmen Sakurai, Int’l, with a BSc in Psychology and Certified Practitioner of several styles of psychotherapy including Cognitive Behavioral Life Coaching, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Gestalt Life Coaching, as well as Mental and Behavioral Health Studies with focus on Stress Management, Burnout Prevention, Depression, and Suicide/Violent Behavior.

As a Certified Digital Coach, she has demonstrated her ability to effectively communicate and successfully serve her clients via digital platform.

Her articles can be found on popular websites including Psych Central, Today.com, Thrive Global, Ricky Martin’s Piccolo Universe, SheKnows, Lifehack, and Thought Catalog.

Carmen is an advocate for victims of narcissistic abuse.

I hope you find something worth getting addicted to!

XOXO

 

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Breakup Therapy! ❤️‍🩹🍣 While many sca Breakup Therapy! ❤️‍🩹🍣
While many scarf down ice cream to heal a broken heart 💔, this girl turns to AYCE sushi for a serious recovery sesh. And our go-to spot  @jjangalv never disappoints. 🤤🍣
My 20/yo son treated me to… EVERYTHING including… 
🍣 oysters, 
🍣 salmon belly, 
🍣 salmon bombs, and 
🍣 tuna carpaccio… 
ALL were sooo freakin yum and kept my mind totally focused on the deliciousness! 🤤 
And lookie at my future heart surgeon… he knows how to heal broken hearts alredi! 🥰❤️‍🩹
Here’s to a better today than yesterday!
❤️ Carmen
#girlplusfood #hanginwithmyjroc #drool #yum #healthyfoods #getinmybelly  #lasvegas #vegas #foodgasm #freshtuna #ahituna #pescatarian #freshfood #tuna #foodie #foodstagram #foodlovers #sushi #sashimi #sushiporn #sushinight #sushilover #sushilovers #sushilove #asianfood #japanesefood #vegasdining #vegaseats #lasvegasfoodie
You Had Me at “Halo Halo” 🍨🇵🇭 Mid S You Had Me at “Halo Halo” 🍨🇵🇭 
Mid September and it’s still freakin 99° in Sin City… so we just had to halo halo @magnoliaicecreamtreats again! Good thing this location is so close to UNLV (I can get my fix every single day! 😂)!
“Halo Halo” means “mix mix” in Tagalog (language in the Philippines) and made of crushed ice❄️ , sweetened beans, coconut strips 🥥, crispy rice, jelly squares, evaporated milk 🥛, corn flakes 🥣, ube jam purple 💜, ice cream 🍨, and leche flan 🍮 (silky smooth caramel custard 🤤🤤🤤).⠀
We had… 
🍧 Mahalo halo (the original kind)
🍧 Mais con yelo (sweet corn & corn flakes!)
🍧 I lava lychee (lychee, boba, & mochi)
👉🏻 Which flavor would you try first??? 
📍Magnolia Ice Cream & Treats
(Inside Seafood City)
3890 S Maryland Pkwy
Las Vegas, NV 89119
❤️ Carmen
#girlplusfood #hanginwithmyjroc #dessert #desserts #food #foods #sweet #sweets #yum #myfav #hungry #dessertporn #foodgasm #foodporn #delicious #foodforfoodies #instafood #yumyum #sweettooth #icecream #soyummy #getinmybelly #comida #instafoodie #vegas #lasvegas #halohalo #filipinofood #ube #lecheflan
It’s National Cream-Filled Donut Day! 🍩 Whil It’s National Cream-Filled Donut Day! 🍩  While we’ve never celebrated it - like ever 😂, I figured today would be a great day to start since the last time I had a donut was 👉🏻 before this crazy pandemic 😱  
  
📍@glaze.lv  
🍩 Bavarian cream, apple fritters, peanuts, cocoa pebbles, and kolaches (my favorite!)  
  
Which are your favorites? 🍩🤤😍 
  
❤️ Carmen  
  
#girlplusfood #drool #yum #lasvegas #vegas #foodgasm #foodie #foodstagram #instafood #foodlovers #vegaseats #lasvegasfoodie #donut #donuts #doughnuts #doughnut #glazedonuts #glazeddonut #glazelasvegas #nationalcreamfilleddonutday
Hai! 🙋🏻‍♀️ it’s been a looong minute Hai! 🙋🏻‍♀️ it’s been a looong minute, I know… but omg this summer was hectic … with my son attending classes at 2 colleges 😂… he finally got ONE week off before starting his FINAL year at UNLV… so we finally had time for some summertime deliciousness at @easylifebobatea 🧋 
 
We got… 
 
💛Mango shaved ice with fresh, juicy mangoes 🥭🍧 
🧡Thai milk tea with honey boba 🧋 
💜Taro milk tea with pudding 🧋 
 
Everything was delicious as usual!!! Def coming back for more!!!  
 
*My first time lapse everrrr!!! 🤩 
 
❤️ Carmen 
 
#girlplusfood #foodie #foodgasm #foodpic #instafood #foodstagram #beyonddelicious #feedfeed #vegasfoodie #vegasdining #boba #bobamilktea #bobatime #bobalove #bobalover #milktea #milkteaaddict #bobalife #bobadrinks #bubbleteatime #bobadrink #bobatea #bubbletea #bubbleteashop #pearlmilktea #bubbleteaaddict #iloveboba #ube #mango #shavedice
“Hey mom! Look what we have at the student union “Hey mom! Look what we have at the student union!!!” 🧋🤖  
  
👉🏻 Ohhhemmmgeee a bubble tea robot machine!!!  😲🤤❤️ 
       
✔️ Organic berry with milk 🍓   
✔️ Organic oolong tea with milk🧋  
  
This mommy is jealous!!!! 😍😍😍  
  
Wishing you the bubbliest of fridays!!!     
       
💕 Carmen       
       
#girlplusfood #foodie #foodgasm #instafood #feedfeed #vegasfoodie #vegasdining #boba #bobamilktea #bobatime #bobalove #bobalover #milktea #milkteaaddict #bobalife #bobadrinks #bubbleteatime #bobadrink #bobatea #bubbletea #bubbleteashop #pearlmilktea #bubbleteaaddict #iloveboba #thaitea #bobarobo
OMG the hot, bubbly, garlic butter made my house s OMG the hot, bubbly, garlic butter made my house smell like everything was just right in this world again... 🧄🧈🕊☮️ 
 
Yesterday was the first day of Lent... so, I tried to do a fancy without red meat for me and my boy... 👩🏻‍🍳👩‍👦 
 
Ended up with EXTRA garlicky butter scallops with baguettes... it’s as “fancy” as I can get at the moment 🙈... but mannn these were oh sooo yummeh! 🤤🥰🍴 
 
Enjoy your Thursday!! 
 
💕 Carmen 
 
 
 
#girlplusfood #lasvegasfoodie #foodie #foodgasm #foodpic #instafood #foodstagram #beyonddelicious #feedfeed #butter #garlic #scallops #scallopscampi #seafood #garlicbutter #おうちごはん #ashwednesday #lent2021 #vegas #lasvegas
Quick lunch date at @cafesanuki with my one & only Quick lunch date at @cafesanuki with my one & onlyyy 👩‍👦❤️ 
 
Son: Shoyu udon with xtra pork belly🍜  
Mom: Tonkatsu bento box 🍱  
Shared: Sashimi plate 🍣  
Drinks: Calpico! (Mmmm! 🥤) 
 
My boy is 19... but still my baby... I hope he never gets sick of hanging out with me! 🥰 
 
Happy Tuesday!    
💕 Carmen     
    
🎶 恁时 (EnjoyMusic) 
    
#girlplusfood #udon #udonnoodles #noods #sushi #bento #tonkatsu #とんかつ #うどん #べんとう #おべんとう #porkbelly #foodie #vegas #lasvegas #lasvegasfoodie #lasvegasfood
So, hai! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Single momma here with So, hai! 🙋🏻‍♀️ Single momma here with a premed with an INSANE schedule between classes at 2 colleges, volunteer work, and club activities... Holy freakin... I signed up to be driver because there’s literally no time between his classes & activities... omg we were out ALL DAY 🤪   
   
Wiped out is an understatement... so my future heart surgeon treated me to K-bbq to give me a break from cooking 😁🙌🏻 #score!   
   
First time at @masterkimslv and they did not disappoint! We had 👉🏻 beef bulgogi, NY strip steak, angus short ribs, beef brisket, rib eye, angus kalbi, beef tongue, beef intestine (joshua is the brave one who will try anything once), pork belly, steamed egg, cheese corn, and green tea ice cream (sorry no pic because food coma)...   
  
Great atmosphere... friendly staff!!! 😁👍🏻  
   
Thank you, son!!! 🙏🏻🥰❤️   
   
Wishing y’all a happy Wednesday!    
💕 Carmen    
   
🎶 Gravity Bass (Nordgroove)   
💵 AYCE “B” @ $28.95/person   
   
#girlplusfood #kbbq #koreanbbq #koreanbarbecue #bulgogi #ayce #koreanreataurant #koreanfoods #porkbelly #foodie #vegas #lasvegas #lasvegasfoodie #lasvegasfood
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