Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Food. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

"Cook/bake something new each day or every other day". Challenge

I've taken this from my other blog, Simply About Life. It's about food, food, food .................


...33 post so far, I'm enjoying this....

I actually started my food challenge in February 2010 

"Cook/bake something new each day or every other day".

it just started out with a few photos that I took to put on my Facebook and to send back home. Just snaps of all the food that I was cooking for the family never thinking about blogging at the time until I read an article somewhere about people showing the world what they eat by taking pictures of every they eat. 


It's kind of like whipping out the camera just before you eat, capturing the moment in time....a food diary of some sort. I thought that was a little obsessive huh....umm hold on let me take a shot first before u bite into that!!!

But it got me thinking so I did a bit of research and checked out a few blogs and thought ... yeah I could do this. Just keep taking the pictures and write a bit about the food and the recipe.

Well, to let you know all the food is basically something that I've cooked for the day, either lunch, dinner or a snack of some sort. My "Studio" is my tiny kitchen counter, my daughter's desk near the window, the coffee table near the front balcony or lately the dining table (a glass table but too much reflection with the camera). And I'll usually prep my   photo shot on a presentable dish/corning ware, etc and take a snap with the camera. My lighting prop is a desk light and my grip is either one of the kids holding the light!!


I guess the best thing about this blog and challenge so far is that everyday I'm always thinking of what to cook, even though most of these dishes I've cooked many times before. Sometimes I'll write them out in my recipe book or I'll be typing away scrambling my head recounting all the cooking steps and all the ingredients I used. 

I'll usually post a blog after all the kids are asleep and that is probably close to midnight but it's nice and quiet and I can "think" without any interruptions. Besides this Foodie blog, I'm also blogging about other things that pop into my head, day to day stuff, something that has inspired me or just something interesting and that's on my This side of the island blog... Have a read and leave a comment if you like.

Anyway, it's been fun to read the comments from this blog and see all my visitors from all over the place. It's also been nice to see a couple comments from FoodbuzzFoodista and Petitchef and invitations to join their sites. Not bad but now I get to post some of my blog posts on their site too... bit more work but I get to meet more people.

So I hoping to see my Foodie Challenge through to the end of the year...or more. Have a read, try it out and how about joining the challenge too and ....
"Cook/bake something new each day or every other day".
My kids love it and hubby always comes home to say "What are we eating today??"

Sunday, April 4, 2010

The Best Foodie Critic......

After a busy day in the kitchen, up to my arms in flour baking Hot Cross Buns and trying to make an Easter lunch. I had left the task of supervising my little "trouble maker" in the hands of my capable hubby......

Having woken up earlier from his 5 min Power nap and a few rounds of chasing the cat, my little TM was over come with hungry and ready for his lunch. Yelling out "mummm mummm mummm" and  pointing to his high chair. It was time for food....Mmmmm food!

So given that it's a long weekend and hubby wanted to watch Jacob, I thought sure he's ok it's only lunch and he'll be fine with dad.......

Lunch today was Roasted Thai Chicken with Curried Pumpkin and Jacob, being the hands-on 15 month old is really very good with his food. Eats anything, bread, cheese, and loves the vegies, esp. the orange kind. Only thing he won't eat are bananas, too mushy for him and he'll always scrunch up his nose when he smells it.

Anyway, after finishing off his first serving and asking for extra pumpkin I thought he was taking his time with his food. So I popped out of the kitchen to check on him and see what  he was up to with dad. They were both just too quiet.....


This is what I found!!!!
                And where was dad???...watching replays of the start up for Formula 1.

Having a nap on a soft pillow of rice, chicken and pumpkin!!!










The Best Foodie Critic.........completely satisfied and fast asleep

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