Good afternoon!
Order #2 done and done for the week!
I have to get this off my chest!
I have been smiling ALL morning after coming across this picture on Eric’s camera:
He made this HEART SHAPED cookie for his guest post and he never told me about it!!!!! It never made the cut on his post either!
How cute is that??? lol. I’m sure he is going to kill me for posting this, but that’s ok. ;) Life is too short to keep these things to myself!!!!
I wonder who ate the heart though? Did he eat his own heart out? lol. The cookie he brought me to the airport wasn’t this heart shaped one. Or perhaps, he has another admirer and she got the heart shaped cookie? Either way, I will just assume it was for me! haha.
What I Have Learned From Food Blogs: Part 1
After reading Sam’s awesome post on what she has learned from food blogs, I knew I had to reflect on it myself! There is so much positivity with food blogs I thought it was such a good idea to point out how beneficial they can be for others!
Now of course, I can’t fit everything into one post, so I decided to do a series of posts where I will talk about the things I have learned!
Today, I am highlighting some of the new foods I have tried since reading food blogs:
1) Coconut Oil
I use one for my body as a moisturizer and another for healthy baking!
The picture below was taken with Eric’s Canon SLR on manual setting (with flash):
The picture below was taken by my Canon SD800 Point and shoot in Macro setting, no flash:
And now with flash:
Notice the difference? I sure do!
2) Raw Almonds (and other raw nuts/seeds. Hemp seeds are a new fav!!)
I used to be SCARED of eating nuts and seeds. So much so, that I wouldn’t eat them because they are high in fat! Food blogs taught me that it is OK to eat healthy fats. Your skin and hair will glow as well as your insides!
With Eric’s Canon SLR:
With my Point and Shoot:
The SLR gives such a more crisp look I find.
3) Egg Replacer (Thank you Susan!)
4) Organic Sucanat Sugar (Thank you Ashley!)
5) Spinach/Kale/etc
Did you know that I NEVER ate spinach until this past winter??? I thought I hated it!!!! Oh how far I have come with greens!
6) TOFU
I thought I hated tofu until I gave it another shot in my green monsters and baked it in the oven with a delicious sauce.
7) Avocados
Again, thought I hated them and my mom was gross for putting them in her salads! haha. Now I eat avocado EVERY DAY. Did you know they are supposed to help reduce cravings??
8) Herbal Teas are FUN (Thanks to Kath!)
I used to only drink green tea and thought I didn’t like herbal teas! Boy was I wrong!
9) Quinoa
I had never heard of this stuff until I read Jenna’s blog! It is super nutritional and a great food for vegetarians (or non-veggies too!).
10) Organic Agave Nectar
This stuff is amazing to bake with! Expensive, but worth every penny.
Even when it leaks…
11) All natural peanut butter or raw Almond butter
Again, I used to be scared of eating these things because of the fat/calories in them. Not anymore!
12) Lentils!
A great protein source and soooo delicious and versatile!
Now for some more fun photography of Sketchie!!
Oh I love this one below.
He is the cleanest cat I have ever seen. We touch his fur and he gets mad and cleans the spot again. LOL!
Eric’s camera is so much FUN! I love my lil Sketchie. Such a great subject isn’t he?? :)
1) Jaime made my On The Glo bars with great success! Check it out here!
2) I have been getting flooded with emails about shipping my Glo Bakery products to the US! I just wanted to let everyone know that I am currently looking into regulations for exporting food to the US. I might have to get a special permit approved by my local food inspection agency. Please stay tuned for updates!!! I would LOVE to fill all of your requests!!! :)
3) Regarding PICTURE WARS that Eric and I are going to do: This is how it will work: Eric and I will pick 3-5 of our favourite pictures from the week. We will pair up the pictures and you will vote on your favs. We will not post our names by each picture so you may not know who took the picture to keep it fair. We might even throw in pictures to trick you (e.g., I take pictures of renos while Eric takes pictures of food). It will be FUN and inspire the photographer in all of us! :)
4) The winning name for the next boot camp challenge is SUMMER GLOW BOOT CAMP with 57% of the votes! Thank you for voting and stay tuned all week for clues about the SGBC!
5) Don’t forget to check out Eric’s new blog: Soup Up My House!!! Give him some bloggie love and add him to your blogroll! :)
Today’s question: What foods have you tried since reading food blogs?
I’m off to bake order #3!
i heart sketchie. those are awesome pics!!
SO cute about the heart cookie! I bet he gobbled it up and was embarassed he ate your cookie so didn’t post it :)
I have discovered so many great foods through food blogs: getting creative with oatmeal, sweet potato fries and butternut squash fries, tofu, tempeh, various bars, almond milk, green monsters!!
Looking into US shipping?? Yay!!!
My cats are my FAVORITE subject to photograph. They’re in nearly every post!
The new foods I have tried are endless. Nut butters, agave, carob chips, halvah, SOL and Garden burgers, chocolate mint,butternut squash, candied ginger, silken tofu,soy milk, Greek yogurt, tempeh….so, so many more!
Sketchie is da bomb!
What haven’t I tried because of food blogs is the question! Since delving into the world of food blogs I now eat the following:
-Fage Greek yogurt
-Oats with PB or almond butter
-Avocados on everything
-Larabars
-natural sweetners like Stevia
-sweet potatoes and butternut squash in various forms
And I have made many recipes for the first time (risotto, pad thai) in the past few months that are fun and pleasing to my husbands tummy :)
I have tried loads of things since I started reading food blogs. Almond Butter, Raw Recipes, started eating vegetarian, sweet potatoes, cane sugar, apple cider vinegar, hemp, brown rice protein. The list goes on and on.
What a fun post Angela! I totally agree that I’ve tried SO many new items that I was either too scared of or never even heard of before blogging.
– Avocado
– Mangos
– Beets
– Kale
– Agave Nectar
– plain yogurt
– hummus
– organic PB and AB
– greem smoothies
– bean burgers
– tofu
I have to say, blogging has totally changed me and benefitted me in countless ways… even more than just trying new foods! :)
xxoo
Heather
I never ate nut butters in oatmeal or yogurt before. It’s wonderful to have another way to enjoy them, other than plain old bread!
I started eating…
tofu
rice milk
Green Monster (now I can’t go a day without one!)
kale
hemp
and eating nut butters in oats
I love them all!!!!
Hooray for food blogs! I love them and have also learned SO MUCH!! I heart the internet!!
-A
I have learned to eat all of those products as well! Plus tons more!
Angela, check out The Pioneer Woman’s blog at www.thepioneerwoman.com for great tips on photography. (She also blogs about food, gardening, schooling her kids & life) Ree Drummond is incredible and her blog is like watching fine art unfold in front of you.
Her website is one of my FAVS!!! Just discovered it a few months ago :) ~A
I loved all your new findings, I love food blogs too! It’s fun to see what’s buzzing in the food world and see what others are eating. I just recently found out what sucanat is too. What kind of canon does Eric have? I just bought a canon rebel xsi, and I swear I am going to have to take a class to learn all the things it can do. I’m a bit overwhelmed, but excited! I just have the kit lens for now, but I can’t figure out how to focus in on say a raspberry with the background more ‘fuzzy’. It keeps focusing on the background, ugh! I LOVE the pictures of sketchie, your kitty is beautiful! I would love to order some of your baked goods too here in the states :)
-kristen
oh and I can’t wait for the picture wars! Let the battle begin!
I’ve tried TONS of new things! My new favorites are nuts, nut butters, and avocados. I must have at least one of those each day. Food blogs taught me its good to eat healthy fats and helped me overcome that fear associated with my eating disorder.
Nice photos!!! I love my SLR so much!
I have tried so many new things!!! Avocados, quinoa, lentils, VEGETABLES!
Foods that I have tried since reading your blog and other food blogs are:
tons of different nut butters
Kale
Tofu
Almond Milk
Agave Nectar
Larabars…YUM!
and of course Green Monsters!
Very nice pics with the SLR! I love my SLR camera takes aweseome pictures!
I have started eating peanut butter. I can’t remember if I ever ate peanut butter except as a small child. I love all the nut butters and I am so happy I have “allowed” myself to have this again.
-Kale
-Agave
-Ezekiel breads
-Almond Milk
-Flax Seed
-Greek Yogurt
Happiness Awaits
You have definitely inspired me to try new foods & to go back to the basics of doing my own baking to help cut out eating baked goods that are full of preservatives. I am now much more aware that I can bake with healtier ingredients and still have delicious baking!!
Thanks for being an inspiration not only with my food choices but motivating me to start exercising more and keeping fit!!
New Foods I’ve Tried Since Reading OSG
Green Monsters
Veggie Burgers
Using more flax in recipes
Soya Milk
Natural Cane Sugar
Vegit Vegetable Seasoning
Vegan Cupcakes
Buying only pesticide free tomatoes now
Steaming my spinach for the added calcium benefit
Baking my own rolls, biscuits & bread
Have become a HUGE Glo bar fan