All About Food from the Pantry

Simply be forewarned. This entire post is about food.

1) On Monday I posted this post with a recipe for heart shaped raspberry pocket pies that I made over the weekend. I’m still quite proud of this post. Am I the only one that sometimes pulls up my own blog 100 times a day only to look at (and re-look at) a post that I’m truly proud of?? It’s not the post and the recipe itself but more only the pictures. Making those pies actually took about 3-4 times longer than it should have because of the constant picture taking. I photographed those babies at 800 different angles and in all kinds of different light.

2) Speaking of which. Photographing food is TRULY difficult. Or maybe I’m only photographically challenged? Alternatively, the perfectionist in me (that doesn’t actually exist) comes out and I’m only not satisfied with most of the shots…? Either way, it’s difficult. But despite that, I QUITE much enjoy the process and I suppose that is what ultimately matters, right?

3) Here are a few of my go-to food blogs (and by this I mean ‘here are the bloggers that I so desperately want to beg to give me food photographing lessons’):
Joy the Baker
Happyolks
Spoon Fork Bacon
Eat Yourself Skinny
The Year in Food

Gosh, honestly there are SO many more that I pull inspiration from but the pictures on these blogs, to me, are only handsome and always leave my mouth watering.

4) I want so badly to make a bunch of cute Superbowl themed recipes for Sunday but I have SO much going on all weekend that I’ll likely have no time to do anything besides pop a frozen pizza in the oven and twist open a jar of salsa. Maybe next year. Maybe then my team will be playing in the especially bowl (ha hahahaha).

5) After a long day at work (week genuinely) I got it in my mind that I was gonna sneak a little Taco Bell in my belly without a regular at dinner or anyone else finding out. So, after I left work I stopped by Taco Bell and decided to simply get a bean burrito. Simply one; nothing to completely spoil my healthy dinner at home. But when I pulled up to order, my eyes got big and I decided to go all out and order TWO burritos. The conversation went something like this:

Me: I would like a burrito supreme and a plain bean burrito.
Taco Bell girl: So, you want a bean burrito and one with no lettuce on it?
Me: What? No, I want a bean burrito and a bean burrito supreme. Like what comes with meal #1.
Taco Bell girl: Okay, a bean burrito and another burrito with no meat on it. Is that right?
Me: No, why wouldn’t I want meat on it? I’ll only take ONE burrito supreme, please.
Taco Bell girl: Alright, one #1, what would you like to drink?

I gave up at that point and decided it wasn’t the will of the universe for me to eat Taco Bell last night. Plus I was simply in a bad/ impatient mood.

I hope y’all have a pleasing weekend filled with football and good FOOD!