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January in Food

February 2, 2011

Last year I started off strong with a commitment to a Project 365 of food where I photographed something edible or drinkable that ate or saw each day. Well, almost each day. I went strong through July, dwindled, tried to pick it back up in October, and then gave up completely.

Despite my inability to finish the full project last year I am trying once again in 2011. It’s fun to look back and see what I’ve eaten and more importantly it forces me to practice with my camera.

Not that I don’t want to practice, but knowing I need to take a food shot forces me to make time. I often let other things get in the way even though I’d rather have my camera in hand. It also allows me to do a bit of a post recap for the month which I hope is fun for you.

I’m not expecting to get a shot every single day, but with 22 photos I didn’t do so badly this past January. It will be easier and easier as the days get longer and the fresh foods get more plentiful.

So here you have the January 2011 recap!

Millet in coconut milk with pecans and mascavo sugar

Honey Pecan Baked Brie

Homemade Butter Pecan Ice Cream

Buffalo Turkey Sandwiches with Yogurt Celery Spread

70% Dark Chocolate (and the day I got my new lens!)

Roasted Acorn Squash and Garlic Pizza

Pimento Cheese Burger from Boone Tavern Restaurant – Berea, KY

Local, Pastured Prosciutto from Marksbury Farm Market

Fetzer Cabernet in our Alltech FEI WEG souvenir glass

Manner Cookies with some backwards packaging

Traditional Chocolate Chip Cookies

Spinach Dhal

Fiery Peanut Butter Cookies

Steel Cut Oats with Pecans and Maple Syrup

Starbucks Apple Bran Muffin – Road Trip Breakfast

John’s Cocoa-Coffee Brownies

Prosciutto Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup

Kale and Bacon Quiche

Potato Soup

Selection of Local Meats at Marksbury Farm Market

Roasted Pumpkin

Mujadara – Lentils, Rice & Onions

July in Food

August 8, 2010

What a beautiful weekend it was around here! It cooled off Saturday and I had a great 6 mile run around the horse farms. My husband and his coworkers run every Saturday morning and when I was training for my last half marathon, I would join them. Well, not really join them. I’m not nearly as fast so I would just start at the same time and then set off at my own pace.

I hadn’t been in a while, and yesterday was a great reminder of why Kentucky is such a great place to be active. There is usually a fog that settles around the horse barns in the morning and the horses sometimes come up to the fence and run along with you. As I was finishing mile 3, I looked over at the white horse fences and saw that there were cobwebs speckled with dew about every 10 feet. It is amazing how the atmosphere puts you at peace even when you are huffing and puffing to make it up a huge rolling hill.

I’m not sure if I’ve shared it here yet, but I have signed up for my next half. I debated for a long time whether or not I wanted to do a second one this year. I finally decided I needed another goal to shoot for and the discipline that comes along with training so I will be running the Columbus Half in October!

I plant to use some weekend posts to share more about my experiences and discuss the process. I will likely begin to incorporate those posts on Sundays. It will be a break from the food focus for a day and I hope anyone interested will stop by for a comment.

For now, back to food. Can you believe that I completely missed out on posting June in Food from my Project 365 on Flickr? Perhaps you didn’t miss it, but it bothered me all of July. I had done so well with keeping up and then missed a recap. As days rolled by this summer I never got around to posting it.

I decided I didn’t want to end this trend though, so I am picking back up with July. I didn’t manage to get a photo everyday, but I do have about 24 to share with you.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Cucumber Dill Wheat Berry Salad

Jibarito Sandwich from Taste of Chicago

Ceviche from Bien Trucha in Geneva, IL

Cheese from Fair Oaks Farms in Indiana

Baked Zucchini and Japanese Eggplant

Banana Cream Pie (a bit of a fail, but it looked okay)

Pickled Jalapeno and Banana Peppers

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake with Candied Walnuts

Mister Stripey Tomato with Aged Goat Cheese and Basil

Cherry Margarita

Spiced Local Lamb over Israeli Couscous

Lemon Pasta with Shrimp and Zucchini

French Toast with Fresh Blueberries and Maple Syrup

Mushroom Fajitas

Cherry Lemon Pistachio Scones

Mustard and Chive Potato Salad with Greek Yogurt

Omelet with Cherry Tomatoes, Avocado and Salsa Verde

Dad’s 70th Birthday Garden Cake made by my Mom (Sugarbabies as potatoes and frosting tomatoes)

Potatoes from our garden

Peaches from Reed Valley Orchard

Garden Dinner with cucumbers, potatoes, tomatoes and herbs from our garden

Amaranth with Coconut Milk and Blueberries

Sweet and Simple Tomato Pepper Salad

UK birthday cakes made by a friend for a recent party

Happy Birthday Fake Food Free!

May 31, 2010

Happy 2nd Birthday to Fake Food Free! I completely missed the blogs’s one year birthday, but I couldn’t let two pass by. While I don’t have anything special planned I do have to send a note of thanks to all my readers. I appreciate each and every one of you so much! Thank you for all your reading, commenting, tweeting and facebook posting. You make all this food blogging fun!

I want do a recipe contest to celebrate, but I think I’ll hold off until later in the summer. There seem to be so many going on right now and I’m even cohosting one for another site that I’ll be announcing on Friday. So for now I say Happy Birthday to the blog and a big Thank You!

Once again, it’s the end of the month and that means looking back at May in Food for my Project 365 of food in 2010.

Mini bag of brown rice my husband got in his marathon swag

Tuna sub from Jimmy Johns

Strawberry Cupcake from Gigi’s to celebrate my husbands marathon finish!

Shrimp Dorado Tacos

Beer brats from a local farm, mashed potatoes and kraut

Peanut butter cookie dough brownies

Strawberries from my Dad’s garden

Egg and veggie sandwich

Butternut, Flax and Walnut bread

Broccoli and Mushroom Whole Wheat Calzones

Carob Spirulina Chunk of Energy

Chicken Shiitake Manicotti in Garlic Mushroom Sauce

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Beer

BLT Pizza with Chipotle Mayo

Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies

Ho Fan in a peanut curry sauce with veggies

Blackberry Rhubarb Crisp

Key Lime Cheesecake Martinis from the Taste of the Bluegrass

Tomato Basil pizza

Key Lime Margarita

Black Trumpet Mushrooms over Ho Fan

Iced Coffee

Chicken Salad from pastured, local chickens over fresh tomatoes

Arugula from our garden

The Summer Cookie

Almond Croissant from Magee’s Bakery

Fresh cilantro and garlic herb pasta

Homemade biscuits with pastured Heritage breed pork sausage gravy

April in Food

May 7, 2010

My Project 365, Food in 2010, is still going strong. I’ve found I miss a few days here and there simple because I forget, but manage to get a food photo the majority of days each month.

I’ve also been taking a fabulous live photography course, Fundamentals of Digital Photography with John Greengo, from Creative Live out of Seattle. I found out about it via Twitter. It is a free 10 week course, about 2 hours a week and you watch it via live stream on the web. There are about 5,000 enrolled worldwide. Again, it’s FREE, so if you have an interest in checking out the remaining 5 weeks you can register on the site.

I’ve learned so much and I hope you will find that begin to show in my photos. I have a long way to go, but I’m really starting to understand how to fully utilize all the functions and abilities of my DSLR.

So without further delay, here is my April in Food. I was having trouble getting the mosaic to show the graphics larger so I split this month into two sections. Enjoy!

Leftover roasted cauliflower

First asparagus from my Dad’s garden

Our Easter basket in a dog bed for Macy

Vosges Chocolate bunny

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie

Cheddar Salsa Spread

Beer at the Races

Spinach Pesto

Strawberry Season!

Chimichurri Beer Burgers

Gorgonzola Spinch Pasta Salad

Asian Slaw

Cheesecake

Mushroom Spinach Risotto

Red Velvet Cheesecake – Husband’s Easter present, will post when perfected!

Smoked, Pastured Pork Butt

Local BBQ Sauce

Granola Pancakes

Sausage Jalapeno Pizza

Jackfruit Muffins

First asparagus in our garden!

Kale and Mushroom Quiche

Cocoa Peanut Butter Oatmeal

Mushrooms to review from Hoosier Mushroom Company

Beans and Rice made with the smoked pork butt

Blackberry Yogurt Coffee Cake

March in Food

April 1, 2010

I’m finding that I look forward to the first day of the month so that I can post my Project 365 food recap. It’s been fun to look back each month, and I really think that it is keeping me on my toes with trying new recipes and getting creative. I mean, everyone doesn’t want to see the same photo every day!

I’m thrilled that it is April and we are experiencing true spring weather around here. We will likely hit 80 the end of the week. It will be interesting to see how my food pictures change as more and more fresh produce becomes available.

Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Veggie Pizza & the first official meal in our new house!
Lettuce to increase the veggie intake
Tuna salad on whole grain bread
A mediocre soba noodle experiment
Bourbon BBQ sandwiches with mustard coleslaw
Kenny’s Farmhouse Tomato Basil Cheese
7-Grain Blackberry Pecan Muffins
Benedictine salad (cucumber cream cheese salad)
Pastured Pork Chops and Black Beans
Nutty Cauliflower Quinoa
Tomato Basil Soup from A Good Appetite
Braised Lamb over Polenta
Blueberry scone
Whole Wheat Bread from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Blackberry, kale smoothie
Shrimp salad with soy dressing
Apple Cheddar Brown Biscuits
Ginger veggies over noodles
Flax bread from Great Harvest
New Belgium beer
Pear Walnut Muffin
Grilled Vegetable Sandwich
Veggie fixin’s for tacos
Success with hard boiled eggs (no green edge!)
Honey Amaranth Waffles
Whole Grain Peanut Butter Cookies
Post-race Spanish Omelet from Alfalfa’s
Curried Lentils with Cauliflower and Sweet Potato
Whole Wheat Soft Pretzels
Champagne Mango

PS. Sorry the mosaic is turning out so small. I’m working on it.

February in Food

March 3, 2010

We have successfully moved into the new house! I’ve had a minor bump in the kitchen set up so no pictures yet, but they are coming. We have to get some cabinet/counter top shaving done to get the new fridge to fit properly. It is currently in working order, but out in the middle of the kitchen!

I am absolutely loving where we are living! I can buy my pastured meat and eggs from a farm not far from here and I discovered a honey supplier nearby. I’ve got fields and cows in view out the front and back windows, and the quiet is overwhelmingly pleasant. Yet, at the same time, I’m back to (moderately-sized) city life in 30 minutes. It is perfect.

While I plan to take full advantage of this new country life you still can’t take the love for a big city or for travel out of me. So rest assured my future plans are to continue with a balanced blog, just as I strive to maintain a balanced life.

It will be at least a few days before I’m back to cooking something worth posting about, or have the time for writing about a thought provoking perspective. Until then I’ve completed my Project 365 of February in Food. I hope you enjoy the photos and I’ll be back to regular posts soon!

1. Goods the International Market;
2. Zucchini Quiche with Whole Wheat Crust;
3. Quick Broccoli Potato Soup for Two;
4. Aloo Cholay (first attempt);
5. Chocolate cupcake from Gigi’s;
6. Vanilla cupcakes with bourbon vanilla frosting and blackberry frosting for Super Bowl;
7. Baked Pastel Romeu e Julieta;
8. Chocolate cherry bread sample from Great Harvest;
9. Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheddar from Quirk in Midway, KY;
10. Smoky Sauteed Kale & Mushrooms;
11. Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies;
12. Duane Purvis All-American Burger from Triple XXX in West Lafayette, IN;
13. Japanese Pan-fried Noodles from Noodles & Co in West Lafayette, IN;
14. New Belgium 2 Below;
15. Peanuts, dried cranberries and chocolate chips;
16. Potato Soup;
17. Cashew Cookie Larabar;
18. Whole wheat pasta with cauliflower, zucchini and ricotta;
19. My Muesli;
20. Pantry Veggie Burgers;
21. Jasmine Tea from Hong Kong;
22. Coconut Crusted Salmon over Cauliflower and Kale;
23. Food gifts from Brazil;
24. Husband’s bday cake – Scarlet Red Velvet from Gigi’s cupcakes

January in Food

February 2, 2010

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Several things going on at the moment have me lacking time for researching posts and cooking experiments. I’m hoping both time and inspiration will be back to normal in the next couple days.

Until then I thought I would share my January in Food. I joined Kathy from A Good Appetite in a Project 365 for foods in 2010 on Flickr. As you can see, I got started a little late so I’m a bit short, but I’m on track for a full year of food from here on out. It is really fun to look back and see my month in food photos!