Hey there! It's been a while. I gotta say, when I jumped into this food blogging thing, I didn't realize how much work goes into these things! Wow! I'm really picky about eating cold food, so taking 20 pictures of a plate that I may (or may not eat) to post to my blog is really not my thing. I want to EAT it, not act like it's model posing for the cover of Vogue. I come home from work, and just want to eat that bomb looking/smelling food. Pictures are hard work! Not only do I have to make cauliflower LOOK good to me, but then my camera has to make it look good to you. Where am I supposed to take these pictures anyway? In a grocery store, or at Sur La Table? Shoot I'm just an office worker that gets migraines a lot, working towards not being an office worker one day ;)
Speaking of migraines, I don't really get them as much as I used to. I've finally identified my food triggers, most of them if not all. There is probably no way for me to tell what all my food triggers are, heck what all of my migraine triggers are in general. The weather is a trigger for me for crying out loud. When it rains, snows, temp goes up or down, barometric pressure changes, etc. So the best thing is that even if I identify all my FOOD triggers, there will still be a chance for me to expect (or not expect) a migraine. Which is really a bummer for pretty much every social outing. Although I just realized that my last social outing yesterday I didn't have a headache. It was a clothing swap at a friend's church, and it was a BLAST. I highly recommend you go to one in your life, it was so much fun swapping my fat clothes for cute clothes. Of course there was a potluck, in which I only ate my food, but it was still fun. And guess what? NO MIGRAINE! I even went back to my parents' place and hung out doing shots of Cabo with my dad until 1am. Good times, truly.
I may have gotten to a point that where I can be social and do normal people stuff. I honestly credit this to reading up on paleo blogs and eliminating foods that hurt me, in addition to losing 50 pounds and taking supplements. Danielle Walker at Against All Grain is simply an inspiration. I only hope to be as beautiful, successful, and a great food photographer as she is. She's not the only one out there, there are plenty of great paleo blogs, which are always gluten free. Juli at paleOMG, who is hysterical and has some EPIC recipes, and Louise at Ancestral Chef, who is super smart and has simple, elegant recipes, are both great paleo blogs as well.
I want to get back into the blogging arena soon, so I will be posting new stuff in the coming weeks. And while my photo skills may be lacking, I make food that tastes good. Even my boyfriend said that "You don't make any BAD food" after 3 years! If that isn't the world's best compliment I don't know what is! If only I got that in writing, and notarized.
