Summer Dinners

I was raised with predetermining the weeks menus prior to going out and grocery shopping. Even now as an adult come Wednesday/Thursday it's time to sit down, plot out the weeks menus and create the shopping list from there. 

Today is Thursday.

Time for another batch of menus.

After a while I feel like I'm eating the same 7-10 meals in rotation. So I'm always looking for new menu ideas (and then crossing my fingers I can get the family to even toy with the idea let alone eat it).

Here are two dishes I just feel in love with, when reading the recipe. Now to try and subject the family to them. 

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Grilled Pizza with Prosciutto, Arugula and Lemon. 

 

 Curry Chicken Wraps with Nectarine Chutney

 

Food Photography

Carnitas de Pollo

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Food Photography

Angel Eggplant with chicken.

Food Photography

Homemade bbq pork (boneless) ribs, salad & naan.

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365 day food challene

Farmer's Markets are a great place to find a super yummy lunch!

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365 Day Photo Challenge

I've been feeling a tad stagnant in my artistic side lately and have been toying around with the idea of a 365 day photo challenge. I recently completed a 30 day challenge on facebook and found it difficult to post a picture based off the assigned "theme" as it were. But leaving it as open ended as "just take a picture" wasn't what I was looking for either.

So why not combine my fascination with food and this idea of a 365 day photo challenge? So I thought I'd use this blog as a basis for posting the pictures.

Don't worry. I still plan on posting reviews, photos, recipes, etc. But will now (also) be taking a picture every day of a meal, beverage, food at the store, etc. And posting it here. Understandably there will be (for a while) some gaps in days. Since my only computer (with photo editing options) is at work the weekend pictures won't be edited and posted until Mondays.

So here's my first day photo challenge. I was running late this morning so instead of my normal Starbucks run I grabbed an Adina organics iced coffee from the bookstore (it was better than yesterdays other organic coffee drink I had from them).

Since this is the only thing I've consumed today (that was around for me to take a picture of) here we go:

 

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