Eggcellent Progress

 It's day 9 of my marathon effort of photographing 55 recipes in under 28 days. I have photographed 29 recipes so far and have 26 to go so I am past the half way mark. The end of this week has been difficult mentally and physically as I went out on a sprint earlier in the week trying to complete between four and five recipes a day to get ahead. This left me feeling pretty wrecked by the middle of the week which in turn left me only completing two recipes a day for the latter part.

The dreary weather and overcast days have wreaked havoc on my photographs and pushed my skills to its limit. There was one particular day which the sun didn't peek its shining face out at all which left me in a quandary to try and maintain the bright and airy feel to the photographs. I have only started using the Manual setting on my camera over the past month so I am still learning on the fly on how to best use this setting to take a good photograph. Previously I had been using the Aperture Priority setting but wanted to push myself to learn the manual side of the camera.

Food Styling & Photography Progress.....

 It is day 6 of photographing the 55 recipes I have been employed to do for losebabyweight.com.au 28 day meal plan. Can I just say I am feeling pretty tired right this minute. I have managed to photograph 18 out of the 55 photos to date which I am feeling pretty stoked about. I am closing in on the half way mark.

 I was feeling very apprehensive and nervous leading up to starting this project because I felt a lot of pressure and responsibility to do a good job... no a GREAT job. I am getting paid to do these photographs so I want to do the absolute best that I can.

My First Food Photography Job

I have some exciting news to share (well it's exciting for me anyway)... I landed my first paid food photography job!!!. I finalised the deal while I was away on holidays in Hervey Bay and basically hit the ground running since I returned home on Tuesday.  This is the room I will be holed up in over the next 3 1/2 weeks photographing 55 recipes.

It is going to be a challenge - but I am up for the challenge of cooking, styling and photographing these 55 recipes over 29 days. If you sit down and work out the math its a minimum of 2 recipes a day add in a very active 8 1/2 month old and your have the perfect recipe for a tired mummy!

Peanut Butter & Choc Chunk Cookies

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chunk Cookies.... I really don't have to introduce these to you and make up a fancy story for them to make them more enticing. Fresh from the oven still warm and the chocolate still soft washed down with a cold glass of milk, you are in cookie heaven.

I made a batch of these a week ago and husband said they were one of his favourite cookies so far. They were quickly consumed so I made another batch for him to eat while we are away on holidays. 

Another Set of Bar Stools....

Don't you just love these sad old bar stools. They looked pretty miserable in the OP shop when I was browsing through the furniture section . They were pretty dated with some seriously dark stain on the legs and dark leather seats.

They weren't in terrible condition and someone may of been happy with them as they were. However I wanted to French-ify them and give them a extreme makeover. They didn't need to lose weight, get their hair or teeth done. They did need a bit of a new wardrobe on the cushions and maybe a bit of a "spray tan" with some white spray paint. 

Review: Perfect Toaster by Russell Hobbs

Have you even woken up your baby with the ear piercing scream of the smoke alarm because you burnt the toast again? Oh the tragedy of it when you do. "WAHHHH!" goes the baby, your heart drops to your toes and you think there goes my relaxing breakfast or my only chance to sit down and eat today! I can say this has happened to me often in the early stages of motherhood and I just gave up eating toast for breakfast in the morning because I knew 9 times out of 10 I would always burn the toast and wake the baby.

 Until I met my new sporty red "Ferrari" toaster..... The Russell Hobbs Perfect Toast Toaster.

Eggplant & Vegetable Curry

 Now that the weather is slowly cooling down I am starting to crave more warming, comforting dishes that will fill my belly up with goodness. For some reason I always crave more carby, naughty things when it gets cold and that is half the reason why I think I look at the scales at the end of winter and see a few extra "friends" joined me over the chilly period. Do you have the same problem?

 I swear not this year. I just lost all my IVF and baby weight and I don't want it to come and join me again anytime soon that's for sure. So I have tried to incorporate warming and comforting recipes into my repertoire that will be kind to my hips this winter period. Enter this curry.....