Posts Tagged ‘food’
I also photographed food yesterday in that beautiful sunlight
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, snacks on March 24, 2015| 3 Comments »
a small drop of honey in the sun
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged abstract, colors, food, food photography, gold, honey, Inspiration, Photography, sweet on February 20, 2015| 1 Comment »
simply green
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, cuban oregano, food, food photography, green, herbs, Inspiration, Photography on February 17, 2015| 2 Comments »
a winter harvest layered
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, food, food photography, fun, indoor gardening, Inspiration, microgreens, Photography, recipes, salads on February 12, 2015| 3 Comments »
nasturtium leaves
upland cress and spicy mix sprouts
one tomato and a little red onion
finish off with a drizzle of olive oil, sprinkle of black pepper and whatever else your heart desires 😉
mugs available and …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, espresso cups, food, gifts, Inspiration, merchandise, mugs, nature-inspired, patterns, Photography, shopping on February 1, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Mugs are on sale. I repeat, mugs and espresso cups are on sale in my zazzle shop, ImagesbyCynthia. Click on any image to learn more. Most of the images are in the realms of nature and science.
In the realm of food, there’s some new 6×6 prints and coasters available in the JustFood shop. Enjoy!
and on a corner of a small table …
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged food, growing, indoor gardening, Inspiration, life, Photography, seeds, snow, sprouts, winter on January 25, 2015| 2 Comments »
in a recycled carry out container grows pea sprouts that are quite tasty with tomatoes and hummus. In the gold goblet, upland cress is hopefully germinating. Their sprouts from a previous harvest were quite fine on smoked salmon. And I think in the clay pots I planted some combination of sunflowers and a spicy mesclun mix. The sun shines on them bright so we’ll see what happens next. And, meanwhile, outside and down below, that same sun shines intense on a landscape covered in ice and snow.
cuban oregano
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, cuban oregano, food, food photography, gifts, herbs, Inspiration, monotype, Photography on December 31, 2014| 5 Comments »
It is a gift that keeps giving. The herb with one hundred names. Oregano on steroids. My friend simply introduced it as cuban oregano when he handed me the little pot several years ago.
It is a hardy succulent that smells wonderful when you rake your finger gently across a leaf. And even if you aren’t gentle, and a piece falls to the soil, no problem. It roots quite easily. From my one pot, I now have several pots of oregano. Please keep in mind that some of these “pots” are the size of demitasse cups but … they are still wonderful, edible, bits of green to tuck in sunlit places.
P.S. You can view some green images in this previous post. 😉
winter growth
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, cress, food, food photography, gardening, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, microgreens, nature, Photography, plants, simplicity on December 29, 2014| 2 Comments »
The instructions say to plant seeds in a shallow dish and move as needed for best light. Instructions I can follow! Not sure how I’m going to serve up this first little harvest. Maybe with slices of avocado and tomatoes on toasted bread rubbed with garlic. Theoretically, this cress is a spicy herb. We shall see. I’m not sure that I grow enough at a time to benefit from the nutritional value, but the simple act of planting a few seeds in a bit of dirt and watching the sprouts rise in the sun, that’s worth the effort alone.
oregano in the hallway and …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, tagged african violet, beauty, colors, food, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, musings, oregano, Photography, plants, textures on December 15, 2014| 3 Comments »
Some folks think I yearn for a big field to garden, but I don’t. I enjoy my few clay pots and random mugs filled with dirt, tucked in all sorts of corners and moved about as my whim and the sun does strike.
It has been fun this year to grow flowers, herbs and the occasional vegetable. The trailing green growth and splashes of color have been inspiring, as well as occasionally quite tasty. Most of the herbs have died back or faded away completely with a few exceptions like the oregano.
I planted a few new seeds on Saturday. Spicy cress, fenugreek and more nasturtium. The fenugreek has already started to sprout. Perhaps I’ll be able to harvest it for Christmas. On Sunday I picked up some paperwhite bulbs with a goal to plant them in January and perhaps soon after photograph white winter blooms against a backdrop of falling snow. Until then, I have these herbs and, oh yes, that violet.
p.s. there was a second harvest
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, gardening, Inspiration, Photography, potatoes, potted plant on November 28, 2014| 1 Comment »
I returned from Ireland to my potted plant of potatoes. A second crop. Sitting in the bay window, with so much sun, the greenery was still vibrant but I figured it was time to look beneath the soil. Eventually the little potatoes were gently scrubbed and tossed into a frying pan with some meat drippings. After a fork full, my dinner companion uttered, “Mmmmm. Creamy.” Next year, I’m going to work with a bigger pot. 😉 Have a good Friday.
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