A Personal Photo Challenge - Food

FOOD, beautiful food...............can't live without it.

Taking photos of it is an art, and I've yet to master it.

I know getting great foodie pics requires the right lighting, 

a tripod, and perhaps perching on ladders etc.

Meanwhile, until I have time to master all that, I'm just 

flying by the seat of my pants - I'm not a food 'stylist' 

in any way, shape or form.  

What you see here are a few things I rustled up, and managed 

to get pictures of before gobbling them up, in my little 

cottage kitchen.

All these images were captured with my trusty Olympus SP-590UZ and probably on the Cuisine Scene setting.

A little PicMonkey editing added of course.

I still love to prepare English recipes, dessert crumbles 

being a favorite. I enjoy many fruits cooked, especially 

for cool evenings when a warm dessert is a treat. 

This was a blackberry and apple crumble..........with what 

I like to think/hope is a healthy topping of steel 

cut oats, Demerara sugar and few chopped nuts........

............served for dessert with a dollop of plain 

Greek yogurt taking the place of cream.

No meat preparation in my kitchen - have been 

vegetarian (well a non-meat eater - do enjoy fish and dairy) 

for over 35 years.  

My baked stuffed red peppers, made on the run, used 

up some already cooked lentils, black rice and quinoa, 

I added chopped herbs, grated fresh Asiago cheese, 

and a drizzle of olive oil. 

Now when it comes to baking, I love getting my hands into flour.

Favorites from my oven include whipping up a few scones. 

I love mixing, baking and of course eating scones!

These above are strawberry for teatime, but I also 

love to make savory scones, especially a wholewheat 

cheese version to serve with a salad or a nice 

bowl of steaming veggie soup.

Linking today to Donna's always fun monthly 

Personal Photo Challenge.

As I'm in the air 'crossing the pond' and heading 

back home from Europe today - 

I've asked Donna to link my post for the challenge 

so hope you can see it.

Do join in by showing us your food photos, 

or just stop by to enjoy the photos of the participants.  

Everyone works hard on this challenge and we do 

get some really great pics to admire, plus amazing 

photography tips thanks to Donna.