For those of you who expressed interest in casting your vote for the Marx Foods challenge I participated in, the poll is now fixed! So if you’re in the mood to peruse 10 great recipes, here’s the link.
Once again, the recipe I submitted was the Seared Fennel Salmon with Pasilla Spiced Pumpkin Basmati:
. . . but there are many more delicious recipes to be checked out:
Butternut Cupcakes with Salted Caramel & Maple Brown Butter Icing
Spiral Sliced Pork Loin Stuffed with Butternut Squash
Squash & Couscous Patties w/ Coconut Peanut Sauce
. . . and more.
Thanks guys!
What a lovely blog!! The lighting in your photographs is fantastic — is it natural light?
Thanks Michele! No, it’s not natural light–I do most of my cooking at night (after work), so I use an external flash (SB-600) on my camera and I bounce the light off the ceiling. If you’re interested in more details, I talked about this flash in one of the first posts I wrote in my ‘photography’ section.
I wish I could use natural light–it’s the best option–but unfortunately by the time dinner is on the table (especially now with the time change) it’s waaaay too dark, even right next to a window.
Thanks so much. I’ll definitely do some reading in your photography section. I don’t have natural light either. One might say the lighting in my kitchen is “office-like.” Wretched, but I do what I can for now. 🙂
I feel your pain about the ‘office lighting’ . . . thankfully you can correct the color balance with your camera to create a warmer picture despite the bad lighting. And the power of that flash . . . I really can’t say enough about it. I use it for pretty much every food shot that goes up on this blog.
I was just thinking the same thing, so I’ve been trawling through your posts. What a blog it is too…, I get really excited when I come across a blog like this, love it.
Your culinery endeavors never cease to amaze, Jenna! Looking forward to smelling that delish pot roast, come Sunday… 🙂 I’m thinking about maybe bringing along my recipe and ingredients for a delectable cinnamon bundt cake for the potluck … Think we’d have time to bake that amidst the scrapbooking chaos?
Sure, if we meet early enough. =) If I have the pot roasts in the oven it might be challenging to fit in a bundt cake as well, but I’m sure we can make it work!
Can’t wait to try out all these recipes. They sound fantastic!
Also love your header pic btw. Beautiful 🙂
Thanks for commenting on my blog!
I cannot believe you made that; it looks like a magazine picture!
GORGEOUS!
I love your photography style, mama.
When I come through Chicago next year I’ll have to do a dinner with you!
<3
voted for you 🙂
Hooray, thanks! Though it looks like the cheesecake recipe is blowing mine out of the water . . . deservedly so!
Absolutely delicious!!
That flash sounds excitn and lemme check if the poll is still on:-)