Photography and Food

I hope you all had a great day! Today I got to do something that I have wanted to do for quite awhile. I love photography! I love capturing moments for all to see. I don't have a super fancy camera, but the one I have works great and today I got to take Ruby out to take photos of Bean's friend and her family. What an honor. I knew we would be out for awhile so I wanted a breakfast that was filling but quick and easy to make. I decided on Date Blender Bars. This recipe was inspired by one that I saw online butI have changed it quite a bit to work with what we had in the house.

Date Blender Bars

1 cup dates
1/2 cup cashews
1/2 sunflower seeds
1/4 peanut butter
2 tbs chia seeds
1 tsp vanilla

Blend in a high power blender or food processor. Pack down firmly in a baking dish. Chill for 30 minutes or more. We tried skipping the chilling part and my bars turned into a crumbly, tasty mess. The third pic is an un-chilled bar.



Normally, I add a scoop of vegan vanilla protein powder into our bars, but today I was rushing and forgot. Oh well, the bars we delicious, filling, and gave me the fuel I needed to photography Bean's friend and family. The family was so appreciative that they took Bean and I out for lunch. We ended up at our neighborhood Mexican restaurant and enjoyed a lovely lunch. Due to the cheese on the spinach enchiladas, mine was not vegan, but at least we stuck to a vegetarian meal for lunch. This will be my "cheat" for the week.

After a long morning, Bean was ready for a nap and I had some photo editing to work on, so we snuggled in bed until he fell asleep and then I worked next to him. Once he woke up it was time to start thinking about dinner. Dinner was a wonderful chickpea and cauliflower curry served over a bed of tri-colored quinoa mixed with basmati rice. Bean absolutely loved it and even had second! I thought it was really good but could have used a little more heat. I'm attaching screenshots of the recipe since it is a recipe from an app I use.






For how packed this day was, I was proud that I still managed to get a couple of healthy meals on the table. Tomorrow is Sunday so I will be taking a break from blogging, but will add any culinary adventures from tomorrow into the Monday blog.

Until next time, I wish you good eats and good health.