Food Photo Therapy & Eat a Rainbow!

Blogging always seems to happen when I have to wait in for Gift collections from my business or courier deliveries. This morning I have both. I am waiting for a lovely customer to collect her Nappy Cake and for Groupon to deliver parts that were missing with our brand new table we ordered last week. Do not get me started on the Groupon situation, absolutely shocking service and it took us to launch war through Twitter & Facebook to get a solution for our issue! oh the power of social media!

 At the moment I am also feeling like a limb has been chopped off, due to me not having my mobile phone. It decided on Saturday night that enough was enough and it switched off never to be seen again. It is ridiculous how much I am missing it. I have had to go back to using a clock for the time, a computer for emails and when I am out I am completely uncontactable (which I think I am secretly enjoying!) How did our cavemen ancestors survive without all this instant communication? I havent quite reached the need for drawing pictures on the walls yet to communicate with my man. But it could happen ;) the part I am most saddened about is the loss of ALL my photos :( a whole year in photos has vanished. Whilst I uploaded some to my Facebook & Instagram, there were lots that I didn't and now they are gone. My own fault I know, I should of backed them up, but always in the thinking....arrr it will be fine, I will do it tomorrow!. Let's hope I have learnt my lesson now.

Those of you that know me will know that I do like taking photos and I am 100% guilty of photoing most things that go onto my plate and down the hatchet. I love to cook and like to take care when presenting a meal on a plate, I believe we eat with our eyes, if it looks good it will taste good and be full of goodness so I snap a photo. Not because I am obsessed with food......ok maybe a little, but I love cooking & sharing recipes and believe it or not some people do actually enjoy seeing my photos and will then go ahead and cook them for themselves, which I find hugely flattering. 

This comment on my Scotch Bonnet Sauce Recipe made my evening!

I also believe that taking photos of the food you are eating is good therapy and a great way to be critical of what you are eating. In my meal photos I like to see colour and plenty of it, the saying I have is "Eat a Rainbow" the benefit of eating 'colours' is all the nutrients you can gain. 

I love using Instagram, to me its like one big recipe book.(id:- LyndseyG83) (shameless profile plug!) 

I follow some amazing inspiring foodies who have the same reasoning which is great for swapping tips and gaining new ideas. I am really missing that too at the minute, whats the point in cooking nice things if I can't take a photo of it to share *wink* (jokes)

To be honest I get quite a kick out of looking back through my photos of that week and seeing all the colours that I have consumed and all the goodness I have gained and it makes me feel good.

I challenge anyone to do the same. For ONE week take a photo of every meal you consume. Then look back and be critical. Please feel free to share your photos with me LovingPaleoUK@live.co.uk and I would love to share them on the blog :)

Enjoy your week
and don't forget......EAT A RAINBOW!