Food is beautiful

I love taking photos of food! Food has so many rich, vibrant colors and textures that are so unique. I love how you can change and manipulate these colors and textures even when you're just simply slicing it. 

I love to cook so I get to work with all different kinds of ingredients. I love how you're able to build up flavors as you go, especially when I'm experimenting. 

Here are some of my most favorite pictures of food that I've taken. I hope you like them and enjoy them as much I do. 

Pork lumpia that I made last night. I took a picture of it because I'm starting a little side business of selling them freshly made every week.

I was slicing up some strawberries to make strawberry flavored ginger ale when I looked down at the chopping board and fell in love with what I saw. Of course, I had to take a picture! 

Last night's dinner was one-pot pasta. I got the recipe from Pinterest. 

It's a Western tradition to keep the top layer of the wedding cake for the couple to eat on their first wedding anniversary. We did just that and I kept the sugar flower that adorned the roof our cake, too! It tasted as good as we remembered it from taste testing and our wedding!

Beautiful pesto pasta and chicken. The pesto is Giada de Laurentis' Lemon Parsley Pesto which I got from googling pesto recipes that do not use basil. I love the vibrant green and the sliced chicken just completes the look of the dish. Unfortunately I didn't like the flavor profile of the pesto because I realized I am not a fan of parsley. 

My Bucket List

I just realized that with this blog, I have been able to fulfill a couple of things on my list of things I would like to accomplish. I also realize that because I have so many things I want to do and to experience, it's a good idea to have a list. 

So, without further ado, I would like to share my list. Please note, this list does not necessarily follow the order in which it is shown and will be updated as I remember more things I want on it.

1.  Be confident and create a blog that I will let people know of. No more hiding! -- DONE! You're reading it right now! Hooray!!! Thanks to my number 1 fan, Andrew. I love you sweetie!
2. Fall in love, be in love, be loved, be happy then have another baby with this man so Zenon can stop begging for a brother. -- Given the complexities of this item on my list, this should have merited a completely separate list with it'a own special category but since they have happened, I'll just keep it here. Hi Andrew, cheers to life well lived and a love forever true, and welcome Zayden to our crazy and super happy family!
2. Travel overseas with my boys and not just to the Philippines.
3. Learn cake decorating.
4. Get better at drawing. Practice more!
5. Learn to paint with watercolor and oil paints!
6. Start a small business...but first, figure out what the small business will be.
7. Re-learn Japanese.
8. Go back to Vegas with Andrew. Dinner at Tom Colicchio's Heritage Steak will be a definite stop! Don't forget to use and earn points on the M Life Card!!!
9. Learn to sew things well using my sewing machine.
10. Create my series of paintings on Filipino Street Vendors using mixed media starting with the "Sorbetero" (Ice Cream vendor).

I'm sure I'll never be done with this list...ever!

Update for 13 Nov 15

11. Photography!!! I love taking pictures of everything! Recently I've been falling in love with taking pictures of food which leads to...

12. Food adventures galore! I love food and I love discovering new flavors.

So, I've been documenting any new food and places we've been able to try. So I guess I can claim to be a wannabe foodie now, too!