Food Finds - Persimmons and Cranberries

So it is coming down to Christmas vacation and as a result lots of deadlines and projects are due - I am busy but loving each project.

As a result of my increased workload - I have bought quick, easy food (granola bars, soups, etc.) but I did buy two new items from the fruit section.

1. Persimmons - strange orange tomatoes that are apparently sweet. I am yet to try them but all I know is I would like to try this persimmon and ricotta scone recipe. But I think I should just slice and dice and put them on my morning greek yogurt because they are full of good stuff like vitamin C, copper, potassium, vitamin B etc. (nutritional benefits found: here).  

Then I bought fresh cranberries.

I decided to eat one as soon as I came home - one that was fresh and crisp and boy was it sour sour sour. My face was definitely priceless with this tiny berry in my mouth.

So I threw the cranberries in the freezer to prolong their sour life until I knew what to do them.

On Friday the answer came to me in my inbox. A blog I follow had just baked a cranberry and maple cornbread. It looked good.

So this morning I baked myself some cornbread and gobbled up a sizable square of it for a late breakfast. Get the recipe: here.

I have leftover cranberries in the freezer and envision them in a glass of sparkling wine keeping it cool and adding some colour - so might just have to go buy a bottle.

Happy December :)

Engagement Photography - back in June

So back in June I promised to show you some of the photos I took of my good buddy and her fiance (at the time). It was my wedding gift to the couple.

I told you about the photo shoot: HERE

So just six months later here are some of my favourite photographs from the shoot for you to see. Hope you enjoy them.

Food Shopping Adventures

I love to eat and cook food.

And due to this love affair, I consequently love the grocery store, food markets, restaurant going, experimenting with new ingredients, following food blogs, and currently my most active Pinterest board is my "Recipes to Try".

Now I have been racking my brain as to what series I can do on this blog. I use to do "Last Week's Likes" and "Fun Photo Friday" but I find those posts hard to commit to. And my everyday is a bit routine now with school.

Then I had this brilliant idea of telling you about my food shopping adventures. I think it is brilliant because I grocery shop every week and I definitely throw things into my cart that are purely experimental.

Will I like everything - probably not - but at least I will find out.

And who knows - maybe you will be inspired to pick up the food item next time you head to the grocery store.

So last week along with my usual purchases I bought:

- Bosc pears

- Raw and unsalted pumpkin seeds

I bought the pears because they looked like they would be fun to photograph and back in Barbados you never just eat a pear (they are imported and are usual over ripe and mushy when they reach the tropics). So I decided to give them a shot. 

Overall I liked them... don't need to buy them again anytime soon... prefer eating an apple... and avocado pear still remains my favourite (in Barbados avocado is called pear).

Still many types of pears to try.

The next adventurous food purchase was raw, unsalted pumpkin seeds.

I chose this particular seed because my taxi driver to Halifax airport was a raw foodist and mentioned the amazing nutritional value of raw nuts and seeds. She made special mention of pumpkin seeds and how much zinc they have in them and apparently zinc makes your skin glow (but the seed has to be raw because once cooked it loses most of its zinc.... this is all according to a 3-yr raw foodist whose credentials I did not personal see). Nonetheless my ears perked up at this tidbit - so when I saw the seeds there was no questioning this purchase.

Every girl wants their skin to glow... no?

Success - I love them. I have had them as just a snack here and there to curve hunger between meals and I have sprinkled them on my morning greek yogurt with fruit and other goodness. So I definitely recommend!

And on a side note pumpkin seeds are really good for you - especially you fellows. Check out info about the pumpkin seed: HERE.