I {heart} Food Blogs

I don't like to cook. I really want to like it, but I just don't. But as a newlywed and future mother, I have come to realize that a meal is about nurturing and love so I am motivated to revisit my relationship with cooking. In my quest to find recipes (preferably ones that take about 30 minutes prep time and involve less than 6 ingredients) I stumbled upon some amazing food blogs. Their recipes are a little intimidating but the pictures are so gorgeous and full of texture and detail that it is inspirational.

What Katie Ate is one of the best food blogs. It's not just her amazing recipes but her absolutely amazing pictures. She also has the best collection of vintage cooking tools. She nails the new culinary trend of authentic, rustic presentation versus the perfect, overly staged one. A lot of pictures are "messy" and partially eaten or with sauce dripping and unevenly sliced vegetables and fruits.

Cannelle et Vanille is another gorgeously shot food blog. She is not only a culinary master, but an expert at photography and detail. You can almost taste her pictures!

Une-Deux Senses is a California girl after my California heart. Her recipes are approachable but fantastic looking - they look way harder to make than they actually are. They are just exotic enough but manageable. In true California style, she has ethnic recipes, healthy recipes, and has her own adaptations.

When I travel I love taking pictures of my favorite dishes. Here are some of my favorite food pictures taken by yours truly!

I loved these heart shaped doughnuts that we had in Positano, Italy. They were filled with yummy custard.

I love love love Bistro Jeanty in Yountville, California. It's a cute little french restaurant with eclectic decor and amazing food. This was an heirloom tomato salad with basil, olive oil, and a balsamic reduction. I am now obsessed with heirloom tomatoes and have it on my salads daily!

Quintessentially New England! My husband and I go to Kittery, Maine every time we visit his parents and go to Roberts Maine Grill for steamers and lobster. We tend to be there in the off season in the winter so at times we have the restaurant to ourselves. It's so nice and quiet and quaint - a perfect way to spend a winter day.

This meal in Rome was just so rustic. In the States you rarely get a whole fish, with head in tact nonetheless. This sea bass was so simple but so fresh and flakey. It reminds me that sometimes a dish doesn't have to be complicated to be delicious.