Photos of What We Eat #1: Grilled Oregon Albacore tuna
Summer supper outside, Wednesday evening
- Grilled fresh local Oregon Albacore tuna
- Cucumber in a yogurt and dill sauce (the cucumber is from our garden, the dill from a local farmer (via our CSA), and the yogurt is Nancy’s – another Oregon local product)
- Roasted beets and Fingerling potatoes (both from our local CSA)
- Blueberry and blue cheese salad with a light vinaigrette (all local produce)
Introducing a New Series: Photos of What We Eat
I’ve had several inquiries from readers on what exactly we eat at home, so rather than launching into some long diatribe on the subject, I thought I’d just show you.
This is the first entry in this series on Almost Fit which is tentatively named, “Photos of What We Eat.” (The title’s a bit long, but it’s the best I have at the moment). Today’s photo is locally caught Oregon Albacore tuna, served with a variety of locally grown vegetables that came either from our garden or from this week’s CSA box. And while I am certain you are going to get tired of me saying this, it was truly delicious.
By way of disclosure, in this series I will say that not every meal is going to be perfect – I’m erring on the side of candor, even if it means the photo is little more than a fabulously lit box of macaroni. While we strive to eat seasonally and locally as much as we can, we do buy products that fall outside the bounds of those guidelines. We still buy things like coffee and balsamic vinegar, and if I want an orange in January, well, I buy that orange in January.
We make responsible choices, but we are also realistic: with two young children, sometimes convenience is the order of the day. It is increasingly rare, but on occasion we have been known to feed the kids a bowl of goldfish crackers and a “natural” fruit roll up.
Ah, to be well rounded.
Hope you enjoy the photos. Comments and questions are welcome.
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This is a cool idea. I don’t know if you intend to do this or not, but maybe include the recipes with some of the pictures. I’m not sure if you are wanting to go that detailed with this series, but I thought I’d throw out the suggestion.
@Tom: Hey there Tom! Great idea. I am going to try to shoot for the photo as the baseline, but when I have time or inspiration I’ll definitely insert a few recipes. Thanks for the suggestion!
Can I come over for dinner? Seriously…
–Jenn
Love it. Pictures are worth more than words, or at least worth as much and they stay with me longer. Excellent idea and thanks for sharing.
Robin
Oh and can I come over for dinner also???
Excellent idea for a series. I’m always looking for an answer to that timeless question, “Hey, what’s for dinner?” If only I could come up with a response for, “Who’s making it? that isn’t in the first person.
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Great idea. I’ve fallen in love with my new camera, taking pictures almost everyday. I’ll have to do some with food, too.
BTW, I finally got more active with my flickr account, downloading all of my photos there. Currently, the picture of dog poop (you remember), is my most viewed one. Who knew?
I’m looking forward to following your series. Hey, maybe you could add these photos to your IA profile……………..:)
@Lisa: Hey there Lisa – somehow I missed your comment. That is funny on the dog poop photo! I will have to do that over at IA. I’ve tried once before and it didn’t work – but I think it may have been the computer I was using.
Thanks for dropping by!
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