I went back to the farmers market over the weekendand saw some beautiful blue food.
Locally grown blueberries
And these blue baby artichokes just spoke to me.
Something about the teal plastic baskets, against the purple “tablecloth” with the blue artichokes in the basket, and the way the lattices of the plastic basket resemble the intricate folds of the artichoke tips, I just loved the layers of composition. <—How’s that for over-analyzing?
But that’s how my brain and eyes see things. And as a budding photographer, I try to see things even more so like that.
I think there’s a photo in almost anything. And nature and food are always a great source of inspiration.
And although not technically blue, plums are pretty and in season.
And grapes are great to crunch on.
And they’re even better when they’re frozen. Mmm, good. It’s the simple things.
And in honor of Blue (and purple) Food, how about trying:
Microwave Blueberry Banana Oat Cakes
Ginger Roasted Tri-Color Potatoes
Vegan Gluten Free Blueberry Streusel Muffins
Channel your inner Rainbow Recipe Eating and try some blue and purple food. Or any other color.
Like Brown and White.
Thanks for the compliments on my Magic Eight Bars from my last post. My new twist on Seven Layer Bars and yes, they are pretty magical. If you’ve never tried Seven Layer Bars/Magic Bars, you should try them. Or my version with white chocolate chips and Heath Bar bits rather than nuts.
That’s the image that both FoodGawker and Tasteologie accepted. I actually liked other images better, but that’s what they liked. Go figure.
Questions:
1. What was the last blue or purple food you ate?
Grapes, blueberries, and blackberries for me.
2. Did you celebrate Father’s Day Weekend? Best thing you ate or did over the weekend?
We celebrated but very low key. Scott had to work much of the day Saturday, and I worked both Saturday and Sunday but we squeezed in some family time which was great.
And he enjoyed the gift Skylar made for him.
The best things about my weekend were time in the kitchen to bake, eating Magic Eight Bars, making photos and playing with my camera, and being outside.
And of course being with Skylar!
i feel like we would get along well. i can’t tell you how often i see something through my “camera eye” that looks so…normal…to the human eye. i’ll be out and about and just all of a sudden be like “wow, just LOOK at this LIGHT right now!” or “LOOK at the COLORS of this!” and “this would make a wonderful photograph!” haha. ahhh, well. I’m used to the eyerolls by now ;)
Loving all your blue foods! I’ve got my strawberries in season now, but since I can never be happy with what I have, now I just can’t wait for blueberry picking :P
bloobs aka blueberries :) i went to lunch with my fam yesterday to celebrate father’s day and it was a really good visit! my little brother got engaged on sat night!! so exciting :) best thing i did was go to a glass factory gallery show, so cool and very talented glassworkers!
Aww, all these wonderful blue foods! I’m totally craving blueberries now … (I almost bought some today, but then didn’t because I still had strawberries to finish off – tomorrow! :D)
Your pictures are really fantastic! Last blue thing I ate was blueberries of course!!
cool artichokes! I’ve never seen those, but there are a few foods I’ve seen that have purple twins too, like blue sweet potatoes. It’s been too long since I’ve eaten a purple food, I guess I had some frozen berries in a smoothie yesterday but I have to get on that! Too many fresh purple fruits right now to enjoy.
I’m jonesing for those taters…yum. I love veggies and yoga too! Your blog is great.
I ate a few purple grapes this morning, but I’m not a big grape fan. Give me melon over grapes any day! But I really want blackberries. Which are really more purple than black, but whatever.
I bought blueberries today! They’re not local, but they were on sale foe $1.99 a pint. I’m making blueberry cobbler. :)
Great pics, did you get the artichokes? Never tried blue ones before, wondered what they taste like.
1. Frozen organic blueberries in my smoothie this morning.
2. Nope, it was a quiet weekend. My dad is not too huge into celebrating it, so I chipped in on a gift with my sisters.
No I didnt buy them..just admired them :)
I am a grape fanatic. I actually have a hard time not eating all of them in one go, which my stomach is NEVER a fan of!
Oh my goodness now I really want blueberries
Woah. Purple artichokes? Never seen any before! But I LOVE artichokes, so I will have to look for them…
fresh blueberries! and they were on sale!
i’ve never tried frozen grapes – must get on that for july + august…
i really like that photo that foodgawker chose – what does it for me is the three-dimensional aspect – the squares in the tower seem to be coming out of the photo at you…right into your mouth, haha!
Blue foods = higher phytonutrients = healthy life! GO BLUE! All of the produce looks delicious!
Such beautiful produce!!!! I love, love, love summer-sweet blueberries!
Beautiful artichoke pictures!