My dear friend Erika from loveliveraw invited me to take
part in a blog tour about the writing process. I have met Erika on instagram, where
she shares beautiful pictures and writes about healthy living. Even if I have
not met her IRL, she feels like a true friend. Here is her bio:
“My name is Erika and I'm a sailing
chef, a true foodie and a health nut. I'm a high raw vegan (about 80%) and my
biggest passion in life is creating and playing with new recipes. I've been a
rawfoodie since october -12 and have never felt better. The health benefits are
just endless. So here I'm going to share my recipes, most raw all vegan,
information about “how and why” and also our ongoing project “Open New Doors” –
a Raw Food café and a design shop, focusing on organic and sustainable decor,
which will open on our farm in June”.
So now over to my writing process. I write everyday on my
food and baking blog and also I have written two e-books about healthy treats.
I usually don’t write long intros that lead to the recipe I’m posting, but
sometimes I feel that the recipe has a story to tell, for example a childhood
memory.
1. What am I working on?
I work daily with my blog, creating recipes, taking and
editing photos, and writing down the recipes. I have a
creative mind and food ideas keep constantly popping out of my head, some of them better
than others. Haha! Food inspires me, and I love to walk around the Farmers’
Market getting ideas to new recipes. The options are endless.
What I could work more on in my blog posts is to share
personal happenings and thoughts from my life. Sometimes I get more personal and I think you appreciate it.
I have written two e-books about healthy treats and I have two more e-books on the way. I'm currently working on a book about
healthy and easy food. It will be an introduction to a green lifestyle.
I arrange baking schools for children and I love to see the
joy in the children when they get to be creative.
I take photos of my creations every day. I often have a vision ready in my head already before even starting to make the food, "this is how I want it to look" or "I want these colours", then I aim towards that vision in recipe planning and my photography. I think photography is a
lifelong learning process. I have my own style and I can see my progress when looking at older photos.
2) How does my work differ from others of its genre?
I began blogging in October 2010 while living abroad in
Singapore. It was from the support of my husband and my friends that gave me
the courage to start blogging. My goal with my blog is to let people know that
cooking food and baking is not difficult and that you can live a healthy and
nutritious life on a vegetarian diet. I like to experiment a lot in the kitchen
and use ingredients in baking that aren’t normally used, like avocados and beans.
Even if these are now getting more used in baking. I like to think that I have
recipes that inspire people and recipes that let them think outside the box.
Giving them an “Aha! feeling”.
I think living abroad has affected my style in food making.
Finding the same ingredients as back home is not always easy and I often find new and interesting ways when trying out local ingredients. For me this has been a positive challenge, I think
it’s great to try new things and to experiment in the kitchen is always
something I look forward to.
3) Why do I write what I do?
Through my blog, I hope to motivate and inspire people and
share my recipes. And I like the interaction on my blog, people telling me they
have tried one of my recipes or how they have tweaked my recipes and made them
their own. Giving and receiving!
4) How does my writing process work?
My writing process is part of my blogging. There are several
phases before I get to the writing part. 1. I have an idea 2. Write down the
recipe 3. Shop the ingredients 4. Make the recipe 5. Take photos 6. Import and
edit photos on my computer 7. Write down the whole recipe with instructions 8.
Write a blog post.
Sometimes a recipe can be very dear and have lots of
memories for me. That’s something I try to share with my readers in my blog
texts. And also if I have eaten in a restaurant and want to recreate the food
at home I want to share that with my readers. Sharing is caring, right? And I
think it’s really important to tell when you are trying someone else’s recipe,
to give credit to the recipe maker.
Let’s continue this blog tour and next week The Veggie Sisters from Greece will be writing about their writing process. Here is their
bio:
“Hi! We are two sisters from Greece, Lenia and Manousina,
who loves cooking healthy, delicious, vegetarian and energizing recipes! We
want to prove that healthy food was never sooo yummy! Follow us on our culinary
adventures! Let’s go!"
16 Comments
Great post, we got to know you better!
ReplyDeleteKisses,sweetie!
Thank you sweeties! Hugs!!
DeleteSpännande läsning! Tack för att du delar med dig! Kram!
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ReplyDeleteTack, kul att du tycker det!
DeleteKul att läsa, och få veta lite mer om hur du jobbar :) Kram!
ReplyDeleteTack sĂĄ mycket Kristin. Kram!
DeleteSå intressant att få läsa lite mer om dej och hur du arbetar med din blogg och matlagning.
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DeleteVad trevligt att läsa lite mer personligt om dig! Massa kramar
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DeleteMycket trevlig läsning! Kul att få veta mer om dig! <3
ReplyDeleteSå kul att få insikt i hur någon annan skapar på sin blogg, tack för att du delar med dig! Kram
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