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Turnip Return

08 Sunday Dec 2013

Posted by Jessica in NaBloPoMo 2013, Soups & Stews

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blogging, cooking, fall, NaBloPoMo, soup, turnips, vegetables, vegetarian, winter

turnip soup + TASTY BREAD

So we’re one week into December, and I have to say that while it’s been nice not making myself post every day for NaBloPoMo, it’s also been weird. More often than not, I feel like I’ve been in a bit of a funk, though not entirely because of not blogging. NaBloPoMo did often feel like a struggle, but having the daily purpose/accomplishment made up for it, which was something I noticed last year. I did need the breather, though. Last weekend I washed an absurd amount of dishes due to baking for Austin Bakes, so there wasn’t any real cooking or baking for the next few days to write about anyway.

I’m not sure what led to this realization, but it occurred to me the other day that I had never (knowingly) had a turnip. How had this not happened? I am 31 years old. Turnips are pretty basic, right? I seem to think of them as “northern” vegetables, along with the somewhat equally foreign parsnips and rutabagas. They are all available here, so I guess it’s more that my family never ate them. In my quest to try pretty much anything once (and to also pull myself out of mopey-ness), turnip soup needed to be made. Continue reading →

NaBloPoMo Musings

10 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by Jessica in NaBloPoMo 2012

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blogging, NaBloPoMo

Tea, pie, pajamas, writing...in bed.

Oh, hi. Remember me? Sorry I spammed your inbox/RSS/etc. for a month. Maybe we all needed a break after that.

Honestly, I kind of miss NaBloPoMo and the forced purpose it gave me as a blogger. I feel like I had been in a blogging funk for the past year, and needed something to shake me out of it. If you find yourself in a similar place, may I recommend doing your own NaBloPoMo? It’s oddly refreshing and exhausting all at once. You learn a lot from it, too.

One of my first realizations was that blogging daily would force me to get out more. One might assume that the opposite would be true, but there are a lot more things going on outside of my house than in it! Sometimes I’ll be on the fence about doing something/going somewhere, but in November, there was no question: “I can blog about it!” The first example: the JBG farm tour. I found out about it the day before and thought it would be fun, but then almost didn’t go. Thinking of it as a freebie blog post led to a last minute mind change, and I’m glad I went!

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Hey, Austin, hey.

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Blogger Guilt

09 Friday Nov 2012

Posted by Jessica in NaBloPoMo 2012

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blogging, NaBloPoMo

tree or veins?

Blogging is a funny thing, especially when you do it as a hobby. It’s just for fun, right? Then why do I feel guilty when I haven’t been able to muster up a real interest in Google+? (Don’t worry, I don’t feel that guilty about it.) “Maybe tomorrow” has become kind of a theme with a lot of items on my blogging to-do list.

And then as a food blogger, there is a tendency to feel like you’ve got to eat the most AHH-MAZING meals 24/7. Some bloggers may actually follow through with this, especially if that’s their job, but I have no problem eating PB&J or an Amy’s dinner here and there. You just won’t see any photographic evidence on instagram. Well, usually… Continue reading →

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