Lighten Up!
I finally caught up with the rest of the blog world, and made a light box! (Thank you, (Never)Homemaker!)
Check it out!
It was a fun afternoon project, and it made today’s eats look as delicious as they were!
Lunch: TJ’s chopped veggies, topped with garlic hummus
And for dinner, I decided to bust out the rice cooker my brother and sister-in-law got my for christmas, and whip up the recipe below:
Mexican Mess (sorry, I couldn’t think of a good name for this, and it does sort of look like a mess)
- 1/4 cup long grain brown rice
- 3/4 cup bell peppers (I used all three colors!)
- 1 medium onion
- 1/2 cup black beans
- 1 tsp lime juice
- black pepper
- garlic salt
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
I just cooked the rice in the rice cooker, while I sauted the onion and peppers in a skillet (sprayed with a little olive oil) with lime juice, black pepper, and garlic salt. Then once the rice was basically cooked, I tossed in the peppers and beans, and let them all sit in the cooker for a bit. Then I took it out and topped it with nutritional yeast, for an extra vitamin/protein boost! This was SO delicious and easy to make!
Anyone got any photo taking tips they want to share? I’m hoping to get a basic version of Photoshop soon, so I can play around with editing!
I hope you’re all having a fantastic weekend!
<3 Liz
Your Mexican mess looks absolutely delicious!!! 🙂
Wow! I never even knew this is how bloggies enhanced their pics!
Oh my sweet heavens I need to make me one of those! Your food looks so amazing, the colors are insanely beautiful. That Mexi-Mess had to have been delicious, those are some of my favorite ingredients all thrown together, I’d tackle that baby with millions of corn tortillas very happily.
I need to go buy me some 3 cheap lights… and a box…
That is awesome that you made a light box. I really need to work on improving my picture quality. That “mess” looks delish!
I never thought to make a homemade one!
Look how snazzy your colorful veggie-tastic meals look with the light box! whoohoo! I just made my husband double the size of my lightbox this morning. I’m such a brat.
xoXOxo
jenn
My hubby would throw a fit if I made one of those lol I already take up all the closet space with my clothes, he’d freak if I took up our spare bedroom with a light box too!
Hahaha I’m lucky that I live alone! Not sure what I’m gonna do with it when I move into a new apt with roommates!
Often, most things I make end up looking like messes. But whatev. It usually tastes A-mazing!
Those pics DO look good! Wow!
Hmm, maybe I need to do that…
Wow, I’d never heard of a light box…so that’s the secret to all the perfect-looking food pictures I see on blogs? I will def. have to make one like you did! Your pictures look gorgeous! And Mexican Mess is a cool name! 🙂