Half Hour Meals member, Nancyscooking is the author of not just a food blog, but an entire site dedicated to food. Read on to learn more about Nancy and her husband Matt and their exciting food adventures!
Your site, Food Tastes Yummy, is not just a blog, but an entire website! How do you keep up with such a large undertaking?
I realize that most bloggers don’t blog everyday but I manage to keep it up by planning my meals ahead of time. I make sure that, most of the time, I’m not re-creating a dish specifically only for the blog. I want the recipes to be one one of my daily breakfast, lunch, dinner or desserts. Also, grocery shopping once a week also means that planning needs to be involved for a grocery list to be possible. I absolutely love food and cooking so I don’t consider this really a large undertaking.
Are all of the recipes posted your own creations? What inspires you when creating a new recipe?
Most of the recipes on the blog are my own creation, but of course when I do post a recipe from another source I always make sure to give credit where credit is due. Cookbooks inspire me, food and cooking websites like Half Hour Meals inspire me, going grocery shopping inspires me. Really I could be just walking outside and a recipe will pop into my head. Luckily, I always carry a little notebook with me just in case.
Take us through a usual day in your kitchen.
The usual day in the kitchen really is no different than any other home cook out there. I make sure to have a good breakfast, and have my morning coffee. Once I have those I’m set for the rest of the day. I just make sure to cook around the same times every day so I can keep a daily routine going.
Name 5 ingredients you can’t live without.
Oh this is an easy one…. olive oil, garlic, tomatoes (can never have too much of this), salt and cheese. Most recipes call for one or more of these ingredients. These are definitely my must haves in the kitchen!
Your husband also writes, but about beverages rather than food. It sounds like a match made in heaven – is it really?
Yes! Matt was buying the occasional wine or beer so he can enjoy it at dinner time. He almost always had an opinion about what he was drinking, which then got me thinking. Matt also happens to be a terrific writer as well (I do realize here that I am little biased) but really he was a natural fit for the blog. Needless to say, we are very much enjoying the blogging ride together.
Food Tastes Yummy is only 5 months old, but very full so far. Do you see yourself still blogging a year from now? What are your plans?
Most definitely! I always wanted to start a food blog but didn’t know how to go about starting one until 5 months ago. I plan to blog about my love for food and provide recipes for all those home cooks out there for years to come. I am in the preliminary stages right now of re-designing the blog for next year. I plan to make the blog more interactive and hopefully I will start posting videos next year as well. I am currently working on holiday recipes and will have some guest Christmas food bloggers posting their favourite holiday recipes soon.
Have you tried others’ recipes from Half Hour Meals?
I have tried several recipes from Half Hour Meals and really thoroughly enjoyed them. The lemon bars I made recently were really delicious. I have a personal notebook full of recipes I love, and I wrote down several of the Half Hour Meals recipes that I plan to make again and again!
How would you describe Half Hour Meals to others?
I consider Half Hour Meals to be a website that assists people to find tasty recipes so that they can make a fast meal at home. I just love the idea of homecooks and foodies coming together on a website, and helping others just like themselves to cook satisfying meals during the busy work week. I have recommended this site to quite a few people that are always stuck on what to make for dinner. They haven’t complained since.
Thanks so much for sharing your blogging life with us, Nancy! Please stop by her blog or her page here at Half Hour Meals to find out more about Nancy.