About Food

Photo: © Sukaina Rajabali/Sips and Spoonfuls

At the beginning of 2008, I started looking more after my diet. The eye-opener was when I finally realized that the amounts of sweets and chocolates that I had at night after dinner very regularly were not doing any good to me. I felt lame in the morning, my appetite would not come until lunchtime, I'd eat healthy at lunchtime and dinner but would have another craving for food later at night which I again satisfied with chocolate and sweets.

I started looking for sugar alternatives, switched from refined grains to whole grains, refined flours to wholemeal flours. I started experimenting with spices. In fact I started enjoying cooking. I basically took over the kitchen department completely in our house.

In June 2009, in my never-ending search for new and exciting recipes, I came across Heidi Swanson's 101 cookbooks food blog which made a huge impression on me, with both the recipes and the food photography. And I thought, I can do this too (or at least try): posting recipes, writing a little story that goes along them and take some pictures.

Now here we are: welcome to my little but ever expanding personal food journal and cookbook. Join me exploring new ways of healthy eating, "healthy" being based on mostly natural ingredients. We are carnivores, but I take a special interest in exploring vegetarian, vegan and raw foods as I find them incredibly inventive and tasty.

This blog is a learning thing for me, I learn about good foods and new foods, I learn how to cook and I keep myself open to inspiration and knowledge. I hope to pass this passion on to people who enjoy my foods and with this blog, pass it on to people who have the same interest in good and healthy foods.