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Love For Food

Love For Food

@love4food.bsky.social

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Amateur home cook on a budget Always running out of spoons Vicarious food traveler Anthony Bourdain fan Interested in all things food

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Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Mar 2

For #Caturday I present this little orange shrimp in his new favorite box 🍤😸

Dino, and orange cat, appears to have turned into liquid and poured himself into a Nissin Shrimp Flavor CHOW MEIN display box that now lives on this plastic folding table that one of the humans uses as a computer desk. His nose is tucked in to what may be either belly fur or a back leg, with the top of his head and ears pointed towards us. The box's sides are bowing outwards from it's base. We can just barely discern the cat's tail squeezed between it's body and the side of the box on the right

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

As parents, I feel that most of us make the best choices we can given the circumstances we have. Personally I am just grateful my kids never had to go to bed hungry the way I did growing up, and that they never struggled with ARFID.

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

Before all that, I managed an apt complex when they were little, most meals were scratch, it was wonderful. Ended through no choice of mine. Landlord sold to a management company.

By the time kids were 10/14, my health started going downhill despite decades of healthy food, yoga, etc. 3/

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

Later, it was up 5:30, 30 min drive to drop kids at school, 30-45 min drive to work, back to pick up kids, 30 min drive to dance, 45 min drive home. For a few years, one kid had to be at dance 6 days/wk. We moved across the street from the studio. 2/

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

Yeah, for us, it was more like H started work at 5am. I got up 8am, homeschooled 2 kids while also preparing breakfast, lunch, and cleaning house. Dropped kids off with H at his work, drove to my work. Got home 10pm. 6 days/wk for me, 5 for H 🧵

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

Also, you can buy individually packaged foods in bulk, as in a bigger box with many packages items, where each individual item costs less because you are buying so many.

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

Well, say what you will. I was only trying to point out that we don't know everyone else's struggles and a little understanding goes a long way. My nearest Trader Joe's is a 90 minute drive one way. Chronic illness affects my ability to cook. Everything is a choice, but not always an easy one.

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 6

I made mac n beef using limited edition Campbell's Condensed Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup 🍲☺️ #foodsky #homecook #comfortfood #americanfood #food 🍽️🍜

7qt nonstick caldera containing a mixture of browned ground beef, cooked macaroni pasta, Campbell's Condensed Limited Edition Grilled Cheese & Tomato Soup, milk, and some additional seasonings sits on a black electric stovetop. In front of it, at bottom left, I have laid one empty can of the soup to show it's bold yellow/orange and red label.

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Applesauce can be bought in bulk and stored for longer. We also have food deserts where it is difficult to find fresh produce without a long drive. We have deep, cultural problems with food here. I could go on and on about corporate greed, subsidized crops, etc. Just saying it's harder than it seems

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

If we could fabricate time out of thin air the world would be a very different place. What would you ask someone to sacrifice in order to have time to prepare a nutritious home made lunch for every school day? Assume a 12 hour work day 5 days a week between both jobs. Add in 2 hours/day commute

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Flashback to a 2013 vacation in Carlsbad, California. Breakfast at the Bricks Family Restaurant in the Legoland Hotel 😋 #buffet #vacation #foodsky #food #diningout #breakfast #fbf #travel

Buffet counter with several hot trays and a sneeze guard at Bricks Family Restaurant in the Legoland Hotel in Carlsbad, California. Offerings include french toast, syrup, American biscuits, white sausage gravy, breakfast potatoes with green and red bell pepper, sauteed mushrooms, and cooked Roma tomatoes. Each item has either a plastic serving spoon or tongs in it.

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Sausage, which gives him the same name as one of our cats 😹

Sausage, a dilute calico cat, poses prettily on a couch. She is looking straight at us, with widened pupils and a pink nose. Her front body is propped up on her her straight front legs, and her back body relaxes on the seat on her left hip, tail sidled up closely to her back right leg

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Jet Tila, nice! I haven't watched one of his videos in ages. Thanks 😄🧡

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yeah, I remember seeing TikToks about that when it happened 😰

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Looks really delicious 😋 I feel like the frozen ones I have bought are usually kind of dried out. Your filling looks moist and fresh. 100x better than the frost bitten ones I have had in the past. Now I want to try to learn so I can make them gf 😆 I really miss them 🤤

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Wow 😯 Thank goodness

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

You know, it was honestly pretty tasty. I still think yours looks better, though 😆 I love Bluesky, but the food envy is real 😂🍽️

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yay 😄😋

Simple air fried open faced sandwich made from gluten free toast, a packet of mayonnaise, canned sardines in tomato sauce, and rough chopped jalapeno. After the photo, it was topped with a sprinkle of kosher salt and a generous splash of Cholula hot sauce

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Aug 1

Too many of us working multiple jobs (=no time to prep/cook), just to survive, and we still can't afford decent quick food. Plus, those in power care more about making money for themselves than providing decent lunches at school 😖 Apple sauce is affordable 🤷🏻‍♀️

Screenshot of image search results for 'american school lunch'. A total of 6 full images are displayed, with lunch offerings including: a carton of milk, different types of canned vegetables, a plain hot dog on cheap white bun, baked beans, canned peaches, a bag of Doritos seasoned tortilla chips, fresh cut strawberries, fresh cut orange wedges, battered fried chicken pieces over rice, plain white rice, a small fresh garden salad (mainly iceberg lettuce), a bag of Goldfish snack crackers, a simple hamburger with processed American cheese on a cheap white bun, etc. Sources include: YouTube, The Independent, reddit, Instagram, and a local news outlet WMBF

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Looks tasty 😋

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Absolutely gorgeous 😍 You made bao from scratch? That is so awesome! 🤤😋🧡

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Those look incredible 🤤

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Can I trade you for my open face sardine and jalapeno sandwich on gf toast that I just made? Yours looks so much tastier 😅🥲😋

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Yes, the most important thing is that you snack now. 😂🧡

Love For Food @love4food.bsky.social · Jul 31

Oh, wow, did it all turn out alright? I haven't checked the news yet