Yesterday I shared My Food Evolution story — the journaling, photos, and my ideas for the mini-album. Today I’ll share the story of My Food Revolution to answer the second question of the three I posed to you yesterday…
How is your food different from the food you were raised with?
My mom was a good cook so my changes in food are not a criticism of her. But there were some definite oddities of that time, like canned vegetables and bologna. We had canned vegetables at almost every dinner, which is pretty gross. I don’t know why she adopted that bizarre trend, but it doesn’t seem in her character. I actually remember the first time I had fresh green beans! I was probably a whole decade into my life and I was like, “What the…what are these?”
I think Trinity was that exact same age when she saw canned beans and asked the same thing. “What are these? Green beans? How are these green beans?!” There was some fist-pumping going on in my head when she reacted that way.
The Changes
The most obvious change is that I am vegan and the meals we cook are vegan, whereas meat took the center stage in the food I grew up with.
But I also use very few processed foods, so of course, there’s no bologna, no Tang or punch, no hot dogs (especially not raw!), nor bright orange cheddar cheese in our house. We buy chips only for the kids’ parties or traveling, and soda also only for kids’ parties. We do get Oreo’s, corn chips and salsa, crackers, plus some Popsicles and candy here and there. But if the kids want junk food they mostly have to walk to the store and buy it with their own money to get it. We put a $3 limit on those splurges!
Here’s where my mom rocked way over me, though: I wish I made homemade syrup like she did. And I wish I baked my own bread the way she sometimes did. Maybe someday. Izzy and I make vegan pancakes from scratch, but I could definitely adopt her homemade syrup habit.
Something wonderful I did adopt from Mom? We eat outside a lot. We did it as kids in all that great California weather, and I do it even more with my family in sunny Arizona. Food and company are just better outside.
The Mini-Album:
I’m pretty sure I’ll combine this question with the two from yesterday for a simple mini-album with page protectors and accent colors of light blue, light blue-green, and some golden yellow and orange tones.
I’m thinking about using this two-up 4×6 photo album and have one pocket hold the picture while the other pocket holds my journaling, along with a few digital details.
Photo Gathering Tip
Gather your favorite food photos online into a set from which you can order prints.
I’ve been gathering mine into a set on Flickr that I titled, “Our Food Story.” From here I can click “Order Prints” and it will order my entire set on Snapfish all at once.
I will keep this set on my Flickr site, even after my project is done because I think it’s a cool personal photo-journalistic story. I started doing this with my favorite Starbucks location and I’ll probably to do it with my daughter’s dancing photos, scenic Arizona photos, and other topics.
This is part 2 of a 3-part series.
You can read parts 1 and 3 of Scrapbook Your Food Story by clicking on the links below:
Your Food Revolution
Your Food Execution
Tags: diet, flickr, food, scrapbook, tips, vegan, vegetarian
