food blog roundup – 10 favourite food blogs
Do you have a food blog that you love to read? While I’ve come across a couple, I’m always on the look out for new food blogs, especially Australian ones. In my more cashed up (pre-mortgage) years, I used to love food magazines. Now I can indulge in my recipe cravings with free food blogs.
Below are some of my favourite food blogs. For me, the key to a wonderful food blog is the photography. Some of the photos on the blogs below are so professional and very, very tempting.
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Cook (Almost) Anything At Least Once |
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Nourish Me Another Australian blog with recipes, food thoughts and a little extra. |
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Joy of Baking This is a site that I just keep coming back to again and again for baking ideas |
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Sprouted Kitchen Whole food, mostly vegetarian cooking. |
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Broke Ass Gourmet Some of these recipes are pretty pricey for someone who is actually broke, but the recipes are scrummy nevertheless. |
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The Kitchn Not just recipes but kitchen tips, cooking utensils, kitchen design and make over |
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Sustainable Pantry I have a jar of quinoa in the pantry and apart from a few attempts (some good, some not so good) I’m not really sure what to do with it. Sustainable pantry has recipes for just these kind of pantry staples. |
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Egg Beater This blog is written by an actual professional and as such is pretty hardcore – but some of the recipes… |
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Annie’s Eats Can you be a working mum and cook real but awesome food? Annie can. And honestly, the recipes are to die for. |
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Cake Wrecks Ok, not a food blog as such, but I can’t believe how hard I laugh at some of these photos! |
If you’re also looking for Australian Food Blogs, try The Australian Index.
What is your favourite food blog? If you have a food blog that you absolutely love, why not share it in the comments below.
Editited to add: My friend has got me onto Taste.com.au – not a blog, but there are great recipes on this site.
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I like Fatfree Vegan Kitchen. Im not a vegan, nor do I care about fat in my food, but her recipes are great and always work out really well.
As for your quinoa, put it in a rice cooker! I make burgers and soup out of it.
Hi, thanks for the heads up on the website (Fatfree Vegan) – looks good!. I’m not vegan either (and think fat is good
) but I also look for vegan recipes for something different.
Do you just add the quinoa to soups?
Hello Melissa,
Best Recipes.com.au is another site very much like Taste.com.au I have used recipes from both. Another blog I love is Mennonite girls can cook with lots of nice pics. Also Tammy’s Kitchen has wholesome home-made fare with pics. Neither of the last two are in the fat-free category
but often have good tutorials and pics of their recipes. Drool worthy!! 
Glad to hear you are keeping well as you cheerfully await your new arrival! Try to enjoy the time and relax because it is full on from here on.
My firstborn turned 20 today so I am feeling a bit old.
Take care, it is always nice to drop by and visit your blog.
Kind regards,
Kaye
Hi, I loved the sites you mentioned – I baked a biscuit slice from Tammy’s Kitchen yesterday and it was delicious. DH likes me getting to know all these food blogs too.
And it keeps me busy while waiting.
Hi Melissa,
I like Chef Jeenas blog. She caters to lots of different eating requirments (vegetatian, vegan, meat eaters and “free” diets (gluten, egg, sugar, wheat, dairy etc). All her recipes come with step by step pictures so its they’re a breeze to follow.
http://jeenaskitchen.blogspot.com/
Hope to hear some good news from you any day now!
Hi Maria,
Thanks for sharing Chef Jeenas blog. I really want to try their butter chicken recipe, it looks a bit daunting though!
Hi ya,
My favourite Australian site is Exclusively Food. Lots of step by step pictures for simple food. I do enjoy all the others you mentioned. I love to bake. Unfortunately I’m not allowed to eat all the yummy things so I give them away. So….I’m always testing to make sure what I send out is not blah.
Hi Delphine,
Thank you for the link, another good site to add to my ever growing feed reader!
I love the SBS food website for real ethnic recipies not toned down versions
Ooh yes, I love it too! Especially the food safari.
SBS food website link.
hey guys, if you want amazing deals on all things food – try out http://www.Spreets.com.au – they have daily deals on all types of restaurants.
Thanks Tom