I can’t believe that my blog is 3 years old today. I seem to have come such a long way since I started. When I posted my first recipe it was a very relaxed affair and I even over cooked my soup as I’d left it on the hob whilst on the school run – wild horses wouldn’t allow me to do such a thing now! Back then I hadn’t followed any food bloggers but started following a few who were just posting what they’d cooked for tea that night. There really wasn’t much to live up to.
As time went by I started to discover more and more blogs. After 3 months of blogging I was advised to join twitter and then the whole blogging world opened up to me and I could talk to lots of different bloggers from all over the world. Seeing all these different blogs I realised gradually that I needed to take more care with my photography and recently I got my first professional camera.
When I first started blogging I became totally hooked and was just posting for the sheer joy of it, sharing my family’s recipes and then devising my own! Little did I realise that there was a career to be had out of my passion for cooking! Food and nutrition had always been close to my heart as this was what I excelled at during my student days and if I could have been a cookery writer when I left college I would have jumped at the chance. It’s a shame the internet didn’t exist back then but better late than never as they say.
So to mark this 3rd Anniversary I thought I’d pick out 20 fab recipe highlights from the last 12 months. Above are:
Roasted Tomato, Red Pepper & Chorizo Soup
Cream of Leek, Potato & Carrot Soup
Gruyere & Caramelised Shallot Nests
Mutton Kofta Curry with Chickpeas
Flavours of Brazil Turkey Burgers with Bacon & Pineapple
Warm Rice & Quinoa Salad with Pan Fried Tofu
Quiche Lorraine with Slow Cooked Pulled Gammon
Risalamand (Danish Rice Pudding with Cherry Sauce
Fat Free Greek Yogurt Fruit Brulee
3 Ingredient Banana Nutella Pancakes
Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jame (1st Prize Winning)
Chocolate Orange Love Heart Biscuits
I hope you’ve enjoyed my recipe highlights. Do let me know what your favourite recipe is from Fab Food 4 All. Is there a dish you’ve found on here which has now become a firm favourite – I’d love to know, just leave a comment below. I’m looking forward to the next year of culinary creation and working with some more fabulous brands. I’d especially like to thank you the readers for all for your support and lovely comments which really fill me with joy!
Here’s to the next year – cheers (clinks a small virtual glass of cider)!
Camilla x
wendy malone
carrot and corriander ive made this nice.x
Camilla
It’s one of my favourites too:-)
Ursula Hunt
great range of recipes
Camilla
Thanks Ursula:-)
esther james
The Flavours of Brazil Turkey Burgers with Bacon & Pineapple sound divine!
Camilla
They are fab:-)
35 East Street
Happy (belated) bloggy birthday Camilla! Here’s to more great years in the future.
Camilla
Thank you Sian:-)
Annie Hall
What a lovely post! Congratulations on your 3rd Bloginiversary. You are inspiring! A x
Camilla
Aaw, thank you so much Annie:-)
DANIELLE VEDMORE
Happy belated Anniversary! Here’s to many more! The ones I do all the time are the rhubarb compote and the sausage plait thingy! Am yet to do the creme egg brownies though!
Camilla
Aaw thanks Danielle. Glad you like those, I must make the sausage plait again, I make so many new things I forget them! The Brownies are on muy to make list again this Easter they were soo good but soo naughty:-)
Jen
Happy blog birthday and congratulations on doing so well over the past 3 years 🙂
Camilla
Thank you Jen and for all your support over the years:-)
Jacqueline Meldrum
Some great recipes Camilla. Happy Blog Birthday!!!
Camilla
Thank you Jacqueline and for everything you’ve taught me along the way:-) xx
Nayna Kanabar (@SIMPLYF00D)
Happy 3rd anniversary for your blog. Wishing ou many wonderful blogging yearsahead.All your recipes look fab.
Camilla
Thank you so much Nayna:-)
Heather Haigh
Happy blog birthday. You have some great recipes and your photographs are just stunning. I love having a look around your blog. Very nicely done.
Camilla
Aah Heather, thank you so much for your kind words which are greatly appreciated:-) xx
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Happy Blog Birthday Camilla!!!
Wishing you all the best,
Nancy
Camilla
Thank you so much Nancy:-) x
Cindy @ Hun... What's for Dinner?
Happy Bloggiversary! By the looks of it, you had a delicious past 12 months, LOL.
Camilla
Thank you Cindy – it certainly has been;-)
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
Happy blog birthday C. Here is to many more years.
Camilla
Thank you Bintu:-)
Julie's Family Kitchen
Hi Camilla, many congratulations. That’s a fantastic achievement, well done and here’s to many more blogging years.
Camilla
Thank you Julie, very kind:-)
Becca @ Amuse Your Bouche
Happy blog anniversary!!! 🙂 lovely selection of recipes, absolutely love the look of your rice and quinoa salad! Looking forward to another great year 🙂
Camilla
Thanks Becca, I’m looking forward to another great year;-)
Kavey
Happy blog birthday, Camilla!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey:-)
Sarah Cooper
Well done Camilla, you have created a brilliant blog.
Camilla
Aaw, thank you so much Sarah:-)
Elizabeth
Happy 3rd Blogaversary! You’re doing such a fab job – keep up the great work! 😀
Camilla
Aaw, thank you Elizabeth, very kind:-)
Emily Leary
Great work, Camilla. Here’s to many more delicious years to come!
Camilla
Thank you Emily:-) x
Janice
The blogosphere would be much poorer without you Camilla. You have achieved an incredible amount in three years, congratulations.
Camilla
Aaw, thank you so much Janice that’s such a lovely thing to say (sniff). You’ve been a fantastic support from the beginning:-)