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WIAW: The His & Hers Edition

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I like pretty food. There, I said it.

Dragon Fruit

(Dragon Fruit: I bought him for his looks alone; well that and the novelty).  

You can call me vain, shallow, maybe even narcissistic, and I’d vehemently deny it all. Alright fine, there’s a slight chance I’m a teeny, tiny bit vain. It’s practically a prerequisite for blogging, right along with our voyeuristic tendencies. Um hello the selfie stick is a million dollar idea for a reason. I’m still kicking myself for not inventing it, although the same cannot be said for the Snuggie. Genius or not, I refuse to have anything to do with that outfit, for lack of a better word. I’d rather tuck my socks into my sweatpants and call it a day. So there.      

Meg Fireside with Coffee and Fine Cooking Magazine

(Now that is sexy personified)

Despite having a penchant for picture pleasing plates, I’m definitely not one to pass judgment, aside from that Snuggie business of course. I also recognize there is a time and place for less than beauteous food, like eleven o’clock at night, when the sun is down and you stand little chance of capturing a delicious and drool worthy photo.

The point of all this is I deliberately make my meals more photogenic, especially when I know a What I Ate Wednesday is going down. It’s a thing, a sickness if you will, which has only gotten worse over time. The longer I blog, the sicker I get. Confession: I secretly, or not so secretly now that I’ve spilled the beans, love it.

It’s gotten to the point where the Hubby and I will sit down to dinner, with the same eats gracing our plates, and he’ll say, “My meal looks nothing like yours.”  So I thought it’d be fun to capture a day of both of our eats.

I give you a random Saturday, where in addition to shoveling food into our faces, we planted our garden.

2015 Rasied Garden Bed

The His and Hers Edition.

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with a dash of (non-dairy) milk, mozzarella cheese and chives from my garden, with a side of buttered Tuscan Herb toast, and berries.

Hers ♥

Hers Scrambled Eggs with Chives, Rye Bread and Berries

His ψ

His Scrambled Eggs with Chives, Rye Bread and Berries

Lunch: Spinach Salad with Blue Cheese, Green Onions and Strawberries. Post picture, I added a dressing of olive oil and peach balsamic vinegar.

Hers ♥

Hers Spinach Salad with Strawberries, Green Onions and Blue Cheese

His ψ

His Spinach Salad with Strawberries, Green Onions and Blue Cheese

Dinner: Eggplant Parmesan on angel hair pasta with Italian bread, buttered post picture.

Hers ♥

Hers Eggplant Parmesan, Angelhair Pasta and Bread

His ψ

His Eggplant Parmesan, Angelhair Pasta and Bread

In addition to the pictures above, there was a plethora of beverages consumed throughout the day. Coffee and water for both of us, beer for him, hard cider for her.

Enough about me though. See, totally not vain (cough, cough).

As the hostess with the second mostess, compared to Jenn that is, our luscious leading lady, I say let’s get our eats on, What I Ate Wednesday style.

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  1. Michele @ paleorunningmomma says

    I need to take pictures of Adam’s food one day but it might be scary for both of us! That dragon fruit picture is art, it’s amazing! I want one now in my kitchen just for decoration 🙂 Love the eggs with chives, and that toast is killing me, yum!
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  2. Alyssa @ Renaissancerunnergirl says

    Loving the look of that dragonfruit – it is SO pretty! I have been known to buy food just because it looks pretty too… especially when you’re at a farmer’s market and seeing all the luscious fruits and veggies, and there’s such a pastoral background, and it’s just so tempting.
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  3. Juli@1000lovelythings says

    What a great idea for a WIAW.
    I am so guilty of the same. I love pretty food and always arrange it neatly on my plate (or as neat as possible). That’s because I seem to enjoy food more when it looks good (how snobby of me) and also because I take tons of pictures of what I eat – just in case you know 😉 But Stefan’s plate is always a lot messier than mine. When it gets too ugly I just cover everything with cheese 😉
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  7. Alison @ Daily Moves and Grooves says

    This is such a spot-on depiction of the blogger vanity that’s in nearly all of us at one point or another. My food photos aren’t as pretty as yours, but I definitely understand the desire to get some eye-catching aesthetic to the photo (if I’m not totally tired/lazy/hangry). I play favorites with my meals though, and breakfast is my favorite to make super pretty in pictures. 🙂
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  8. Suzy says

    I love how you designated the dragonfruit as male. You *do* like pretty food! Andrew does too. He’s such a good cook but it’s me who is home all day while he works so it only makes sense that for the most part I would be the cooker. Cooker? Oh, chef. Right. That’s just taking it too far, though.
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  15. Ashley @ A Lady Goes West says

    Hi Meghan! First of all, I just love that you did this. What a great idea, because my plates of food are always different than my husband’s. In fact, frequently have different items on there and eat at separate times except for dinner. You got a lot of fruits in your day. Nice work! And of course, thanks for hosting the party. 🙂
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    • Meghan says

      I am a fruitaholic. I could eat some with every meal. I even prefer desserts made with fruit over chocolate (gasp). Think key lime pie, fruit tarts, apple pies, etc.

      You are most welcome. Thanks for linking up, and Happy WIAW.
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  18. Amanda @ .running with spoons. says

    One of my ex’s was actually a fan of Snuggies… You can probably guess why -that- relationship didn’t work out 😉 And unless I’m taking pictures for the blog, then I don’t really care for pretty food. I know plating it all nice and making it a pleasant experience is all part of the satisfaction thing, but ugh… after spending so much time in the kitchen coming up with recipes and then spending a lot of time writing about food, I’m totally not in the mood to put any more effort into my eats.
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  21. Heather@hungryforbalance says

    Ha! I love this! At our house, my plate always looks different from my husband’s- more fruits and veggies usually, but I am not NEARLY as gifted with the beautiful photos, or the patience to plate it so beautifully.
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  23. Amy @ Amy M4gic says

    Just like you’re pissed you didn’t invent the snuggie, I’m pretty upset that I didn’t think to show his and hers meals sooner myself! It’s such a reality of #bloglife, and yet we never talk about it. Until now 🙂

    Thanks for hosting and shedding light on the truth!
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  25. ganeeban says

    Dragon fruit is so pretty, but I’m also hesitant to eat it…so exotic 😉 Love your post, your plates are styled so nicely, his are just like ‘get in my belly’ style! If I did this post, it would just be us splitting two entrees for the most part, since cooking is non-existent in our casa (for the most part)! Thanks for hosting! xoxo, ganeeban
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  26. Anne says

    That was funny – I had just written in my post that, in our house, Rich styles food nicely and I only remember to when I’m doing it for the blog… and that I should really make him a nice looking plate, a little more often! (He sometimes gets the attractive one – but sometimes he gets the hot one, while I fuss around with pictures.)

    And then, there were your pictures…
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  32. danielle says

    this is such a clever idea!!!! i love love it you creative limericking sassy sparkly genius, you. gah.
    your eats are very similar which is nice – mr. smith and i never have the same plates, for some reason our food just looks so different. i should pay more attention, but i know he likes his stuff different than i do. i don’t even care but just sayin. you take such purdy pics, like the dragon fruit. SOOOOO pretty!!!! eggplant parm sounds so freaking good right now but we have leftover chinese takeout and i refuse to let good egg foo young go to waste 🙂
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    • Meghan says

      I think the plating is part of the fun for me, although instead of fancy tools, like tweezers, I just use my fingers. 🙂 #keepingitclassy

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