First Post!

Well, hello! This is my first official post and I am pretty excited.
I've been putting off the idea of starting a blog for a while now, I read a lot of great blogs and felt, at my age, there was no way I could compare. As the long summer holidays rolled round, I was running out of excuses not to start one.
The idea first appeared when I was in the health food section of Woolworths. A lady was searching the shelves looking a bit lost, when she slowly turned towards me and said 'You wouldn't, by any chance know where to find quinoa?'
I smiled and pointed to the shelf that held the grain and got back to whatever it was I was doing at the time (something very important I'm sure!).
She stood there, staring at the packet. 'You wouldn't by any chance know how to cook it?'
I smiled again and told her the method and my sneaky tricks of the trade.
When I finished fascinating her with my terrific quinoa cooking method, she thanked me and told me I should start a blog.
Then I thought to myself, 'I should start a blog.' and also 'Woolies should pay me for customer service.'  but the first thought seemed a bit more realistic.
So any way here I am, with my blog and because I don't want to bore you all to death I might just wrap it up there. But wait, you need some food pics don't you? :)
A little photo story of my lunch: A beautiful roast veggie stack, atop a homemade veggie burger

It was a bit hard to eat, so this was after my first bite :) I still think it's beautiful

All gone!

HELLO :)

Hi There,
My name is Steph, an ordinary 16 year old, with an extraordinary passion for food. Yes, eating food is great, but especially the cooking, creating and imagining that comes with it.

 Inspiration, helpfulness, sharing is caring... bored-ness and a mission to take over the world, are all reasons I decided to start this blog. Probably the last two more than anything (just kidding). 

 I'm a vegetarian, who also steers clear of dairy and sugar, but doesn't let that affect my life at all- if I want ice-cream, I shall have it! (with a few alterations:))
My diet for the first year of my vego life included the major food groups:
pasta, beans, cheese and frozen soy products. Tasty.

I was only 12, but really that's no excuse. The wake up call came when I went to a dietician and she told me to take a break from dairy, wheat and sugar. my first response, similar to my friends and family, was 'what do I eat now?'
today, pretty much a year after that question bubbled up in my brain, my biggest question is 'How am I going to decide what to have today... too much choice!'

Over the past year or so, I've also found my love for endurance running... which also adds to my already hangry being. :)

 My voyage into this Healthy Living Community (that I have seriously grown to love!) has had a huge impact on my life and my health and even steered me into the direction to study nutrition at university... which means working hard in my final years at school- which does not mean hours of sitting down, oh no!

I have this thing with sitting... so instead I stand :)

If you do come across my blog (as I'm guessing you are if you are reading this ;), feel free to leave a comment, say hi... and I hope you join me on my journey to creating the most delicious food ever. Not most delicious vegetarian food. Delicious food full stop!

Feel free to contact me with any questions, thoughts or ideas at pipzy3@gmail.com. You can also find From Steph to Chef on Instagram; @steph2chef

Well that's it for now! Bye :)