I think there's an aspect of healthy eating that involves taking more time and effort to prepare healthy food that tastes and looks good. It's a form of self care standing in the kitchen chopping vegetables and measuring and logging our ingredients. I think there should be commensurate pride in sharing what we create.

That being said, I know that's a poorly lit picture of an omelet in my lap, but it's an overture to try to create a thread full of pictures from all of us.

Here's the avocado brownie inside:

Omg those are gorgeous!!! I watched Alex Guarnaschelli make some brunch pork sausage patties with fried eggs on top on food network yesterday. She made me really want to eat them. I may have to do this. Either as a breakfast or not...

Do the beans stay put inside the sandwich ok? I can see myself making a mess, but it looks so good!!!

I would tell you to search me on Facebook and Instagram, and I do use my real name there, but it's all food porn from my job, and none of it is healthy!

Ramen done fancy! Without the salty packet, too

There's really no recipe to the ramen. I just boil chicken stock and pour it over the noodles instead of using the sauce powder packet. Then all the raw stuff that comes with it at the restaurant--bean sprouts, lime wedges, thin slices jalapeño, torn up mint, basil, and cilantro. A soft boiled egg. Sambal oelek paste in a jar. A cup of frozen shrimp was heated with the chicken stock. And I shook a little soy sauce and sesame oil into that. I just dumped the boiling stock and shrimp over the noodle block, cover the bowl for five minutes or so. Come back and decorate it with all the goodies. Eat.

Ramen is super easy, and you never see Asian people just eating it plain like Americans do. In other countries, or in the homes of people who come from those countries, it's always got tons of condiments and veggies and good stuff. Without all the sodium laden powder, it's also not that bad for you.

Without being dismissive of the request for recipes, it is often the case that I don't have one. I often just throw stuff together...BUT I obsessively log it, so if I haven't given details you can find exactly how much of every item in my diary. I made sure it is set to public now. I know Brolivia's diary is public because I peeked. I don't know if my foods and recipes are viewable, but I hope they are.

I am not typical--I spent $40,000 and 15 years on the job learning how to cook. I don't use recipes often because I already know how most things are made. I'll follow a recipe if I'm trying something new, but sometimes I just make something I ate once in a restaurant based on what I think is in there. Or something I watched someone make on tv based on what I remember.

I do have a blog, but I'm the laziest blogger ever because I'm always at work. I post only a few entries a year.

I can promise you this regarding posting pictures in this thread--if I got an idea from a recipe online, I will link the recipe with the picture. If I made it up, I'll describe what I did. And what went in it. And the amounts will be in my diary. If it was AMAZING, then it might end up on cookwithvalerie.com with full recipe and detailed instructions, but only if I am off and at home and I get inspired to spend a day writing and photographing a post. I don't even have a roommate to film me cooking, so I'm way less useful than a Tasty video on Facebook.

I'm not going to commit to write a full recipe on here every time I post a picture. I think requiring that would scare people away from impulsively posting pictures. I love the impulsive pictures! I want to see dozens every day! The pictures are just a springboard to give each other ideas. Inspiration. Creative fuel...

Stuffed bell peppers: they have ground beef & quinoa stuffing with sundried tomatoes, basil, and Parmesan.