My Food Posting Experince + Chicken wrapped in Prosciutto Recipe

Chicken wrapped in Prosciutto Recipe

Food Blogging can be a great way to communicate and express your knowledge, thoughts and experience in the kitchen. But sometimes it could result in failure unless you have a Plan for your Blog Posts {particularly if you really enjoy food blogging and also have other obligations to attend besides posting on a blog} I've learned this things after repeated mistakes. 

When I first started blogging about three years ago, I couldn’t quite understand the meaning of “Posting”. And by this I mean; that I didn’t know the amount of time that takes to create “One Post”. Yes, just 'one post'.

I knew the kind of message I wanted to communicate in my posts. But as an amateur in the field, I thought I could do it ‘All’ {and I repeat ‘All’} in just a blink of an eye.To me posting resulted to be as hard as ‘Planning the Perfect Meal to Impress the In-laws’ {insert laughs} Did I just–accidentally-bring back some memories?!!! I bet I did! Didn’t I? 

However, I didn’t know posting would change my everyday schedule so much. And I wouldn’t have known how-to- organize my time between “My Real Life and My Online Life”. I wanted to make my posting experiences more productive but mostly enjoyable.So I decided to make some changes to my old-posting-routine. I don’t claim my suggestions are the best--but planning ahead and creating a calendar became very useful to me and had certainly help me get the best from food posting and blogging. And I thought you'd enjoy this too.So this is my new food posting plan.

  My Guidelines to Food Posting

                         
 

1- Create your own Google Calendar: 

This is an awesome tool- is completely free and easy enough to understand and use. Creating this calendar certainly helps organize activities, events and keep track of what you have been doing every day. 

2- Plan Ahead for your next Delicious Post: 

Pre-Plan your Recipe during your spare time. Write down your favorites and try to visualize the preparation of each dish to make sure you have the ingredients, the time and tools to prepare each one. Doing this will speed the process of your decision and it will help you save time. 

3- Decide the day and time: 

Remember to set the day and the exact time you’ll prepare, cook and photograph your dish. Particularly if you are planning to take photos of your dish. 

4- Camera, Battery, Set, Light: 

Always check ahead your photo camera battery levels. Pre-determine Time of the day and Table Settings-- whenever you can-- Arrange background, tablecloth, plates, silverware, glasses, etc. This will allow you to take advantage of natural light--when natural light is available. My best shoots are always the ones during daylight hours. 

5- (Food-Posting) -Agent: 

When on a mission, James Bond always has an escape plan. Be prepared for ‘The Unexpected’. Have some content and extra photos ready to post in times of emergency.

6- Keep a Food-Posting journal: 

Complete the Food Posting Plan by keeping track of your progress. Take notes of what works for you and what didn’t. Most importantly enjoy what you are doing while posting and never (ever) believe nobody read your blog. Sure It will take some time and thought. But ‘Remember’ the whole world can see it and you never know who might be reading yours!

I hope you enjoy this post as much as I've enjoyed creating it!

Be patient, Laugh, keep Cooking Delicious. 

Some of my suggestions may sound unnecessary to you. But believe me, in the end, it will save you endless hours of wasted hard work.  

Chicken, Pesto and Parmesan wrapped in Prosciutto Recipe

Serves 2

2 Medium Chicken Breasts
½ C. Basil Pesto * Recipe below
½ C. Parmesan Cheese
6 Slices prosciutto
Salt to taste
Olive oil, for frying

Preparation:

Using a sharp knife cut each chicken breast in half and put them between two pieces of plastic wrap. Then take a mallet and lightly hit each chicken breast until very thin. Season with to taste. Add 2 Tbsp. of pesto and 2 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese on each. Roll and wrap 3 prosciutto slices around each chicken breast.

In a frying pan, over slow-medium heat and add some olive oil. Cook chicken rolls until prosciutto is crisp—about 5 minutes each one—turning them often to ensure that they cook evenly. Serve with salad or rice.

Fresh Basil Pesto Recipe
 

1 C. Basil Leaves
1 Tbsp. pine nuts
1 Garlic clove
¼ C. Parmesan Cheese
3 Tbsp. Olive oil
Salt to taste

Preparation:

In a blender or food processor, add basil, pine nuts, garlic parmesan, olive oil and salt. Blend everything for a couple of minutes until the mixture forms a smooth paste. Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to use.