Cold and rainy autumn days like these, ask for a warm bowl of soup! Why not try the JusJus Soupbox? These homemade vegan soups are all conscientiously sourced, unlike conventional products from the supermarket shelf. Every soup is slow-cooked, dairy-free, soy-free, gluten-free, unpasteurized and is loaded with whole ingredients that fight against heart diseases and detoxifying fiber that aids in digestion and elimination. This Broccoli & Cashew Cream Soup contains Broccoli, Onion, Parsley, Garlic, Lemon, Olive Oil, Sea Salt, Nutritional Yeast and Cashew. Enjoy!

http://jusjus.be/collections/the-clean-boutique/products/the-soup-box

You will probably know Jus Jus from its delicious cold pressed juices and cleanses, but they have a lot more to offer! I can tell you it was a pleasure to photograph (and taste!) all the healthy and yummy stuff. Let’s start with their milks. The Jus Jus Nut Milks are a delicious, healthful and totally natural way of getting your milk fix without the dairy. Jus Jus provides a mostly local, all-natural, hand-crafted product that can be used in anything from your morning coffee and cereal to a delicious nightcap! The Nut Milks are also a perfect protein-packed, post-workout drink or an afternoon snack when you’re famished at your desk!

The best way to start the day, is a glass of fresh-pressed juice. But sometimes, I juist don’t find the time to add it to my morning rituals. Then I’m happy to find a bottle of Appelaere in my fridge. This dutch brand is producing natural juices from 100% fruit. Healthy and tasty, without any additives. Besides apple juice, you can choose for pear juice (Perelaere) and orange juice (Sinaasappelaere).

While we are still enjoying the mild and sunny days of the Indian summer, autumn is slowly coming our way. Which means that summer fruits are coming to end, to make place for pomegranates, persimmons, and figs! Time to change our morning rituals. After eating berrie smoothies all summer (can you ever get enough of them?) I made a simple but delicious fig yoghurt this morning, with pistachios and honey on top. What is your favorite autumn breakfast?

Noémie, from the promising vlog Casa Madeira, is organizing workshop sessions at HYP studio near Genk. I’m pretty exited she invited me to host a Food Styling & Photography workshop, on Sunday 12 June.

Want to take your food pics to the next level? We will learn you all about the tips and tricks to make it happen, no matter if you are using a phone or a professional camera: how to use the light, make a nice composition, and find the perfect props to style your pictures. After some theoretical advice, it’s time to exercise. We will style and photograph some food settings together. At the end of the day you will go home with beautiful pictures, and a lot of inspiration.

For this workshop we team up with granola brand Floom. Their organic and healthy cereals are the perfect way to start your day, and above all look very fashionable to photograph, together with some fresh fruit!

Can we count you in?

Practical information

• Where: HYP Studio, Lijsterstraat 30, Houthalen-Helchteren
• When: 12 June, 13h tot 16h30
• Price: 75 €
• Bring along: your camera or smartphone
• Included: healthy Floom snacks en homemade lemonade

Order your ticket

Places are limited, because we like to work with a small group of people. You can order your ticket by sending an email to hello@thefreshlight.com.

Lazy Sundays are the perfect time for baking. Maybe you tried these chocolate cookies once at a Floom Brunch, well now you can find the recipe online!! Turn this selection of healthy ingredients into delicious chocolate cookies in no time. Easy to make, easy to bake, and easy to store at least 3 days. Enjoy!

Find the recipe here: http://www.floom.be/stories/chocolate-chip-granola-cookies/

Last weekend Floom presented a brand new collection of granolas during their Spring Breakfast Event in Antwerp at the wonderful location of Paris-Texas. The perfect setting to sit back, relax and enjoy a seasonal brunch with fresh fruits and vegetables, lemonades, organic sweets along with the new granolas, of course! It was a real feast for the eye and for the stomach! On sunday I had a great time teaching a food photography workshop. Have a look at my Facebook or Instagram feed, to discover more about that!

Exciting times ahead! The program of the Floom Spring Event is online now! A brand new collection of granolas will be presented, there are brunches to share and workshops to follow… and I’m happy to announce I will be teaching a food styling & photography workshop on Sunday afternoon, 10 April!

Want to take your food pics to the next level? We will learn you all about the tips and tricks to make it happen, no matter if you are using a phone or a professional camera: how to use the light, make a nice composition, and find the perfect props to style your pictures. After some theoretical advice, it’s time to exercise. We will style and photograph some breakfast settings together. At the end of the day you will go home with beautiful pictures, and a lot of inspiration.

Places are limited, because we like to work with a small group of people. You can order your ticket here: http://www.floom.be/product/floom-workshop-breakfast-styling-photography/

The event takes place in Antwerp, at the wonderful space of Paris-Texas. It would be great to meet you there!

Practical information

• Where:  Paris-Texas, Sint-Pietersvliet 6, 2000 Antwerpen
• When: 10 april, 15h
• Price: 50 €, order your ticket here
• Bring along: your camera or smartphone

Last saturday we went to Amsterdam, to join a food styling and photography workshop hosted by de inspirational couple Suus and Johann, from the successful foodblog Food Bandits. I’ve been following them for a while, and like the delicious recipes and the overall atmosphere of their blog and photography. Besides our common love for bright pictures and white marble we have a shared passion for breakfast. For the last months they have been working on their cookbook ‘Good Morning‘, that is available since this weekend!

It was a lovely day, filled with useful lessons, good food, nice people, interesting conversations, and a lot of exercising. Julie from Floom joined me, and we had a great time exercising our photography skills, coming home with a lot of renewed inspiration!

Thanks a lot Suus, Johann, and your wonderful team!

Photos by Julie and me. Ceramics by Annemieke Boots. Food by Diane from Cuisine de Clementine.