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7 Ways to Write Better Recipes as a Food Blogger

Leslie Jeon
by Leslie Jeon on Apr 8, 2021 in ,
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As food bloggers, we’ve honestly got one of the coolest jobs in the world. Because how rewarding is it to create a delicious recipe from scratch and then see others recreate it and enjoy it?

That being said, I know writing recipes can be difficult. While you can have an amazing idea in your head, it’s tricky to get all those thoughts onto paper and communicate them in an effective way to your readers.

Luckily, there are a few easy ways that you can write better recipes as a food blogger. Let’s get into them!

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3 Ways to See Long-Term Success as a Food Blogger

Alexa @ FBP
by Alexa @ FBP on Apr 1, 2021 in
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If you’ve been blogging for any period of time, you’ve probably realized by now that your to-do list is always growing.

Even right now you may be thinking that you need to…

  • Figure out how Pinterest works
  • Learn about shooting recipe videos
  • Find a theme for your blog
  • Create a logo
  • Start sharing content on Instagram and Facebook
  • Learn about food photography
  • Understand SEO and email marketing
  • Establish your brand

… and feel like you should have had ALL of that done rightthisverysecond.

And that’s all on top of creating valuable, helpful, awesome blog content! 🤪

But I have some good news about your to-do list –– you have permission to choose what you do. This is your blog, after all. Just because someone has a podcast, works with brands, and posts 47 times a day on Instagram doesn’t mean that you have to, too.

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5 Tips for Growing a Blog While Working Full-Time

Leslie Jeon
by Leslie Jeon on Feb 11, 2021 in
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When you’re first starting out with your blog, chances are you’re juggling a lot of responsibilities at once. And the vast majority of you are growing your blogs while working a separate full-time job!

And let’s be real—blogging takes a lot of time and energy.

It can sometimes feel like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done, but it can feel so rewarding to put the work in and watch your blog grow over time.

If you’re in the phase of juggling your blog with a full-time job, these tips might help you learn how to manage it all just a bit more effectively.

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5 Places to Find Popular and Trending Recipes

Bjork
by Bjork on Feb 4, 2021 in ,
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Sometimes inspiration hits. Other times the creative tank is running on E.

Either way the show must go on. A recipe needs to be made and a post needs to be published to your blog.

So where you do go when you’re fresh out of ideas?

Here are five places you can look to find inspiration for popular and trending recipes. Not only will these recipes give you inscription and ideas for creating your own adaptations, but they’ll also give you an idea of recipes that are currently popular or trending.

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Create Nutrition Labels for Food Blogs with Nutrifox

Amber Pittman
by Amber Pittman on Feb 1, 2021 in
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Back in 2014, Food Blogger Pro launched a free tool for our community called The Nutrition Label Generator. This tool allowed members to generate quick nutrition labels for the recipes on their blogs or websites.

But there were a few problems with The Nutrition Label Generator as it was originally built:

  • You couldn’t edit the ingredients, so you couldn’t control the accuracy of the nutrition facts.
  • The generator exported images of your labels, which was a pain if you needed to update and re-upload the labels to your site.
  • Nutrition information from the label wasn’t included in your recipe’s structured data (more on why that’s important here!).

To make the tool more valuable for recipe creators, we decided to make it it a separate product from Food Blogger Pro –– it’s now called Nutrifox! 

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