I recently reshot my cucumber spritz recipe and reworked the blog post for SEO.
I originally wrote it way back in 2011, when people actually enjoyed the โlife storiesโ that bloggers would share before their recipes. Now itโs all tips and tricks and substitutions and FAQs, but it always makes me a little sad to delete those old posts.
So Iโm sharing this here!
Here are a few of the many lessons/inspirational tidbits that I took home with me from the 2011 Eat Write Retreat Conference. Many of them apply not only to blogging, but to life in general:
๐๐ป Donโt take shortcuts. Always try to make everything better.
๐๐ป Communicate. Share. Give.
๐๐ป When traveling, get off the beaten path and explore.
๐๐ป Donโt strive to be โthe next so-and-so.โ Thatโs already been done. Be original.
๐๐ป Do what you love, do what you love, do what you love. And always be authentic.
๐๐ป And perhaps most importantly: if your suitcase contains a 3-gallon ziplock bag of dry thyme, you WILL get a note from the TSA informing you that your bag was searched. Even if said bag also contains a griddle pan, a mandolin, and a ridiculous amount of other fantastic swag. (Iโm also pretty sure they helped themselves to a few Goo Goo Clusters while they were searching. I canโt say that I blame them.)
You can find the recipe here or in my bio: https://www.healthy-delicious.com/cucumber-basil-spritzers/