Trending Recipe Ideas This Spring

Snow is melting, days are getting longer, and spring is in the air! While we love the holidays and cozy winter foods, you can’t deny the excitement that spring weather brings. Not to mention all of the fruits, vegetables, and herbs that are coming into season. It’s a great time of year to be a food blogger!

If you’re brainstorming content for the next few months of spring, you’ve come to the right place! In this post, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite foods trending this spring.

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Structuring the Perfect Recipe Blog Post

Have you ever wondered if there is a perfect framework for a recipe blog post for SEO? Well, the answer is… yes and no. πŸ˜… In this post we’re going to break down the “must haves” for every recipe blog post, including some “nice to haves,” as well as a recommendation for creating your own recipe blog post template.

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Writing for a Niche & Adding in Non-Recipe Content

Once you’ve chosen a niche for your food blog it’s time for the fun part β€” creating content for it! Hopefully, you have a long list of recipe ideas that you can create within your niche, but is there a strategy for writing within a niche? And should you consider writing some non-recipe content to round out your coverage of that topic? So glad you asked!

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Establishing a Niche as a Food Creator

So you’ve decided to start a food blog! But what should your food blog be about? What should the focus of your content be? Should you write about *all the foods* or a more specific category? That’s where a niche comes in!

Establishing a food niche is one of the most important aspects of starting a food blog. But it can be so difficult to choose a niche β€” it’s a big commitment. We’re breaking down everything you need to know about picking a niche as a food creator in this post β€” keep reading!

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Top 10 FBP Podcast Episodes about Food Blogging SEO

The Food Blogger Pro Podcast has been going strong for almost 9 years (!) and we have 430+ episodes in our archive. Bjork (the Co-Founder of Food Blogger Pro and podcast host extraordinaire) has interviewed countless successful food bloggers and industry experts over the years, covering everything from monetization to food photography, and plugins to SEO.

In this blog post, we’re rounding up our 10 favorite podcast episodes all about food blogging SEO. If you haven’t already listened to these interviews, bookmark them for future listening β€” you won’t want to miss them!

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Best Artificial Lights for Food Photography

Lighting is one of the most important aspects of food photography. While natural light is often considered the ‘holy grail’ when it comes to food photography, it is unpredictable. You can’t control the weather, the clouds, or the sunlight, so while natural light produces some beautiful photos, reliable natural light for the length of your shoot can be hard to come by.

Artificial lighting gives you flexibility, control, and consistency that you just can’t get when you’re working with and relying on… the sun! Particularly if you are photographing in the winter, on nights and weekends, live in a cloudy or rainy climate, or live someplace without many windows, artificial lighting is a necessity when it comes to food photography.

One of the biggest barriers to getting started with artificial lighting is the equipment. Which artificial lights are the best? Are there any affordable options? What other materials do you need? Curious to answer these questions and learn more about choosing the best artificial lights for food photography? We’re breaking it all down below!

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