They’re made with Stevia, coconut milk, rice protein, and pure cocoa. For the uninitiated, pure cocoa has not been processed, so you get all the benefits of the cocoa, including super high antioxidents and very few carbs.

See, when PR Newswire photography supervisor Evans-Ludderodt isn’t behind her camera, you can find her in the kitchen.  Food is her creative outlet.

“I cook everything organic,” Evans-Ludderodt said, adding that she “grew up in the people’s republic of Cambridge [Mass.], where there was a Whole Foods there before Whole Foods was even popular.”

Her foodie-ness began in childhood. Evans-Ludderodt wasn’t exposed to a lot of food preservatives or added sugar. She’s also always had an adventurous palate, gravitating toward different cuisines and eager to try new foods.

Roughly a year ago, she went all-organic with her meats and hasn’t looked back.

“When we use pesticides and then consume these foods, it hurts our bodies a little bit too,” she said. “A lot of things have so many pesticides. It puts wear and tear on your body because you’re fighting off something constantly. Since I went organic, I have a lot more energy and I feel better.”

How she landed in professional photography happened a lot like her food journey: She tried everything.

Evans-Ludderodt attended the Massachusetts College of Art, where she discovered she loved all things creative. She took wood sculpture, small metals, fashion, photography, video, glass blowing and regular sculpture. She loved it all and by the end of the year, she still couldn’t declare a major.

“I think of myself as a visual problem solver,” she said. “I picked photography because I thought it was the most egalitarian of the arts. It was mass produced, and it hung on its own merit. It was more ‘for the people art.’”

So after graduating, Evans-Ludderodt moved to Washington, D.C., worked in a studio, and eventually moved on to PR Newswire. That was a little more than six years ago.

Today, Evans-Ludderodt oversees the 400 freelance photographers worldwide who work with PR Newswire. She considers herself blessed to have such a creative job.

“It’s really an art to match the photographer to the shoot,” she said. “The majority of projects are long term projects that happen in many different cities. I love it when a client can show me what they want. Once I get an idea what they’re looking for, I match them with a photographer for a shoot.”

When shooting photos herself, Evans-Ludderodt said her favorite shots are portraits. To her, portraits are a “quick story condensed into one second.”

“In one image, you’re capturing the person and you’re using cultural and visual cues. Colors, body language, and their environment all are significant,” Evans-Ludderodt said. “It’s visual communication.”

Christine Cube is a media relations manager for PR Newswire and freelance writer. You can follow her @cpcube.

Blog Notes is a weekly helping of blogs recently reviewed on PR Newswire for Bloggers. Would you like your blog reviewed? Tweet to PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube at @PRN4Bloggers.

Copyblogger delivers audience-focused articles on online content marketing. It was launched Jan. 2006 by Brian Clark, a serial entrepreneur and former attorney and real estate broker. Copyblogger began as a one-man blog. Today, Copyblogger Media editorial team churns out content that has landed the site as a top marketing blog on Advertising Age's Power150 list. "Copyblogger has been teaching people how to create killer online content," the blog says. "Not bland corporate crap created to fill up a company webpage. Valuable information that attracts attention, drives traffic, and builds your business." I particularly identify with one popular post, 8 Strange Rituals of Productive Writers. The site also features several tutorials on copywriting, content marketing, SEO copywriting, email marketing, and landing pages, to name a few. Read the full post on PR Newswire for Bloggers here.

Looting Matters is a "discussion of the archaeological ethics surrounding the collecting of antiquities." I was first introduced to Looting Matters by a friend, who understands my love of history, culture, and old things. Looting Matters provides a fascinating glimpse that historical items that have surfaced and what their future holds. It's written by David Gill, professor of archaeological heritage and head of the division of humanities at University Campus Suffolk.  A recent post includes a piece about two Khmer statues being returned to Cambodia from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Another interesting post is about an upcoming lecture Gill will give exploring the "background to the donation of the "Disney collection" to the University of Cambridge, and the establishment of the Disney chair of archaeology." Read the full post here.

We all know that when it comes to real estate, it's all about location, location, location. This week, we're going to look at Brooklyn. Now, I've actually never visited, but I have many friends there. And the blog, Brownstoner, is an interesting place not only to see the real estate offerings in that fine part of New York, but also read about some of the "tangential topics that impact life inside and outside the home in Brooklyn." The blog features residential and commercial real estate news, development updates, and neighborhood news. The site boasts a marketplace with more than 3,000 real estate listings and 250 local businesses in Brooklyn. The Brownstoner was launched by Jonathan Butler in Oct. 2004, and it currently has more than 200,000 unique visitors and nearly two million page views a month. Read the full post here.

Christine Cube is a media relations manager with PR Newswire and freelance writer. You can follow her at @cpcube or see what's happening over at @PRN4Bloggers.

Blog Notes is a weekly helping of blogs recently reviewed on PR Newswire for Bloggers. Would you like your blog reviewed? Tweet to PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube at @PRN4Bloggers.

When it comes to politics and culture, Reason has "elbowed its way into the discussion." At least, that's what Columbia Journalism Review has to say about Reason. Reason comes in two forms: The online version and a monthly print magazine of "free minds and free markets." The print publication focuses on politics, culture, and ideas through news, analysis, and commentary. Online, Reason features articles and columns on current events, specifically on politics and culture. "Reason provides a refreshing alternative to right-wing and left-wing opinion magazines by making a principled case for liberty and individual choice in all areas of human activity," the site says, mentioning that Reason and Reason Online are editorially independent publications of the Reason Foundation. Gary S. Becker, Nobel laureate in economics, said Reason has excellent discussions of economic, political, and social issues. Read the full post on PR Newswire for Bloggers here.

While surfing the Internet this weekend, I stumbled across a recipe for peanut butter chocolate chip cookies … which led me to a recipe for Ethiopian-style beef stir fry … and a post about Willie Mays' birthday. Not a surprising turn of (online) events, except it was all one place, MarcusSamuelsson.com. Marcus Samuelsson was born in Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, and is now a top chef and restaurateur in New York City. His story is an intriguing one, and his mission is to create conversations about food, nutrition, culture, art, and design. Samuelsson's blog -- written with help from an editorial team -- marries food, culture, and community with a healthy twist. It’s a place where you can learn a new idea, a new perspective, or try a new recipe. Read the full post here.

Wall St. Cheat Sheet is a financial news blog managed by brothers, Damien and Derek Hoffman. The site launched days after the market's most recent historic nosedive. (This was early 2009, when the Dow was in the 600s!) It was from those days of panic and worry that a voice of reason came up through the blogosphere. "We provide top insights specifically for investors, business professionals, and entrepreneurs," the blog says. "Wall St. Cheat Sheet also provides premium investment newsletters for serious investors in stocks, gold, commodities, and ETFs." Wall St. Cheat Sheet was named the No. 1 Social Media Influencer on Wall Street, according to Forbes. Follow @wallstCS on Twitter. Read the full post here.

Christine Cube is a media relations manager with PR Newswire and freelance writer. You can follow her at @cpcube or see what's happening over at @PRN4Bloggers.

When it comes to the "home of social TV," look no further than Lost Remote. I've actually been following Lost Remote for years. It has really good information about what's happening in the social TV world and things we can expect. The most recent post is a piece on HuffPost Live teaming up with Mark Cuban for a cable TV debut. Also on Lost Remote, you can find a social TV guide, charts, and a leaderboard with the top Twitter accounts. For example, Lost Remote lists the top network/cable TV journalists and top local TV stations on Twitter. Lost Remote is a product of WebMediaBrands. Other members of the WebMediaBrands family include Mediabistro, Inside Network, and SemanticWeb. Read the full post on PR Newswire for Bloggers here.

On this May Day, I checked out a Coupon Geek, who posted a dozen times already today on different deals. Good finds today include everything from Ball Park lean hot dogs to A-1 steak sauce and the Disney Carnival app on iTunes. This is all the work of blogger Jaycie, a wife and stay-at-home mom. Coupon Geek was born Aug. 2008. "I had been finding lots of great deals and wanted a place for my family and friends to read about them, too," Jaycie says in her blog. "While I do my best to learn to live a frugal lifestyle, I am still learning more and more each day on how to cut back on the things that aren’t so important and hinder our goal of a debt-free life." Coupon Geek's deals cover store, online, restaurant, kids-baby, pet, photo, organic, and the Chicago-area. The site also features info on freebies, coupons, giveaways, cooking and various stores. Read the full post here.

There are lots of ways to plan a wedding. But to keep it entirely eco-friendly? Well, that's just cool. Ecopolitan Bride, formerly My Eco Chic Wedding, is for folks who want to kick their eco-game up a notch without sacrificing elegance.  Ecopolitan Bride features posts tucked under a handful of categories: A Bride Idea, Contests & Events, Crafts, and Editor's Pick, to name a few. Looking for some simply brilliant eco-friendly wedding jewelry? How about some uniquely you cake toppers? And then there's thinking outside the box. Look beyond diamonds, for example, and go with what you love. It's a happy surprise that I followed my own eco-friendly route for my wedding a couple years ago. Read the full post here.

Christine Cube is a media relations manager with PR Newswire and freelance writer. You can follow her at @cpcube or see what's happening over at @PRN4Bloggers.

Blog Notes is a weekly helping of blogs recently reviewed on PR Newswire for Bloggers. Would you like your blog reviewed? Tweet to PR Newswire media relations manager Christine Cube at @PRN4Bloggers.

The garden is coming around. Spring is when I'm tinkering around in the garden -- mulching, planting trees and perennials, and scraping back flowerbeds trying to find flowers I'd forgotten.  I'm especially excited about a sea of tulips coming in, proving our hard work in November was not in vain.  So it's in this thread that I found myself poking around for a good garden blog. I discovered Red, White & Grew. This blog is the product of lifestyle blogger Pamela Price. Price launched the blog in 2008 with the mission to promote "the victory garden revival and other simple, soulful, and earth-friendly endeavors as patriotic acts in an age of uncertainty." A rough sketch of her editorial calendar is simple: spring (gardens and gardening), summer (homeschooling), fall (recipes), and winter (memoir). Here's a recent post called Coming Up Short in the Yard, where Price talks about some garden challenges they're facing this year. Read the full post on PR Newswire for Bloggers here.

Finding a recipe or dinner idea online is so common these days that we take the convenience for granted. And if I'm trying to recall all the ingredients to a certain dish while shopping, the answer is accessible via the smartphone in my pocket. This weekend, I was looking for a springtime dish to have for dinner one night and take for lunch the next day. I went directly to 101 Cookbooks by Heidi Swanson. For years, I've followed her posts and enjoyed her inspirations for a sure-to-please meal or dessert. This blog has vegetarian recipes that spring out of Swanson's life -- inspired by friends and family, travels, and (of course) her cookbook collection. A recently-posted recipe for a buttermilk asparagus salad came together using "everything on the left-hand bottom shelf" of Swanson's refrigerator. While I'm sure her refrigerator is better-stocked than mine, it was exactly what I was looking for. Read the full post here.

GameSkinny is a place to "discover, create, and elevate the voice of your gaming community." There, you'll find new, reviews, tips, culture, and a big "browse" section. You can look up just about anything -- by platform (XBox, Playstation, Nintendo, desktop or mobile), genre (action, family, indie, etc.), or game.  GameSkinny is an interesting place. Posts are written by gamers for gamers. And, it's always looking for more folks to write.  It asks: "Wondering why you should spend your precious time posting on GameSkinny? Here's why: Publishing great stuff online isn't hard anymore. Being heard is." Read the full post here.

Christine Cube is a media relations manager with PR Newswire and freelance writer. You can follow her at @cpcube or see what's happening over at @PRN4Bloggers.