The Reason Sweets Are Bad

Is because you are driving home for lunch and thinking about making a delicious fried egg and having an English muffin all buttery and good with it and then you walk into the house and you see the dark chocolate covered melty mints and you tell yourself you don't even want one and then you are drinking your tea and doing some work, still planning on making that egg and toast, and then you think well, maybe I will just have ONE dark chocolate covered melty mint and then after you eat it you realize it is so delicious that there is nothing more delicious than that and then you don't even want to make your egg and toast that you were so excited about before!  Aaarrrgghhh!  Get away from me sweets!  You poison my brain!

Hummus?? Hummus!!

Usually, I am no fan of store-bought hummus.  Too much garlic (can't eat it), too grainy (texture matters), not enough tahini, and definitely nothing like real Jerusalem stuff.  But I am enjoying this new hummus - discovered courtesy of J's friend Jascha.  It's Wildwood probiotic stuff.  It's creamy.  It tastes good.  I am eating it on celery and carrots.  It was good on tortilla chips during the 49ers game.  It is good sitting in the back of the coffee shop that all of OUSD teachers and staff seem to love, waiting for my meeting.
Yum!

Healthy eating

This is what I am eating: tilapia baked with butter, lemon, sprinkles of parmesan cheese and some cherry heirloom tomatoes.

Baby broccoli sauteed in oil with salt.

Delicious, but I was so hungry from changing my eating habits that I basically inhaled it all in a matter of seconds and then it was gone.

Okay, so then also I had a half a rice cake with goat cheese for dessert.  I just wanted that goat cheese.  Plus, I can't have ice cream, so give me a break!

Farewell to Starch and Sugar

dear breakfast bagel,

you were delicious.

thank you for filling my tummy when i got canceled on.

adieu, adieu, adieu.

Pots and Pans

Phew.  Now that Mexico has skyrocketed me back into the world of eating, I am cooking again too, and I love my new pots and pans.  Everything heats up easily and cleaning them is a breeze.  And there is even a little mini-pot just big enough for my morning oatmeal and nothing else.  Today I ate the oatmeal with butter and brown sugar and a cup of decaffeinated English Breakfast tea.  (After 2 weeks of vacation, I can't handle caffeine anymore!) Yum.  Thank you, Mom and Dad!  Hooray for pots and pans!

Coca-cola

Is the most delicious drink ever created by chemistry.  I am happily drinking it at the cafe, heartily eating a sandwich, and almost forgetting that I don't sleep enough.

Whole Milk

Whole milk, I should write an ode to you.
You are delicious, cool and sweet.
You fill my tummy, even when it's feeling funny.
I took you home from work, nestled in my cart,
A gallon, still half full,
A perfect gift
I did not pay for.
Whole milk, I would pay dearly for you.