Food(less) Journey

How can you not think about spring when there are French Tulips around? Beautiful! It's 50 degrees out! On warm days it smells like spring around here.  I had to get out of the office and get some vitamin D. Coat? Check! Soup? Check! Bible? Check! Let's go! I walked a ways away from my office and posted on a bench for the duration of my lunch hour. It wasn't warm outside, but it wasn't the bitter cold of winter either. With soup to keep me warm from the inside out I was quite satisfied Aren't these beautiful? The smell is ridiculously delicious. I stood by them and breathed deeply... Summer Pasta This pasta dish reminds me of Summer. The brightly colored veggies. Hint of citrus to brighten the flavor. Where are my sandals? Are you sick of me posting about pasta yet? But it's so good! Zucchini, Yellow Squash, carrots, cherry tomatoes, green beans(will not use these again) and Spe

Hello Precious! Quite a few people have gone veg and gained weight. Why? Pasta is often the answer. Its an easily adaptable but completely satisfying meal with or without meat and cheese. And not that there is anything wrong with eating pasta, but everything in moderation. Also, if you're going to have pasta be smart about it and have a pasta made with Spelt flour. Spelt is a relative of wheat, but it has a good amount of protein and lower glycemic index (aka you don't get a blood sugar spike and crash) Another trick is to smother your pasta....  Smothered Pasta  If you are going to eat pasta often have it be the accent to your meal not the main component. And remember to have another source of protein with it. Protein has hunger satiating properties so eating it with something potentially naughty helps you to eat less. Another favorite sauce is white bean "cheese" sauce. Yum! Smothered Pasta 1 c frozen spinach

I think that phrase is heavily overused and underused at the same time. People say things like:  "I love pizza" "I love my dog" "I love my new jeans" But they are excessively hesitant to tell the people around them that they love them. To be sure, there are ways to show that you love someone. But showing does not exempt you from telling. We humanoids need verbal confirmation. So go call a friend, loved one, older person that has inspired you and is dear to you and tell them that you love them. Right now! Go! Did you do it? Good job. Now let's talk food....  PIZZA!!  Pizza In a Bowl Pizza in a bowl is one of my fave lazy dishes. It feeds the pizza obsession in a quick and easy and carb optional way. It's not really a set recipe, but here is what I do: 1) Heat 1 T olive oil in a pan and toss in 1/2 c fresh mushrooms. (onion and fresh garlic and spinach could also go in at this p

Yeah it snowed a litttle.... Okay so I might have scared some folks with all that meat I had on here in the last post. Grow up yenz I know you've seen ribs before. Like when you go to a restaurant with a meat eater. Or when you go to a bbq joint. Or when you watch a fashion show. Anyway, I think eating or not eating meat is a personal choice. I personally choose not to. But I have friends who choose to eat meat. I also pick and choose my battles... Sometimes they are eating veg-based foods and dont know it, but I feel bad for tricking them so much. So then I will let them eat meat in my presence and I won't smack them with the forget me stick (did you see the movie Megamind? Hilarious!). Below I present you with some totally veg-based deliciousness to cleanse your palate. The soup is gluten free, but the pita not so much. Salsa soup with black beans garnished with homemade pita chips

Vegetables at a Superbowl Party? That is weird. Dont worry there is dip and dressing to drown them in. So here is a really big secret. Don't tell  anyone. Seriously. I ask people to bring Veggie trays to my gatherings. They assume it is because I want to have something healthy and because im a veg-head. But thats not why. People don't  eat all the veggies and then I have fresh veggies for the week. Diabolical I know, but I repay my guests by pulling out the Reynolds wrap and letting them take home all the crap I don't eat anyway. So we all win. :-) Pizza, meatballs, buffalo wings, maple bbq wings fried zuchini, fried mozzarella, creepy marinara sauce Superbowl Parties have nothing to do with this...  It's about this: meat snacks  And this: fried vegetables

    But First...   Best Bakery Party at Bakery Square a sampling of treats Last Saturday I went to the Best Bakery Party at Bakery Square. It was really nice! Even tho there was only one bakery I found with treats for moi. But those treats were delicious! I had 4 mini cupcakes from Dozens Bake Shop . They are back and better than ever I might add. The cake was moist and flavorful in its own right, but the icing was knock your socks and boots off good. Chocolate Buttercream on the vanilla cake and peppermint icing on the Chocolate cake.  Chocolate Cake with Peppermint Icing  If the Choc buttercream had been on the chocolate cake I probably would have gone into a coma eating 2 more of those. But its giving me some ideas.... Lollihop from Health Deals I got my Lollihop box a few weeks ago and ate it up before the week was gone This was an extremely tasty and awesome box! Well not the box, but the things in the box.... - P