Sassy Black Friend

More food fun

Apparently, I’m nesting. I spent last night cleaning the house like a lunatic, and today I can’t stop cooking. I canceled some evening plans to cook some deliciousness. As always, my cooking is not recommended as a part of diets for quick weight loss, or any other weight loss for that matter.

I’m making chili, some curry thing J told me about, and baking a pie. An apple pie to be specific. I rarely make actual pies, I usually get lazy and settle for a galette, but as previously mentioned, I’m nuts today. All the food is for next week. I have a bunch of events and tons of work, so won’t have time to cook.

Breakfast Slop

I’m just stopping in to share a quick recipe with the class. I woke up this morning in kind of a bad mood, and wanted some comfort food. The boyfriend left for work early, so I was only cooking for myself.

Basically I spent 10 minutes pulling things out of the refrigerator, trying to combine them into something that would fit in one skillet and raise my cholesterol as well as my spirits. Here’s what I ended up with (no measurements as usual). This meal is unlikely to help with any weight loss plans you might have, obviously. Read more »

Mmmm, sandwiches

Have I ever mentioned that I love sandwiches? I do. Almost any kind. I could eat them breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. My dad is always teasing me about making everything into a sandwich. Some people cook their leftovers into a new dish, I slap mine between a couple slices of bread. Today’s menu is a typical example:

Breakfast – Egg and cheddar sandwich on a bagel
Lunch – Leftover meatloaf sandwich (recipe from J – yum)
Dinner – Beef orzo soup and probably 1/2 a sandwich Read more »

Black He-Man in the house

While the boyfriend and I were in New York with his family, his dad mentioned that Dan had put on some weight. I see him every day so I hadn’t noticed, but he has. Not a lot, we’re both kinda skinny by nature. But he kind of freaked out about it. Something about being shirtless during our vacation, I dunno. He’s spending an hour every day in the basement “working out” now. I use scare quotes because his idea of working out is lifting weights for 10 minutes then talking about how pumped he’s going to be for the rest of the workout time. Just like his idea of a weight loss diet is having a lot of unhealthy snacks throughout the day instead of meals. For a smart guy, he’s a dumb ass. But he’s my dumb ass and I love him.

What to do?

What’s the best way to deal with a meal you really don’t like? The boyfriend and I are doing 2 Thanksgivings this year, both locally (yay!)

The first will be fine. A friend’s house, people we like, and know can cook. The second dinner, however, is a problem. I’ve had dinner with these folks before, and let’s just say the memory is a great appetite suppressant.

Obviously no one expects you to be starving when you have two dinners on the same night, but we will be expected to eat something. The boyfriend recommends the old food in the napkin trick. I’m leaning towards pushing food around on a plate and then sneaking it into the garbage as soon as possible. Will let you know what we do.

How sweet

I think I mentioned that I’ve been having some skin issues lately. And my loving and pushing his luck boyfriend mentioned this fact to his mother. So far she’s sent me 7 emails about it. Lists of foods to eat and foods to avoid. Suggestions about how and when to wash sheets and towels. Facial cleansers, moisturizers, toners, and something called a face buffer that I’m afraid to even think about. I’ve gotten 4 articles about salicylic acid, which is great, but it is all making my head spin a bit.

There is such a thing as too helpful.