Screw this obsession with weight! It's starting to mess with my mind! In a world saturated with processed foods, I am the #1 hypocrit!! I lack consistancy in my diet, and I'm sure I'm not the only one!
"Hello, all the ladies in the house that feel guilty after eating a scoop of ice cream!"
Here's the deal, and I've thought about this alot. I'm developing a diet called the "Grade School Diet". I am convinced, that pre-meditated, portion controlled meals throughout the day are the way to go! Get it?! Eat like you're in grade school! Go back to those days when Mum, Dad or Guardian would make your lunches, you rode the school bus into school and Barbie was the coolest accessory to rock your classmates.
For me, a typical day was like this:
1. Wake up, eat breakfast. Normally a breakfast cereal with milk, high in fibre.
2. Get to school, do the morning P.E. Class, afterwards have a snack. Normally, fruit, fruit roll up or granola bar
3. Do more school work... THEN LUNCH! Normally a sandwich or soup, a piece of fruit, some nuts, and a cookie.
4. Finish school, go home & have a snack.
5. Dinner, dessert,
6. Bed.
I mean, how sweet is that routine. It's calculated, it's to the point, it keeps the metabolism burning bright.
Where did it all go wrong? It went wrong when I went to university and I discovered that all those fabulous foods I fantasized about eating in grade school I could FINALLY eat because I didn't have a mother controlling what I was putting in my body.
A typical day went like this:
1. Wake up. "Why, hello cupcake and left over pizza. You're looking very delectable. I'll eat you after I finish this chocolate bar and beer" Repeat throughout the day.
Not good.
So now, screw the supplements! The fad diets and the binging! I'm going to eat healthy!! And, every other day, I'm going to do my own P.E. class!
Dammit, I wish I had one of those parachutes they had in gym class!
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
Do you long for the sweet sauce known as Donair Sauce? Do you lapsed into a late night craving for garlic fingers and donair sauce? Do you feel mildly cheated when you eat a so called "Nova Scotian Donair" and it's served on a Greek Pita with lettuce?
Well you are not alone.
As a Prince Edward Island expat, I think of donairs daily. Perhaps it's the absence of this delicious home town treat that makes me long for it even more! And, when local Upper Canadian businesses try their hand at recreating the delectable snack, it all goes to heck.
So for all of you out there, here's my own donair sauce recipe my donair meat recipe is a bit of a secret. After taking an existing recipe I tweaked it until it was just right! Use it in conjunction with the pizza dough recipe for your own Garlic Fingers.
NOTE: Mega bricks of cheese are on sale at Value Mart, No Frills and Loblaws this week for $3.99 that's enough mozzerella for lots and lots of garlic fingers!
Donair Sauce
2/3 cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/4 cup white vinegar
1/2 tsp garlic powder
Mix all together. You can't over mix this donair sauce... But it's going to get really thick.
Garlic Fingers
garlic butter (made to taste, garlic mashed & mixed into salted butter with a sprinkle of parsley)
Spread onto half a recipe of my pizza dough (see below) and topped with mozzerella cheese.
Cook. Cut into fingers (or soldiers for all my British readers), dip into donair sauce.
Eat late night, with a friend, drinking beer and watching silly tv shows.
mmmmmm.... sooooooooo tasty!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Here it is, the pizza was good AND fast!
The recipe goes like this:
2 3/4cups of flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup of grated parmasen cheese
1 cup of milk
Mix all the ingredients together until you have a dough. Divide into four portions and top with your favorite ingredients. I spread the tomato sauce all over the crust from edge to edge.
It took only a few moments to throw together but, it helps to make dinner a little bit more interesting!
Enjoy!
Ever since people found out that I lost my job, a flood of well wishes have come my way. From crazy men wanting to ask me out and accidentally calling up my sister to emails from past co workers asking me to stay in touch. However, the worst is the incessant barrage of "Have you found a job yet?" from those the closest to me.
Trust me, you'll all be the first to know!
But, while I wait for carple tunnel to set in from my excessive job applications, I amuse myself my most favorite way!
I COOK!
Today I'm making pizza. Here's a photo:
The soundtrack of choice is Feist's latest album.
Stay tuned for whether or not the pizza was good!