Tonight my family ate pasta with homemade marinara with grilled Italian sausages and a heavy dose of Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses for extra gooey goodness. None of them is fat. With the exception of my hubby all of them stick to one normal portion and are satisfied. Hubby loves to eat, but is in no way chunky, though after a recent job change he did for a nano second have the slightest of tummies, a few days of only eating one giant dinner instead of two and he is back to normal. Men.... grrrrr.....
I have always experienced feelings of deprivation when trying to 'diet'. Especially as I cooked. Not true now and I cant quite put my finger on it. I just know that I am not sneaking some here and there, just a taste or five for the cook doncha know :)))) I am really liking the way my food makes me feel after I eat it. Instead of feeling full, in a food coma, I feel full, but awake.... alive.
I know I should but I don't count calories as much as just take a simple inventory of my portion size. It seems to be working for me, perhaps not as quick as it would if I was adhering to a strict calorie count. At any rate I think Ill keep this way going until I need to change it.
I have found my best friend in this whole new to me cooking experience is spices and lots of them. I think I have purchased more new spices out of my spice comfort zone in the last couple of weeks than in the last year or two combined.
What kinds of meals do you make? Whats your favorite one?
We are spice junkies. Today at work a buddy of mine asked me what was in a bottle of BBQ rub he just purchased. I took one whiff and was able to identify 9 of the 10 ingredients on the label. BBQ (my personal favorite) and spices go hand in hand.
ReplyDeleteAs far as healthy cooking, I make a pretty mean stir fry. Chicken, bean sprouts, sugar peas, carrots, water chestnuts and some peanut sauce.
I am not the best cook and I rely on my husband a lot. He grills and stirfrys to keep things low fat. We have not experimented much with new spices. I hope you will post some of your favorite recipes.
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