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March 29, 2011 Food, Glorious Food



After six weeks of eating out practically twice a day (not that I minded) and clogging our arteries with saturated fats not to mention packing on the pounds, we are once again climbing aboard the Jenny Craig train.  That way a) I don’t have to cook and b) I don’t have to think about WHAT to cook c) it’s good for us and d) no dishes or yucky food smells to scare off prospective buyers.

Last night we had our last meal out (sniff waaahhh) at Baton Rouge and savoured every delicious, messy bite.  Great ribs, awesome veggies! but no hush puppies, jambalaya, etouffee, gumbo or creole anything anywhere on the menu.  What kind of self-respecting Louisiana “style” restaurant doesn’t feature those?  Oh well, the service was outstanding, the music was the blues, and the food, even though not exactly authentic, was pretty tasty.

I WON’T miss hamburgers and pizza (I’m about DONE with those) but strangely, I will miss Indian food. This is my new obsession – I just can’t get enough of the stuff!!  Which is really weird because it used to be my least favourite food of all.  Now, it’s all about curry (especially spicy massaman), naan, samosa’s and vindaloo.  Yum yum yum.  But, it’s ok – Indian food’s good for you right?  Hmmm…sure – because there’s no butter in any of that stuff and they never deep fry anything?  Riiigghht.

Ok, seriously, who am I kidding??  I’ll miss EVERY kind of food.  Jueecy Italian pasta’s, rich creamy French sauces, Mexican loaded with cheese, big eggy breakfasts, long lunches that include dessert, croissants at the farmer’s market, Friday night dinners, chai lattes and bagels with schmear on Sunday mornings – it doesn’t matter – I love it all. I love talking about it, looking at it, and eating it!  Not only do I love food – I love going OUT for food.  I get to visit with friends and family AND eat!

Oh how I wish I were one of those people who thinks of food as FUEL.  HOW that’s possible though I can’t imagine??  Really – I can’t.  Food is..food is..is…LIFE!  So I’m pretty sure this won’t be the last time I do Jenny or some other thing because CLEARLY I am not interested in eating to live – I’m all about living to EAT.  There are waayy too many delectable things out there to deprive myself of the joys of delicously not-good-for-you food permanently.

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