Archive for the ‘food’ Category

Behold the Turtle Burger

I got this photo and text in an e-mail today and my life? It will never be the same. I am both horrified and fascinated. This is the sort of kick-ass fucking awesomeness that makes the terrorists hate us. Here’s the text of the e-mail: I have no idea where the name comes from.  Supposedly, [...]

Pantry purge fail

Last weekend, I decided to clean out my pantry for two reasons. First, I wanted to actually be able to find things.  It’s a small closet with four shelves and a floor where we have a rolling cart with two drawers, so there’s not a lot of space.  It was an chaotic mess in there, [...]

Salad days

We went out to a great little bar between the two lakes here and I was really going to be good and order a salad. Except I didn’t get a “good” salad. I got a GREAT salad! And it probably had a 1,000 calories. Strips of flank steak marinaded in bourbon, grilled and sliced and [...]

Shopping blind

I can’t read shit without my glasses. What really sucks is that I need bifocals. I can see perfectly at a distance and do not need glasses to drive, but I cannot read anything or get anything into focus up close. But I am still in my mid-somethings and I refuse to get granny glasses [...]

Of hoops and wings

I admit it. I failed in my attempts to lose weight last week. I was on vacation, and while I ate a bazillion calories, walked a million miles and didn’t GAIN weight, I also did not lose an ounce. Not one single ounce. See, it’s not really my fault. I have an excuse for this. [...]

It’s a new day

I just went to the free hotel breakfast that usually means a pig-out on bland waffles, oily sausage and whatever muffin-bricks the hotel staff has found in the freezer. And even though I am usually very pleased with my fat, full tummy after such an indulgence, I usually want to go back to the hotel [...]

My bitch du jour

You know what honks me off? Nutrition information labels. Not all of them, mostly the ones that are on snack foods. The ones that hope you don’t notice that they are playing you for a dumb ass. I have the kind of job where there are days that I have at least one hour for [...]

Really, Facebook?

Thanks, Facebook, for putting an ad on my profile page suggesting I need help with my emotional eating issues. What mathematical formula came up with that little gem? I must have too many food references on my status updates. I was actually feeling pretty good about myself tonight. I made one small stride toward getting [...]

Getting my mojo back

I hacked the holy shit out of my thumb a month ago with a mandolin. To help me regain my kitchen confidence, and I am sure hoping it would help him get laid, my husband bought me a KitchenAid Artisan 5 quart stand mixer for Valentine’s Day. I swooned. Of course, I had to try [...]

Dropping a few ounces the hard way

Came home from work on Monday with a ton of good intentions, including preparing a fresh, healthy meal and doing some reading for an online course I am taking that is intended to help me organize ideas and become a more prolific writer. And I think Hoylier and I were gonna indulge in a little [...]

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