Tonights Dinner
Ok, so I think we may have already established that I'm greedy. Ok, maybe not really greedy but I love food. I think that's why I have such a hard time losing weight, because when it comes to food I lack discipline. Well maybe I'm exaggerating a little bit. And I do mean a little bit. I've noticed that I eat because something looks good or smells good, it's rarely because I'm hungry. I love every that's not good for you. Bread, pasta and butter are my worst enemies. Lol
I do vow that after the holidays it's on!!!! I'm going to take full advantage of the super cheap membership that I have had with Ba.llys for who knows how long and get rid of some of this weight I've gained and cant seem to shake. I work literally a block away from the club and work 10 minutes away (if theres not heavy traffic) so there really is no excuse for me to not go on a more regular basis. So after I indulge in all of the wonderful food we'll be having at my in-laws over the holidays then I'm going to get serious. At minimum I want to lose 20 pounds by summer. My 20 year is this summer and if I go I definitely want to make sure I look somewhat fly like I did back in High school. I was so cute back in the day. Any way........
I happened to find this blog one day and got super excited. All the food he cooks looks SOOOOOO tasty and I swear I can feel the pounds adding up while I'm looking though all the different recipes w/pictures mind you that he has on his blog. If I had nothing but time and money I would try each of his recipes daily. Of course I'd have to substitute the beef and pork recipes since we don't eat that. I really do enjoy cooking for my family, but sometimes I'm not too excited about it because I always have a million and one other things to do throughout the day. By time dinner time rolls around I'm like 'DANG! I really don't FEEL like cooking.' and I really don't want my family to starve.
And then Tam decides she wants to go and do HER cooking blog which has all kind of stuff I want to try out too. I swear I can't escape food no matter what I do. And then she post stuff to entice me like THIS and THIS with strawberries and whip cream. WOW!! Desserts are the ultimate weight loss assassin. If I can overcome my desire for sweet things, I'd be halfway there.
Ok, so when I initially started this entry it wasn't supposed to be about my love for food or my need to drop a good 20-40 pounds. It was supposed to be about our dinner for the evening. One of the recipes that caught my eye on Darius T Williams blog was the Sweet Thai Basil Chicken. I love Basil and I adore Thai food, so I had been planning to cook this for the past few weeks. I decided tonight would be the night since I don't have to work tomorrow. Did I mention I only worked today (one day out of the week) and don't have to work again until Tuesday. Well in case I didn't...... I'm off until Tuesday. HOORAY!!!!! I happened to be checking out Tam's Cooking blog and saw the recipe for french onion soup. Although the two don't go together I had a taste for both so that's what our dinner consisted of this evening. Here are the pictures.
look at you! that all looks delish! types of noodles aren't important as
long as it tastes good! btw my stomach started growling looking at it so i
suppose that now makes you dtw. lol. (still growling over here)
OMG that looks good. I checked out his blog and it's gonna be on my buddy
list!!! I have to start cooking better as well. I think I'm gonna try to
make what you did. I love the presentation girl.
@ Jameil: I was surprised that it was so very easy and didn't take a long
time. I wish I had added more basil and not cut it up so small, but I'll
no better for next time.
Okay, I am already past due for lunch and now my mouth is watering with
this post. You are awesome. I wish I had that much energy to cook like
that.
Yum...all that food looks mouthwatering and tempting.I know what it is like
to need to lose weight and not be able to stay away from the wrong foods!
My food never looks that good. It tastes good, but I wont be posting
pictures of the lacking presentation of it.
Awww man....now I'm STARVING, lol. I hate cooking. If it has more than 4
ingredients than I don't even want to begin cooking....
@ Gina: Lol, I hope you were able to get something to eat.