artichokes, artichokes, yum yum yum

Alex has informed me that he doesn't care much about artichokes one way or the other, so I am eating them both myself!

Last night I had the first one fresh from being steamed, with melted butter to dip it in. Tonight I am looking for some other sauce varieties, but they all seem to be mayo-based. I wish I had lemons--I would make lemon-butter sauce, which is more up my alley.

I guess I'll just have to try one of these recipes and see how it does. How about a combination of mayonnaise, mustard, cayenne, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce? (Does that sound hideous to anyone else???)

back on the (sea)horse, ha ha ha

Today I ate three shrimp with a yummy cocktail sauce, and several crackers with lobster dip.

I even ate them on purpose. :)

This marks the first time I have even remotely been around lobster-as-a-food since when I first smelled it (around 10 years old) and literally almost threw up. I am proud of myself!

good breakfast

I am trying to be good about eating breakfast, so I got granola for morning cereal. THEN totally coincidentally I got a big tub of vanilla yogurt. Well, there was only so much time before I realized that these two needed to be combined. The result was the most DELICIOUS bowl of 25 grams of protein for breakfast that I've met yet! Kashi makes really good granola.

Whole Foods

AKA my new favorite place in the UNIVERSE!!

Alex and I just went to a Whole Foods in Nashville with an old friend of mine/ours (Kelsey) and her boyfriend. We knew we were meeting up, and didn't know where to go. I said, "I want potato salad, sushi, and pizza." Now, I was pretty sure we were going to have to go to at least two locations to achieve this, but No! Kelsey informed me that Whole Foods would have all of these. And more!

So I totally ate my hungry little heart out. I won't even write down how much it cost, because it was really somewhat obscene (but totally worth it), but here was MY meal:

potato salad (a really light, fresh-flavored one)
a slice of pepperoni pizza
roasted vegetables
macaroni salad
a tray of sushi
big, thick slabs of ginger-orange beets
raspberry health-soda (you know the kind, I'm sure)
and for dessert, vegan chocolate mousse with craisins, chocolate chips and fresh strawberries thrown in.

Alex had his own goodies, like a sweet potato & honey soup.

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM, etc. :)

Yes, I really did just sit there and gobble it all down. To be fair, all I had earlier in the day was a bagel and a pretzel, so I was ready for some GOOD FOOD. And we have some leftovers. But I ate a ton of it and then was just happy for hours afterward. I am going to have to find a Whole Foods in New Hampshire!

What, cottage cheese now?

I had cottage cheese for breakfast! This is another first food for me. I'm doing quite well at widening my food horizons! And I have to admit, it didn't taste like what I expected it to. I had it with cinnamon-sprinkled peaches. I might even make it a regular breakfast. :)

I ate a shrimp

I thought about eating two. It was really gross for a minute but then I tried not thinking of it as meat, and just concentrated on the cocktail sauce. So I really did swallow it and everything, and I wasn't even sick! I have to say that MAYBE I could eat more in the future. I don't think I would pursue it unless they've got some great health benefit though.

a shrimp deferred....

The shrimp will be waiting for tomorrow. But it wasn't my doing! I will post just as soon as I eat it. :)

seafood, ahoy!

Tonight I will eat at least one shrimp. All the way down the hatch. No spittings-out allowed. I have mixed feelings about this. :P

I bought a vanilla bean

What shall I do with it??

branching out already

Last night I ate a crab puff or something like that. It was a crispy pastry with a crab/cream cheese mix inside and I ate the Whole Thing! I even liked it. I'm proud of myself. :)

foods I want to try

shellfish
duck
veal? (don't know if I'm brave enough for that one)
actual non-Cod fish
octopus

as you can see, I'm really trying to get acquainted with the ocean here. :)

clam chowder? me?

Let's get something straight: Seafood really creeps me out. I just can't stand it. So imagine my surprise when my aforementioned Best Friend In The Whole World and I made clam chowder together, and I really liked it! Of course, I scooped out my bit before the actual clams were involved, but there was clam juice in the soup and it was YUMMY.

I have resolved that this year I will try very hard to overcome my dislike of seafood. After all, it seems quite silly to live in New England and not like seafood, doesn't it?