This has been a week of disastrously wonderful eating. Fat Tuesday is perhaps the one holiday, if you can call it a holiday, that my office actually celebrates with any sort of success. Tuesday also happened to be the day that our usual Partner's meeting caterer decided to treat us secretaries to a free lunch (wohoo!) so needless to say that I pigged out all day Tuesday on salads and eggplant parm and some sort of curried chicken as well as waay to many pieces of king cake. And that was after my chicken pilaf dinner that I blogged about here. And the wonderful blooming herb bread....and what I didn't mention before was that I also decided to bake cookies on Monday night...because I was craving sugar, even though I knew that cakes were coming on Tuesday.
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| Desert Sand Cookies from Scandinavian Classic Baking |
I originally found the recipe from the tastefoodblog and her pictures are much better, she also gives a great review of the Scandinavian Classic Baking cookbook that I really want to buy now.
picture from tastefoodblog
See what I mean? I'd love to get into pastries some day but its much harder than say tagines, because J is almost always allergic to fancy flaky deliciousness and the like.
My cookies turned out great, even though my butter did not turn a nice "deep golden brown" which is apparently the secret to great butter cookies. And, the butter cookies combined with the king cake and I'm sure all the coffee etc that has helped me get through the week really hasn't made my stomach all that happy. But I can't help but keep eating them! Its definately been a theme this week.
Last night the boy had a law review drinks thing and I was on my own for dinner, which is such a rarity I had to make something tasty and not J-friendly. Which means creamy and cheesy and definately NOT what my already over sugared stomach was craving. But I did it anyways out of principle, I even had white wine. Why do we do these things to ourselves? Why couldn't I just admit defeat and make a nice tasty salad for dinner? Or, heaven forbid, go for a run to clear my arteries and then indulge in my three cheese tortellini with green peppers and spinach lathered in Trader Joes' Gorgonzola Walnut Pear Champagne dressing? (which is the best tortellini dip ever made fyi)
Food is such a comfort, even when it makes us feel less than ideal. and I guess I needed comfort food last night. Its just been one of those weeks. I need Spring, and sunshine and warmth. This is why teachers created spring breaks. Where is my spring break?
Today is J's first day of Spring Break, so yeah, im jealous. But he just texted and offered to come pick me up from work and we made plans to stop at the store and get stuff to make something tasty for dinner together (i love home cooking dates) but I'm still all sugered out and not hungry or craving anything! and its completely all my fault for over-indulging all week long but I will persevere, because that's what we do when it comes to food.
No wonder we all have weight and shape and health issues. But hooray for tasty food.
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