Mood:
d'ohTopic: Food
I looked forward to tonight's dinner all freaking week. By now, you've probably come to realize that my imagination doesn't do me any favors. Hell, in my imagination, I'm happily married to the man of my dreams (ahem, John M. call me please), we're so loaded we don't know what to do with all the cash (which is why we buy our grapes
from Whole Foods), my book series (3 in total) is a New York Times bestseller, and well, the hubby and I are in the middle of buying a vineyard.
Crazy how that happens, right?
Hence why I got so stoked over a stupid date bar two days ago. But hey, one can always dream.
But this evening my dream came true and the dinner I had been looking forward to did not taste like shit. May the angels sing!
All summer, I had planned to host a Jersey Shore premiere party—complete with the outfits, lasagna, pizza, and watermelon margaritas, or as Ronnie and The Situation call it, Haterade.
However, this was the best time of my summer to detox. Every other week or weekend I have something on the social calendar that involves drinking and/or eating junk (ah, to be young and beautiful). So I had to give up my Jersey Shore party tonight.
But that doesn't mean my meal has to be boring! So for dinner I made chicken sausage with sauteed onion and bell pepper all packed into a whole grain bun, with a side of corn on the cob. Yum!
A meal finally tasted normal, and delicious, and even summery. I loved it. And it was very filling, which is always a plus. The sausage I got was the chipotle pepper variety made Amylu. Amylu also makes other flavors such as apple & gouda, apple & maple, cranberry & cognac, gourmet chorizo, italian with parmesean, italian with peppers & onions, jalapeno & pepper jack, and sun dried tomato & basil.
Since I was so discouraged after my trip to Whole Foods last weekend, I went to Fresh Market for the first time. While it is very similar to Whole Foods, I found a few additional detox-friendly snacks there.
Aside from the Amylu chicken sausage, I found a bag of vegan granola that is so good! The brand is Little Red Wagon and they have several varieties such as cosmopolitan(cranberries, apricot, pecan, almond, hint of orange), crunchy monkey(bananas, chocolate chips, pecans, almonds), mocha (dark chocolate drops, almonds).
I bought Big Apple, the only vegan variety offered by Little Red Wagon. Big Apple is of course clusters of granola, mixed with dried apples, raisins, almonds, pecans, and cinnamon.
Fresh Market also had some sesame snacks I bought, along with some veggie chips. With five more days to go, I feel these new food items will help me make it to the end (not to mention the sushi I'm going to have this weekend).
Now...it's Jersey Shore, bitch!
Weight: 122.6
