Followed Nan's advice--what was your wording, Nan, you eat many, many luscious vegetables? I popped a whole 1 lb. eggplant into the toaster oven at 400 degrees F. and roasted it for about an hour and half. Did what Joy of Cooking said--cut a few slits in it and slid a garlic clove in each one. Then when it was kind of soft and nice and smoky, I cut it up and ate it in a pretty blue and white Tory Burch spongeware bowl with our garden basil and tomatoes, some olive oil, sea salt, a little leftover pasta and some part-skim ricotta. It was so good, and so easy. I felt like I indulged. I don't feel deprived. Maybe that's the secret.
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Not feeling deprived is key. It's an enormous amount of work to cook from scratch, and vegetables are so finicky on when they are ripe it's constant marketing and planning. But your eggplant sounds perfect.
ReplyDeleteThe challenge of balancing the different members of your family's preferences is one I dont have. I admire you for stepping up. One psychological trick I've done for challenges about food at work (where I can't control the environment) is to raise my deliciousness threshold. I can walk right past a Hershey's kiss with no problem, not good enough. Supermarket bagels don't tempt. Dark chocolate-covered macademia nuts from someone's trip to Hawaii, that's much tougher. And once I've had one, on the wall crumbles. So delaying is my second tactic. I'll take one, but to eat just before leaving for the day.
Very wise advice.....very wise. Right now, Punch, H and Fig are out of the house so I can take care of myself in all sorts of ways with no bother....even face moisturizer. Raise deliciousness threshold: excellente!!!!! And I love your idea of waiting til end of day or night to indulge in a sweet. Thanks Nan. love alice
Deleteon that vein, another psychological trick: I admire people who eat heartily and healthily. I really study them and observe them. Not the ones who are counting outloud or talking about it too much (which I totally do, so there's that), but the ones, who eat well naturally and happily. They are the ones who leave stuff on the plate when they're full, walk by shitty hershy's, relish the one delightful corner of a cake (not because they're depriving, but they're genuinely full and still want a taste, but can only have one). Sometimes when I'm walking past things like shitty dunkin' donuts, I think, I'm not that kind of person. I'm the one who has one spectacular donut a tiny handful of times because that's a NORMAL, admirable thing to do. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it does.
ReplyDeleteaha! I love this, Kim. Thank you!!!! DD ARE pretty bad donuts. Now when I walk by I will think of you. Thank you. When is Ali's wedding? Love, Alice
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