Tuesday, January 8, 2008

South Beach Diet

It is the New Year and time for all the resolutions. Yeah, I am going to do a lot of things differently.....sure, I am. Let's start with the diet....the Atkins nearly turned me into a raving maniac last year in search of carbs, so this time it will be the South Beach Diet. THEY allow some carbs.

It began on Sunday with stir fry of some kind. I say, some kind, because I kept adding vegetables to make enough food to eat! By the end, I failed. I realized that we had 2 extra guests for dinner (not a surprise on Sundays) and I couldn't serve this without rice! Ok.....I only ate a small spoonful of rice.

Monday will be a new day. I had shopped for this, right? I bought $260 worth of damned vegetables. There MUST be a meal in here somewhere. Due to my very own European heritage (French/English/IRISH) there MUST be a potato to make a meal! How to do it without? I began with ground round burgers (no bun, of course), Onions sauteed in just a bit of olive oil....now to the veggies.

Portabello mushrooms stuffed and baked seemed to make a good sidedish. They were stuffed with mushroom bits, onion, cheese and tomatoes. NOT A HIT! Everyone tasted them and said, "No thanks". They WERE however, left on the table and SPIKE finished them off, or so I thought.....the dog actually ate the stuffing and left behind HUGE mushroom parts all over the house. Not a repeat recipe!

Slices of zucchini and yellow squash, tomatoes,onions and mushrooms seasoned with olive oil and spices and baked....Joe ate it. Catie ate the green squash only. Mike and Andy just looked at it. Brussel sprouts steamed in soy sauce....bowl empty!

Ok, by this time I was dying for a Pop Tart or a bowl of Cheerios. I had eaten a can of tuna with lemon for breakfast/lunch and now this culinary feast of dinner was not satisfying me. The Sugar Free Jello didn't get it either. I began to search in a frantic mode....BEEF JERKY!!! It is MEAT! IT IS OK!!!

Does anybody want to start placing bets on how long this lasts?