Foodie

So, I'm closing on my house on Monday.  I have had a dull stomachache ever since Sunday, and I think that's my body's way of dealing with the stress of this.  I am really looking forward to moving and settling into my new house, shopping for new things, gardening (not mowing so much), decorating....not looking forward to signing my life away on Monday.

I've been little miss suzy homemaker here lately.  I think I mentioned way back in March or so that I was doing the French diet thing.  I've never been one to stick to a diet ever (six weeks is usually the limit), but I've been getting better and better and following the French thing.  I just made the Asparagus Flan recipe from "French Women Don't Get Fat" and it was decadent and delicious.  I'm eating 7-10 servings of fruit and vegetables every day.  I'm drinking about 3 liters of water.  I have stopped eating almost anything processed.  And, as a result, I have lost my unstoppable sweet tooth.  Even Starbuck's mochas are getting too sweet for me.  I've never eaten this healthily in my life, and the amazing part is that it isn't even hard.

I make fancy multi-course meals that have more than 5 ingredients every now and then (like tonight's asparagus flan), but for the most part, I will make some fish or chicken, some rice or potatoes and a veggie for dinner, all cooked in some delicious concoction of butter and cream and olive oil and garlic and spices.  Usually takes about 20 minutes.  And it tastes great, though what wouldn't with ingredients like that?

I have been making my own salad dressing for a while so that I could monitor the ingredients.  I had been buying this imported french mayonnaise from the Fresh Market, but they were out for an extended period, so I go out the Betty Crocker cookbook and learned how to make my own.  Astounding.  Takes about 5 minutes.   I've been making my own creme fraiche as well (sort of like sour cream) to go in my soups and desserts.

For desserts, I am all into crepes: Banana Nutella and Strawberry Cream.  Actually, sometimes, I have them for breakfast.  On the weekend, I've been known to have the strawberry ones for dinner.