Let Us Leaf

I'm older but no wiser since I last wrote. I went to Buffalo and was reintroduced to really good bad food. In Buffalo they think nothing of putting butter on everything and then frying it. I was there for 3 days and barely ate a vegetable unless you count french fries. I had to go to "the best" restaurant in Buffalo (The Rue) to get a salad, along with shrimp and scallops wrapped in morels and artichokes. I truly thought I had forsaken that kind of eating but when fried chicken, once again with the fried chicken ,appears on the menu I just couldn't resist. It was that or the fish fry. Reubens, chicken wings, mozzerella sticks are common place on every menu along with beef on wick. I kept thinking, I've got to get out of here or I'll die soon of clogged arteries. Each time I ate I counted the number of meals I had left to eat before I left. I eventually made it out with my suitcase once again searched because I'm on some crazy list that thinks kindergarten teachers are going to take over the plane (that's a whole other story) and now I'm back to eating salads and exercising. Lettuce never looked so good!

Fried Chicken

I love fried chicken but I never eat it. I think all this dieting is getting to me. I was actually craving fried chicken the other day. I've been doing well, very few slip ups until I thought about fried chicken. I know I'm not pregnant so it's not a hormonal craving. I do know I'm getting a wee bit sick of salad though. The gym is going well. I've become totally immune to the colors which is a good sign, clothes are fitting better but the fried chicken actually got me yesterday. Driving home from work I stopped at Atkins and bought all kinds of healthy food and then decided to get Riley a pot pie at Big Y. That was my downfall. I had to walk by the chicken counter. I could smell the chicken. It had a lovely crisp outer layer that spoke to me. So I picked up a bag, put it in my cart and it was still warm from where ever they make it. Then I proceeded to buy all carbs. It was unbelievable. I got mozzerella sticks, french fries and jalepeno poppers. Unbelievable. I never, ever buy food like that. I got into the car, ate 3 pieces and threw it away. It was too addictive to be in the house for any length of time. I then ate a wonderful salad from Atkins. Boy, am I glad to have that out of my system. Literally.

The Ultimate Cookie

I've never met a cookie I didn't like. Then I came across the Ultimate Cookie. That's its real name, The Ultimate Cookie. I really, really like this cookie. I get this magazine called FOOD by Martha Stewart. Well in the last edition there was this recipe for the Ultimate Cookie (I just like saying that, The Ultimate Cookie.) So under the guise of having a family that likes cookies I made a batch. These cookies are unbelievable! They are a super hybrid cookie in the chocolate chip family. Only these cookies are far superior from any of its relatives. I really truly think you could ultimately die from these cookies. There are two and a half sticks of butter in this recipe AND regular old semi-sweet chocolate chips aren't good enough for this recipe, nope you also add chunks of chocolate into the dough. The thing that is really amazing about these cookies is that I ate oh, let's conservatively say four and I lost another pound this weekend. How the hell did that happen? That should definitely not of happened according to the law of calories and all conventional wisdom. So all I can say is try this recipe, its ultimately good for you too I guess!