I have never been a good cook. But when I started getting healthy, it was necessary for me to learn to cook at least some. The days of buying scalloped potatoes in a box, or a can of Spaghetti O's or even 78% lean ground beef mixed with some corn and cheese and calling it dinner were over.
My tastes changed as well, so I do the best I can. We eat a lot of fresh meat, which Marc cooks, and a lot of salads. I can even put together a casserole - thankfully healthy eating is in vogue and there are smart people who post detailed recipes for people like me.
My biggest cooking quest has been to find desserts that taste great without the typical 10 billion calories. And I'm not talking the "refreshing light desserts". I want cookies and brownies and ice cream. Fortunately, Halo Top has taken care of ice cream for me!
I have found some surprisingly great dessert recipes. Sure, they aren't going to taste as good as the fat and sugar laden goodies of my past, but I can be naughty without being too naughty.
I have 2 healthy banana bread recipes, some protein brownie muffins, skinny peanut butter swirl brownies to name a few - they're pretty yummy. Most use natural sweetners, like overripe bananas, honey and maple syrup, and some call for baking Truvia.
This week I ran across a recipe for brownies - they were designed for those following the keto diet. The recipe called for avocado, sweet potato, maple syrup and some other ingredients. Avocados are SO good for you, but I rarely buy them. Some people live in a climate where they can grow them out back. Not here! They are around $2 a pop!
So I made them for my Saturday evening treat. For dinner we had some tasty lean pork ribs, and a kale, apple, cranberry and walnut dish that we love. Given that healthy dinner, I felt justified and excited to try the brownies that looked thick and fudgy.
AND TASTED LIKE DIRT.
They were so seriously disgusting. A nutrionist was credited with the recipe, and given the ingredients they were most certainly healthy. But she must have burned off her taste buds in some sort of nuclear accident if she made these and then recommended them for a dessert that a human would want to eat!
I was pissed. Pissed because my evening treat was ruined and I don't get another cheat for a week. Pissed because the money I spent on this rancidness could have easily bought 2-3 boxes of fattening Betty Crocker brownie mixes - which I can't eat. Pissed at the time and effort to make them.
I didn't find it funny at all last night. Tonight it's a little funny. And still NOT FAIR!!
My tastes changed as well, so I do the best I can. We eat a lot of fresh meat, which Marc cooks, and a lot of salads. I can even put together a casserole - thankfully healthy eating is in vogue and there are smart people who post detailed recipes for people like me.
My biggest cooking quest has been to find desserts that taste great without the typical 10 billion calories. And I'm not talking the "refreshing light desserts". I want cookies and brownies and ice cream. Fortunately, Halo Top has taken care of ice cream for me!
I have found some surprisingly great dessert recipes. Sure, they aren't going to taste as good as the fat and sugar laden goodies of my past, but I can be naughty without being too naughty.
I have 2 healthy banana bread recipes, some protein brownie muffins, skinny peanut butter swirl brownies to name a few - they're pretty yummy. Most use natural sweetners, like overripe bananas, honey and maple syrup, and some call for baking Truvia.
This week I ran across a recipe for brownies - they were designed for those following the keto diet. The recipe called for avocado, sweet potato, maple syrup and some other ingredients. Avocados are SO good for you, but I rarely buy them. Some people live in a climate where they can grow them out back. Not here! They are around $2 a pop!
So I made them for my Saturday evening treat. For dinner we had some tasty lean pork ribs, and a kale, apple, cranberry and walnut dish that we love. Given that healthy dinner, I felt justified and excited to try the brownies that looked thick and fudgy.
AND TASTED LIKE DIRT.
They were so seriously disgusting. A nutrionist was credited with the recipe, and given the ingredients they were most certainly healthy. But she must have burned off her taste buds in some sort of nuclear accident if she made these and then recommended them for a dessert that a human would want to eat!
I was pissed. Pissed because my evening treat was ruined and I don't get another cheat for a week. Pissed because the money I spent on this rancidness could have easily bought 2-3 boxes of fattening Betty Crocker brownie mixes - which I can't eat. Pissed at the time and effort to make them.
I didn't find it funny at all last night. Tonight it's a little funny. And still NOT FAIR!!
ok, I laughed (the taste buds being burned off part).
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