Emo-free weight loss

I’m insane.

I was going to make lasagna. I make it and freeze what I can’t eat. I’m a big proponent of freezer food. It saves making bad choices when in a hurry. Someone smart said somewhere I can’t find anymore:

“If you don’t know what your next five meals are, you’re in trouble.”

I put water on to boil. Pretty glad I didn’t begin the sauce since when I looked in the cupboard, I remembered I hadn’t bought lasagna noodles. Damn. There goes that plan.

I was still in the mood to cook. Moosewood to the rescue.

It’s a low-fat cookbook, which is the only thing I don’t like about it. I lose weight best on 30-45% fat intake daily, and these recipes will put you around 20%. Since I’m vegetarian, the slack gets taken up by carbs, since even vegetarian proteins like beans have a good deal of carbs as well.

I’m not anti-carb. I just feel most balanced and satisfied around 40 fat/40 carb/20 protein.

I bought the Moosewood book…man, 15 years ago? A lot of the recipes are really involved (tons of ingredients) and/or time-consuming. And some are just awful — don’t try the Dark Chocolate Pudding unless you are feeling masochistic. However, there are tons of winners, and even if some require a bit of effort, they’re worth it.

Tonight I decided to try two new recipes. Macaroni and Cheese, and Chili Burgers.

The mac and cheese came out very dry, likely because I used whole wheat pasta, which soaks up more liquid, instead of plain. The recipe called for nutmeg, which like a dipshit I blindly followed. Yuck. I forgot I hate nutmeg in anything other than some baked goods. Still, it’s not bad, and I think with 1/2 c. more liquid and cutting the damn nutmeg, it will be yummy.

Chili Burgers was kind of work-intensive for what you get. Basically you mush some beans with cooked onion, garlic, spices, and oats for body, make patties, and fry them in a pan. The recipe must think you’re making giaganto burgers, because it was supposed to make six. I halved the recipe, and still got six burgers. Yay! At least three of them will make it to the freezer for lazy-day meals.

So two-plus hours after I got it into my obsessive pea brain to “whip something up” for supper and fridge, I finally got to sit down to eat. Oh well. It was worth it.

It’s always worth it.

Exercise: Nothing special.