For real.
For months now I have embraced the whole foods, mindful eating, focus-on-being-healthy-not-on-losing weight thing. And I've lost 15 pounds, with 10 more to go.
Then I went on vacation and embraced the idea of incorporating... a little indulgence. A teensy snacky-treat in my day. Half a spoonful of ice cream to sate the Ice Cream Monster.
HA!
In one week:
Chicken marsala
Brownies for breakfast
Several mojitos (not for breakfast)
Salt water taffy (a New Jersey specialty)
Butter pecan ice cream
French fries
White pasta and lots of it (it's cultural. They made me.) In fact, this whoooole Greek Chicken and pasta dish is compliments of Peter's Diner somewhere in South Jersey. It is large enough to be controlled by the moon and, presumably, would slosh over the sides at high tide.
Regular stinkycheesers are thinking, "But you just got that ginormous windfall of farm-fresh veggies! THAT must have gotten you back on track."
You would think so, right? And to his credit, Sweetie did make homemade tomato soup that was virtuously fresh and packed with lycopene and all that.
But what goes with tomato soup? GRILLED CHEESE. And now I'm hooked on sourdough and melty cheddar. Re-hooked, actually. Relapsed. Mmmmm, cheese....
Ellie Krieger's Sweet and Spicy Grilled Cheese
2 tsp canola oil
1 red onion, finely diced
3 oz sharp Cheddar, thinly sliced, divided
8 slices of whole-wheat bread (although sourdough really, really makes a grilled cheese)
3 oz pepper-jack cheese, thinly sliced, divided
1 large or 2 medium tomatoes, thinly sliced
Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Lower heat to medium; add onions and saute, stirring, until edges are brown. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place 3/4 oz. Cheddar on one slice of bread. Spread 1 TBSP carmelized onions on top of cheese, then top with 3/4 oz. pepperjack. Top with 1 or 2 slices of tomato, then another slice of bread. Repeat with 3 other sandwiches.
Spray a nonstick skillet with cooking spray and heat until hot. Flip when browned on the bottom (you knew that already).
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