Showing posts with label cravings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cravings. Show all posts

Monday, June 16, 2014

Is There Anything Besides FOOD On My Mind?!

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      The answer to the question that titled my blog today is....NO! :-)) The ONLY thing that's been on my mind since my eyes opened this morning is FOOD!!...Yes! It's one of 'THOSE' kind of days! ^_^
      It may have been because of the dozen and a half, or so, eggs hubby brought home from his 'chicken-sitting' over the weekend. LOL I had a dream about an omelet last night!...ham and cheese, with broccoli and tomatoes in it! YUM! :-)
      And thus starting my taste buds on an all day tear! :-)) Before I go any further though, let me give big thanks to all of the wonderful Etsy shops with all of the wonderful food items that I'll be sharing today! ♥ If I had the money I would've bought one or two of everything I'm sharing!! :-) Since I don't have the money, I'll show them so that someone who 'does' have the money can come and swoop them up! :-)

      It's amazing how hormonal cravings can take over your brain! O_O The only good thing for me is that I don't have a lot of money, and I don't already have a lot of crave-type food in the house! ^_^ So, craving them is better than eating them, right?!...But here comes the 'wordy-snap-shot' into my mind! LOL ...
      I LOVE sausage!!! I'm talking 'can-eat-it-every-day-for-every-single-meal' type of love!! :-) ...

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      My very, very favorite sausage used to be 'Parks' rope sausage! YUM!...I almost cried the day we found out that 'Parks' was no longer in business! ;'_'; The only sausage that has even come close since then is Hillshire Farms breakfast links....I sure wish I could afford to get some of those delicious looking sausages from the above shop!!...purely for experimental purposes, of course!...Wink! Wink! ^_^

       When it comes to donuts, I'm very particular about which ones I like...and where I like to get them from! I LOVE 'Dunkin Donuts' donuts...and coffee...but we're talking donuts here! ^_^ I love the glazed, the Boston Cream, and the apple-filled. YUM!

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       I'll eat almost ANY donut! LOL But if I have a choice....! :-)) I'm not a fan of really thick donuts... fully chocolate, jelly-filled, or old-fashioned. O_O I like for the donut to melt away in my mouth, rather than having to drink something quick, and gulp when I swallow it!! LOL

       My food choices aren't always bad for me though! No! I also love 'certain' vegetables!...

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      I have to admit though that I'm not the biggest fan of raw vegetables, except when they're in a delicious salad...in bite-size small pieces! I hate getting salad dressing all over my face just trying to fold some big piece of lettuce or broccoli in half in order to be able to eat it!!...And just to add...I usually prefer only bleu cheese dressing too...on the side, so I can dip my vegetables slightly in it, or pour just a little over it and mix. I do not like DROWNED salad!! LOL

       Now, let's talk popcorn! :-) I have eaten a LOT of popcorn in my life, only to get in my fifties and prefer to eat only one brand...'Act II', the natural, microwaveable, one! :-)) ... That's the one I like when I'm not pulling out the pot and cover and making my own from 'Reddenbacher' kernels I mean! :-) ... And I like it in a cute box too!...

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      But...fresh and newly-popped trumps micro-wave every time!! ^_^ If I bite into it and it crunches....GREAT! :-) If I bite into it and it springs back as if it's packing peanuts....NOT GREAT!! LOL

       Then there's cake! :-) Can anyone be finicky about cake?!....Answer? YES! :-)) I don't eat it often, but when I do I like chocolate...and chocolate with chocolate glaze! :-) ...

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      Having chocolate flavored lip balm (above) would certainly be a less caloric option for me! ^_^ ... Just some particulars about cake: I don't like foamy-type frosting, or cake that looks great, but doesn't taste good! Grrrr! Give me an ugly cake that knocks your taste-socks off any time!! LOL..And uhhhh...that would not include fruit cake or pecan cake! O_O I'm not a fan!

      And while I'm talking about chocolate...which I've done on this blog many, MANY times!...I also love chocolate candy. :-) And if you can buy a chocolate candy that has chocolate brownie, or chocolate cake, in the middle.....YUM! :-) ...


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      To date, no candy has replaced 'Russell Stover' chewy, nutty, crunchy!...*drooling*...Although I do love M&M's with almonds, Mounds, and Snickers too. ^_^ 

      MOVING ON!! :-) ... I'm not a fan of all foods...even though I'll eat almost anything in a pinch!...except for things I'm allergic too...like peach fuzz, and anything with Monosodium glutamate (MSG)...Given the choice I will usually pass on sushi and bread. They don't agree with me all the time. In fact, so much so that I even do peanut butter and jelly on a spoon, with no bread! YAY for 'Smucker's Goober' (the peanut butter and jelly swirl in a jar! ^_^

     Here's a good thing about my food choices. Or rather my drink choices. :-] I prefer water to almost anything!...


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      In fact, I seldom, if ever, drink soda or anything else. Lately however, I have been drinking about a half a glass of orange juice every day...for potassium...per my doctor's orders! :-] I'm having a little problem with low potassium, so I'm eating either a banana or having orange juice every day as a supplement.

       Speaking of bananas, and fruit. I love fruit (especially nectarines, plums, and Granny Smith apples)!...

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      Truth be told, I'd be happier eating just about any OTHER fruit every day besides bananas! I'm not a fan of the texture of them...except when they're in banana bread!...Yes! That's a bread I'll eat without a problem! LOL

      Pies?...Bring 'em on!!...ANY KIND...especially sweet potato pie, and with exception to  pecan pie! Pecan pie is too sweet, and too dense for me. ^_^ Why do I love them so much?!...I think it's a childhood thing. I grew up surrounded by fruit! (blackberries, plums, apples, figs, watermelon, etc...) Such is the life of a southern girl! :-) ...

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       My mother used to make the best peach cobbler's ever!! YUM! I STILL...after all these years...cannot duplicate her peach cobbler! Nor have I ever seen anyone else do it!...It's okay though. There's LOTS of other pies out there to buy or make myself! ^_^

      Now we're getting to the good stuff! My true craving today...chocolate chip cookies!...My cookie of choice so far...'Chip Ahoy'...and my own homemade peanut butter, coconut, chocolate chip cookies of course! ^_^ I sure would like to try these though!!!...

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      A few hot and gooey chocolate chip cookies, and a couple of scoops of ice cream...'Ben & Jerry's' or 'Friendly's'...and I would be ALL SET!! ^_^ ...


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      I would also be taking a nap somewhere with my tongue hanging out of my mouth probably! LOL Soooooo...maybe it's just as well I don't have any! ^_^

      Rounding out this post, you'll notice that I didn't mention Potatoes...YUM!...or fried chicken, white meat only...YUM!...I didn't mention them because I didn't think it was necessary. :-)) What enjoyment...food-wise...would life hold without some kind of potato and some kind of chicken?! ^_^

      Speaking of chicken brings me right back to eggs! ^_^ ...

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      Thanks to my hubby's 'chicken-sitting', I 'do' have eggs in the house! :-)) I guess I'll really have what I was dreaming of....an omelet! LOL I'm too full for anything else right now anyway!! LOL...By the way, tomorrow I have to tell you my hubby's dog story...*shaking my head*...See you then! ^_^

Fast Food!

Tasty, salty, satisfying.
Bloating, coating stomach lining.

Greasy, cheesy, burger grinder.
Gassy, thick, intestine finder.

Crispy, long, french fries a-plenty.
Chocolate, peppermint, green and minty.

Salads; veggie, seafood, chicken.
Fried and floured, finger lickin'.

Hoagies, subs, and roast beef stew.
Catfish, dash of hot sauce too.

Pizza, mushroom, peppers, tomatoe.
Apple fries instead of potato.

Catch-up, mustard, condiments.
Onion rings? I'm on the fence.

Frosty, frothy, milk shake sip.
Coffee Coolata, donut, dipped.

No matter if it's hot or chilled.
Definitely a happy meal.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

You Ever Get A Craving.....?!

       I went to bed really early last night. Partly because I was just so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open...sorry 'Dancing With The Stars'..., and partly because I was feeling that uncontrollable hunger bug coming on...the one that says: "Eat everything!....Eat everything in sight...and then you'll feel better!!! I promise!!" ^_^ 
       Now, I don't know how many of you who are in the same 'stage of life' that I'm in right now would admit it, but my eating habits have become as wacky as my hormone cycle!! O_0 Just like I don't know whether I'm gonna wake up with my skin so dry that you can see the desert winds blowing off of it, or be so wet that I could drown by putting my face in my pillow, I also don't know whether I'll be 'squinching' my nose up at every single piece of food I see, or trying to suck the crumbs out of the corner of the saltine cracker box!...not that I've ever done that!! LOL
       And for some crazy reason too last night, I was craving a big hot cup of coffee! I mean CRAVING y'all!! Couldn't get it off of my mind! O_0 And guess what?!...I woke up with the same craving!! What's up with the coffee craving?!!!
     It's a crazy wild ride, this 'going-through-the-CHANGE' thing!!...I mean, I seldom drink coffee. I'm usually strictly a green tea girl. But this morning I have to have some coffee...have to!...*shaking my head*...Does this ever happen to any of you?!
       Yes, I 'do' have cravings, and sometimes I have them regularly...And yes, sometimes I give in to them!...{WARNING: If you haven't had breakfast yet,...or you're on a diet and you've been a good girl all day,...the next few photos may unduly tempt you to go into the kitchen and bend over with your head in the refrigerator, wearing a puzzled 'let-me-see-what's-in-here' look on your face, or have you running for your slide-on slippers, the car keys, and a quick look in the mirror to see if you look bad enough to make kids in the rolling shopping carts at the grocery store scream! LOL}...not that I've ever done any of that!! ^_^
       My cravings usually have something to do with chocolate!...Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk ice cream is at the top of the chocolate list!
       I love that it can fill all of my immediate cravings right there in one container. You know, nuts, chocolate, and ice cream...YUM! chocolate ice cream! :-)...I still have a 'bone to pick' with Ben & Jerry's though...because of sending my Coconut Almond Fudge ice cream to the flavour graveyard!! LOL But whatever, because my stomach...thanks to the 'change' hormones...isn't handling milk products with the nice 'air' of ease it used to...if you know what I mean!! ;-)
      Moving on.....You would think that since my hubby works for the company that makes these...
       ...I'd be craving cupcakes and Twinkees all the time, but you'd be WRONG!.....Waaaay wrong!! {Although I have been known to request a box of Drake's 'Funny Bones' every once in a while! :-] (His company owns Drake's now) They kinda look like 'Twinkees', but they're peanut butter filled Devil's food cake!!...*drooling*}
     My snack carbo load of choice, though, is usually these...
     ... Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies! And if I can get my hands on the ones with the nuts...all the better!! :-)....If it wasn't sacrilegious and wrong, I'd have a moment of silence for these cookies right now!...But that would be wrong! And I'm all about being right!!
     RIGHT is my love for these 'babies'.....!
        ... Russell Stover Chewy, Nutty, Crunchy chocolates!!...Ohhhh! I have gotten through a lot of midnight old movies, babies being born, friends in chaos, a cold or hot flash or two, and everything else in between with the help of these! :-)
      But this morning, none of those things are holding a candle to my craving for a nice hot cup of coffee!  And I want it in a big hefty coffee mug too. Not a small china cup! Something like this baked clay coffee mug by Goodvibestore...
         Something big enough for the coffee fumes to rise up and almost give me a facial! Ha! Ha!.....Oh yeah, I'll have to leave my cup of tea to another day!..Or wear something in memory of it...
       Now, does this mean that after I get my cup of coffee all cravings will go away?!....Probably not! Especially not with you bloggers putting recipes on your blogs for things like Homemade Twix on Stix...
       And my hubby loved this one...Homemade Hostess Cupcakes...!
           But who knows, this 'one' steaming hot cup of coffee could be 'it' for me for a while!!! :-) ....And if you believe that, I see some ocean front property in Arizona, some after dinner Cream-Sicles...
     ...and some Granny Smith apples in your future! LOL

       ^_^ And in mine!!!!...Okay, off to hunt up an elusive coffee bean! (And work on a particular pastel scarf too..just saying! ^_^) Have a good day everybody!!


Chocolate

A snow storm on the way,
finding out you're hard in debt.
Somehow it's not so bad,
if you have melted chocolate!

Bad news everywhere,
want to throw your T.V. set.
Thankfully there is music
and some deep dark chocolate!

Doggie had an accident,
a long trip to the vet.
A waiting room with lots to read,
but you can nibble chocolate.

Grocery shopping too.
While you run in there to get
dinner for the evening
you can grab some chocolate!

Okay, you know what's coming.
Are you sick of this poem yet?!
If you are, just roll your eyes,
and sit and eat some chocolate!