Bitter cold day...

Today is bitingly cold!  I know at some point I have to go for groceries, but I know full well that I do not want to.  Hell, I'm cold right here in my home with the heat on and my robe around me... It's time for some hot tea!

Of course, if you walk into my kitchen right now it's much colder.  I need to cook something to warm it up since I have this tenancy not to turn on the heat in that room.  It just seems kind of pointless considering that the room is in the far corner and is only really used to prepare food.  So, when I cook, I wash dishes and clean as it warms up, but otherwise, I don't make excuses to go in there.

But I do need to make tea... so I debate... do I go in, clean while the tea is brewing and steeping, or just wait for the whistling to signal that the tea is ready?  I think I should clean... the post holiday cookie thing has left the kitchen a disaster!

If only I could bottle up and store the heat from the middle of summer when I wanted nothing more than to avoid cooking in the kitchen because it would get so hot that I wouldn't be able to eat anything from heat exhaustion.  I would bottle it and now I would use a little at a time to keep the house warmer.

Oh well, until I'm a wizard I guess I just have to deal... wish I had someone to snuggle with to keep warm right now... but then I would never get any work done!

And then there was beans...

So, in the interest of losing weight and and all that happy horse shit that goes along with being healthy, I was reading about what kinds of food are good to eat as opposed to those that are bad.  I mean, there's the obvious shit like bacon and chocolate that are supposed to be bad for you.  Of course, they now have chocolate covered bacon to be extra bad.

I suppose what it really boils down to is just avoid processed food and foods with loads of fat.  But man does that stuff taste good.  I mean, who doesn't love french fries!?  Everyone loves french fries!  of course, I have long felt that Americans will eat anything that's been fried.  Potatoes, onions, zucchini, corn, rice, meat, cheese, crickets, fruits, sugars, cicadas, peas, and peppers to name a few items Americans will eat when fried.  Hell, they even batter and fry Oreo's and Twinkies!

On the opposite side of things, I found that there are some interesting things that are good for you.  Oatmeal, with simple stuff like fruit and none of the fattening sugar and cream is really good for you.  And cannaloni beans are good for you too.  So I was wondering about making an oatmeal, cannaloni vegetarian chili... wonder what that shit would be like?

Of course, I would bet I could lose weight like nothing should I stop the drinking... but we know how that works, huh?

lentils

Yup, at the grocery store the other day and there it was... Lentil soup pack.  Okay, really excited for a rainy day like this to give it a try.  so here it goes.  Cooking right now as I type.  Hopefully it does't suck... or end up on the floor... and why am I so excited about this soup?  Well, if you were laughing already, you probably already know.  For those who don't find such humor in the word, Lentil, I suggest watching a show from the BBC called "the Young Ones"  Seriously, you need to check it out...

And speaking of cooking... Big fucking news... coming soon.  Yeah, I totally teased you with that!  Now you have to wait until next week to find out what it is... but it'll be worth it!