Happy Easter!
Posted by gottahavefaith on March 23rd, 2008
Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone is having a good holiday. Mine has been good so far…I’ve been working on a paper all day, but the husband is making me dinner tonight! I am excited!
Yesterday I went to a potluck dinner. Those can be troublesome when you are trying to eat healthily, but I fared surprisingly well. I ate a small piece of fish before I left so that I wouldn’t be starving when I went and wouldn’t be tempted to eat any fattening entrees. I brought a big dish of beautiful roasted asparagus so that I would definitely have something healthy to fill up on. Luckily, other people also brought healthy items! So I filled up on my asparagus, mixed raw veggies sticks, fresh berries, and orange slices (straight from the tree in someone’s backyard!). As is my habit, I picked a couple less healthy things that I really wanted. In this case, I took two mini egg rolls and a small helping of some croissant bread pudding (which I also brought).
I know it might sound odd that I brought such a rich, fattening dessert with me. But there is a method to my madness. I know that if I try to convince myself to go entirely without treats at holiday get togethers, I end up caving in at some point and eating a bunch of mediocre junk food. If I bring a dessert, I know how rich it is, so there’s no way I am going to overindulge…no deluding myself into thinking that it’s not that bad. Furthermore, if I make it myself, I know for a fact that it will be delicious and satisfying. I know there have been times in the past where I’ve eaten a mediocre dessert and had decided that the best way to remedy my disappointment was to eat another dessert and then another until I found a really good one…only get through the night feeling sick to my stomach and completely unsatisfied with the mediocre junk I’ve been downing. I know others may disagree, but I know that for me, if I want dessert once in a while, it’s better to eat a small portion of the best version of the real thing that I can get my hands on.
On an unrelated note, I just tried the most wonderful hommeade apple cinnamon oatmeal! It’s very simple. You just cook up some rolled oats and water on the stovetop with grated Granny Smith apple, cinnamon and nutmeg. I grated up about half an apple for a single serving of oatmeal, but you can add more or less to taste. I ate mine with a drizzle of honey on top, but it definitely didn’t need it…the apple adds all the sweetness and flavor you need. I will definitely be making that again!