Eat What You Crave!

[elleng]

'Happy New Year! We are swan-diving into home-cooking season, one of the best times of year to just stay in. Somehow January has come to mean culinary austerity — it’s about what you can’t eat, rather than what you can — and I sort of hate that. There’s nothing really happening, and you also want me to go on a diet?

That said, I am finding myself wanting to bail on butter, steak and creamy cheese. It’s just not what I crave right now. What I do crave are stewy dishes with beans, salads, citrus, pastas, fish. I always tell you what I actually want to cook and eat at this moment, so that’s what you’ll find below.'

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/04/dining/eat-what-you-crave.html?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. If I ate what I craved, I would be a big as a House is wide.

So I refrain from indulging for that reason. One cookie leads to two and so on. I keep foods that once made me fat out of the house.

I drink an occasional glass of wine or beer from time to time, but I plan for it. I love Chocolate with peanut butter and nuts. I keep chocolate out of the house. Eating fruits and vegetable curbs my craving for sweet things loaded with unhealthy fats and refined sugars.

Even though I exercise to keep myself in good physical shape, I enjoy things in moderation that I am able to eat like brown rice pastas, Yams, BBQ ribs, Steak medium rare, my Spaghetti sauce, and traditional dishes I make that are family favorites.