I eat very poorly. Not the food I do eat, the food I don’t eat. I am like a camel with water, I fill up and go long stretches of time without the next fill up. How do I function? Why caffeine of course. I am going to be wed to a health nut. Opposites attract? When the Fancy and I have our shared meal at night it’s usually healthy and deliciso but to hear him flappin’ his gums on the way I eat, oy! My bestie Jules is eating like a champ these days and it has me really inspired to start eating like a “normal” person as well. If only to stop the noise in my skull when I do eat each night from Mister Universe, sheesh.
Last night highly motivated and feeling like not all my energy was sapped from my being I decided to make us healthy chicken Caesar salads. Ace helped me unpack the bags when I came home from the grocery and asked concerned, “Where’s the dressing?” I puffed my chest and announced, “I am going to make it from scratch.” He looked skeptical, “You know how?” “Well, not technically but I can read.” Famous last words…
First off, with the added word healthy you should know your salad is going to taste like cardboard or something just as palatable. The dressing was a flop (I should have known better when the Cesar salad dressing ingredients did not include Parmesan (or any cheese for that matter). I tried to save it, it just got worse and worse until I couldn’t look at it without wanting to commit homicide to my salad dressing. So sad. I hate wasting food (and time) (and losing my reputation as a chef extraordinaire in our household). What I did find out though was I have savant like abilities when it comes to croutons. Go figure? They were by far the best, flippin’ croutons I had—ever! Yes, I made croutons from scratch, I was feeling ambitious. They were crunchy on the outside and a little softer on the inside and they just tasted like little bites of heaven AND no one chipped a tooth to boot! I highly recommend making your own croutons, it’s a bajillion times better than store bought (yes even better than the gourmet variety) and a heck of a lot less expensive and very hard to mess up. I promise when I have a sec I will add my soon to be world famous crouton recipe to this post.
I decided it might be fun to photograph the process of our meal. Bad idea. Kudo’s to the food bloggers that do this on a regular basis. They must eat (or drink) before each session. I was both tired and hungry which made setting up shots a chore. It was messy AND my model was so not cooperating and kept eating the ‘props’.
