Post VSG Obsessions/ Favorites

It's crazy how I no longer crave French fries, rice, pasta, which I thought would be hard for me post op. Now I have AN OBSESSION with zucchini or sauteed mushrooms & onions with whatever type of solid protein I eat, NO carbs needed, lol. I love love love my veggies! And my other obsession is my tall skinny iced caramel macchiato from Starbucks or a hot one during the winter... Yumm, lol What is yours???

Homemade beef jerky! Hubby makes it and OMG yummy.

I still like cake though. Thus, we don't keep it in the house very often, we do occasionally (like yesterday, my daughter and I made cake balls at a class - add that to stress and yeah... LOL)

Yumm. Wish I knew how to make homemade jerky. Oh, another absolute fave of mine is peppered jerky & tequila pistachios from Alien Jerky in Baker,CA which I only get to have on the way back home from Las Vegas which is usually only once per year, boo! Lol. They do have a website but it's kinda pricey, but oh soo yummy and so worth it for me anyways. Looks like it's time for another Vegas weekend soon. Lol

It's pretty easy. We use london broil - have the butcher cut it for jerky, they'll know to cut it thin and against the grain.

Then marinate it overnight with liquid smoke, soy, hot sauce, garlic powder, onion powder - whatever you want! We sometimes use the mojita crystal light powder when we want something different.

Then, toss it in the food dehydrator. We do mushrooms and other veggies and fruit too.

I made a test run of a double fudge Coca Cola cake for a dog club meeting this weekend. Not generally a cake person, but I did have a taste from Ron's slab o'cake to see if it needed tweaking. I'm making two more and will alter just a tad to make it a tad moister and a bit more chocolaty. And I have to say, this is some damn tasty cake! I'm dividing it up between a few neighbors in the morning. I don't want to be in the house alone with it tomorrow! LOL!

 

LOL, yeah, luckily I have an almost-13-year-old boy and lots of his friends. I just invite them over and leave the cake on the table. It disappears. Magic!

Cake is definitely my downfall. I know I have to allow myself it sometimes or I will binge on it (majorly, not just the four cake balls I ate yesterday!). It's become pretty natural to enjoy it and then make sure it leaves quickly.

You're smart. Me alone with cake is DANGEROUS.

Sounds delish! I usually buy the 6 layer chocolate motherload cake from Claim Jumpers for my kids birthdays, so yumm I wish I was one of your lucky neighbors, lol.

Well.... As long as I still like ice cream better than broccoli, I know I'm not really fixed....

But I totally hear you.... A protein and veg meal is so satisfying that I don't miss the starch. Not gonna lie.... It did take a while to make that a new normal.... But it's so obvious that it was just a mental thing.

Now you got me thinking zucchini and mushrooms !

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Not really too much of an ice cream fan, NOW a mini original pinkberry frozen yogurt topped with a lil bit of strawberry and mango is a completely different story... Yumm! I heard they have Greek yogurt now too. I see a new Frisco food porn picture in the near future. Lol. I almost added a pic of me with a big smile holding a zucchini 4 to 5 times bigger than normal size to my cheek to this post to show my love of zucchini, but then I figured the pic would start A WHOLE different topic, lol!

I am not going to lie - there are some crap foods I still love: ice cream comes to mind and of course, my beloved home made ooey-gooey chocolate chip cookies. That said......

I am LOVING a daily chopped salad/slaw (cucumbers, radishes, red bell pepper, celery, carrots, with shredded cabbage). It is really working for my crunch need lately. That along with my protein does me just right. Don't need no stinking carbs!

Another favorite is 3 oz grilled chicken breast topped with a couple TBS of Ring of Fire original hot sauce and a TBS of shredded Mexican blend cheese. Nuke for a minute and YUM!!!!! A little fire on my tongue and satisfies me for hours.