Towards the end of July, I became completely uninterested in food. I had no cravings, compulsions, temptations...in fact it was hard to get up the energy to cook in the evenings. Food was no longer a big deal.
I started doing something called "Once a month cooking" where I prepare meals for the next 30 days in advance. I found seven recipes I liked and spent all day cooking four batches of each and freezing them.
Now, when I get home from work, I throw something in the oven (chicken fajitas, spinach and steak, chili, buffalo wings, chic and broc alfredo, lasagna or meat rolls stuffed with ricotta) into the oven and an hour later- served with bread and salad, dinner is on the table for my boys.
I am happy to be added to your ping list because this diet is definately working for me. I am especially interested in any new smoker recipes, because I won a smoker as a door prize and I am clueless.
My big splurge these days is on seltzer water and Merlot. Not nutritious, but effective.
Ping on, Brother Carlos!!