well, i am getting more and more into foodie experiments. this week, eating week 2 has been an interesting change. i am in love with balsamic vinegar, and if you don’t already put this on everything you eat, you should start. i cannot get enough pistachios and was able to find a 4lb. bag of them at sam’s- they are still expensive compared to most of what we eat but tad and i love them. we are going to start buying peanuts with shells on them too, just because it’s so much fun to crack things open.
one warning i did want to share though- on sunday i bought a new toy- a kitchen scale. $30 at target for one that i really like, with a tare function and both ounce/gram units. it’s been seriously disturbing to see how different the serving sizes are when you weigh food versus measuring out a portion. labels lie. they want for you to consume more food than you need so that you feel more satisfied, less guilty, and so that you buy more sooner. i would highly recommend investing $15-30 on a scale, measuring out your servings for a while, and getting accustomed to the ACTUAL amount of food you can eat for the calories advertised. i found that i was eating probably 300-500 extra calories that i was unaware of. which for me is an entire workouts worth of food.
one thing that i will not be buying any more of is baby carrots. for some reason, i thought that baby carrots were
the same as big carrots, they were just chopped up and peeled. um wrong. they are manufactured from cheaper bits of carrots and mashed together, dyed, and flavored. one might compare them to “chicken” nuggets at mcdonalds. they are also more expensive and less nutritious. however they ARE more flavorful (in my opinion), but billions of chemicals are put in them to make them that way. sad day. one more food out the window. don’t know how i didn’t see that coming. this kid told me everything i needed to know to never want to buy them again.
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