Keeping it Real

When it comes to choosing foods, I try to keep it real.


Yes, I try to eat real, whole, mostly natural foods. But I also like to be real with myself about what I want to eat. If I crave something, I will usually eat it.  I figure that my body knows what it needs, and that it finds ways to tell me.

YUM . . .
(Sorry, vegetarians--it's just how I feel.)

Every Friday after work, I, along with some of my nearest and dearest colleagues, head out for happy hour at a nearby bar.  Almost every Friday, I eat some buffalo wings.  And here's how I feel about buffalo wings:


I love 'em.


Now, these words come from a girl who was a vegetarian for most of high school and college, who obsessed over fat grams as a teenager, and who has eliminated fried foods from her diet on more than one occasion.  My first taste of wings came at age 22.


But the thing about buffalo wings is . . . they're really good.  And so, I eat them.  


This is what I mean by keeping it real--eating what you want or need, at the time you want or need it.   


I didn't feel like cooking last night, so I made myself a hodge podge of yummy things from my fridge, and I loved every bite.  It happened to be no-cook and easy to put together, but mostly, it was exactly what I needed last night's dinner to be.

The Perfect Dinner (for Monday, August 30, 2010, at least)
carrot and celery sticks, Whole Foods lemon hummus, La Quercia prosciutto*,
tomato and crunchy sprout salad, and a few leftover olives and Tuscan beans

Keep it real,
Francie


P.S. Next up:  Adventures in polenta!


*P.P.S. La Quercia prosciutto is crafted with love in Iowa (yes, Iowa).  You can read about this very cool company here.