Food discoveries

Food is a huge, huge (huge) part of my life. I spend quite a bit of time each day deciding what I'm going to eat, and getting really excited about it. That's just how I roll. With this whole new trying-to-be-healthy thing, it's sometimes more difficult to get excited about food, but still, I'm trying to make changes that I know will stick -- it doesn't make sense for me to resign myself to eating food I hate, because I will wind up falling back into old habits eventually.

Last night, I went to ShopRite armed with a list for Xavier and determined to find food that he will love and that won't make him break out in hives. I started with fruits and vegetables (no, I don't know what kind of pear that is, Checkout Guy. I don't eat pears, so just pick one on your little ring-up computer) and noticed the "organic" section right next to it. I pointed my cart in that direction and walked up and down the four aisles and just started throwing healthiness into my cart. Like Vans wheat-free frozen pancakes. Yum.

This morning, I opened a new purchase for myself -- Cascadian Farms Honey Nut O's -- and tasted one: not bad. I had hope for the O's in milk, fat free though it might be. I was wrong. The O's began to mush-i-fy as soon as the milk hit them, and there's nothing worse that soggy cereal. Soggy cereal is too close to oatmeal, and oatmeal is flavored vomit in a bowl. So the Honey Nut O's went to a coworker for her hubby, and I moved on to Plan B: Fiber One Chocolate Fudge Toaster Pastries. Well, one toaster pastry, which is 3 points.

I toasted (warmed, really) it up a bit and took a bite: not decadent by any means, and not quite the S'mores PopTart of my younger years, but definitely edible. Mmm.

Now I wish I hadn't wasted all of my milk on that cereal...