Day Thirty Two

Today I resolved that no matter what, I was going to cook this damn spaghetti meal before the ground beef went bad.

Breakfast

• ham and cheese on whole wheat bread with mustard and low-fat mayonnaise
• skim milk
• raisins

At first I was stoked because I realized I was allowed to have mayo on this sandwich (and one of my favorite sandwich features is mustard AND mayonnaise), then I noticed that the bread had a spot of bluish mold - yuck! I ripped that part off (as well as some of the surrounding area) and I was pretty grossed out, but I didn't want to go to the store just for bread before eating.

I kept thinking that this never would happen if my boyfriend were eating carbs... but then again I'll probably save a lot of money if he doesn't snack on so many of my groceries.

Snack

• Dannon Light n' Fit white chocolate raspberry yogurt
• graham crackers

Like every day in recent memory, I slept late and was feeling sluggish about preparing meals, so I had my snack to procrastinate.

Wow, what a spectacular treat! The yogurt is actually lower in sugar than the plain yogurt I saw at the store, and it's fat-free, so I love getting the bonus flavoring. It went so well with the graham crackers that I got one of those feelings of lips pursing and eyes squeezing shut in absolute pleasure - haven't had that lately. I will try to remember how awesome this was next time I'm tempted to have chocolate or cookies.

Lunch

• fiery meat sauce over whole wheat rotini
• steamed zucchini with honey-Dijon dressing
• raisins

I realized that what I was dreading, and consequently why I was putting off making this meal for so long, was making meatballs. I absolutely love meatballs, but I hate getting my hands greasy with ground beef fat, and it's just a tedious process preparing them and cooking them.

So I compromised with myself and adapted the recipe to make a bolognese sauce using the same ingredients (less the egg white and breadcrumbs the recipe called for). It was much easier to prepare, and it was just as fiery and delicious as the meatball recipe... even though admittedly I missed eating meatballs.

The zucchini was good, though it always seems to resist the dressing. I've also noticed that when I pour the dressing, which is made with apple cider vinegar, over the zucchini, it always stings the hell out of my eyes. Something about acetic acid.

Dinner

• fiery meat sauce over whole wheat rotini
• steamed zucchini with honey-Dijon dressing
• raisins

Hey if it was good enough for lunch, it had to be great for dinner. Obviously if I was going through the effort to make bolognese sauce, I was going to make several servings.

Sitting in the fridge for a few hours really helped the flavors to blend together and complement each other. The zucchini was much improved by soaking up some of the dressing.