I realized while looking over my blog today that the last several entries haven't been exactly.... well, positive and uplifting. I do apologize for that.
The truth is that for many, many different reasons I have been a small mess of anxiety, stress, and depression for the last little while. (Oddly, none of those reasons are even related to diabetes. Interesting digression...)
Anyway, I am not going to subject you to any of my sad little tirades. I am going to ask for some help.
I was sitting here this morning thinking about things that may help me feel a little bit better, and of course I thought of cooking. Cooking always makes me feel better. (Unless I'm making cookies. That's entirely different story.) The truth is, even though I have gone to my part-time schedule now, the schedule that was supposed to give me nearly unlimited time for cooking new and exciting things - I really haven't done much cooking at all. I guess that's a classic example of the tendency I have to allow things to snowball - why cook something if there's no one around to enjoy it or share it with? Also, I noticed that when you're generally feeling bad, your thoughts are neither quick, nor sharp. So while I know that the answer to "What will make me feel a little better today?" is "Make something really comforting and homey and delicious!" I can't quite come up with anything that fits the bill.
That's where you come in, my friends! If you have a tried and true, I'm-a-little-down-in-the- dumps-and-this-is-a-sure-way-to-pull-me-out recipe, please (!!) email it to me or post it in the comments! Or maybe you have a secret family recipe that makes you feel like a kid again. Or something warm you eat on cold, stormy days. A dish that is like staying in your jammies all day and curling up in a blanket on the couch. And I could really use that blanket! Thanks for helping a girl out. :)
Love you and miss you! This is coming from me, so it's nothing to complex and fancy, but it is good and smells wonderful! Make this cornbread:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.food.com/recipe/extra-moist-jalapeno-cornbread-184564
And I love a crock of white bean chicken chili with it. Just put chicken in the crock pot (I use chicken breasts but whatever kind you want.) Add some chicken broth, great northern beans, kidney beans and/or garbanzo bean. Dice some jalapenos and add. Your choice of seasonings: oregano, crushed red pepper. Fresh cilantro is great! You can add it toward the end of the day once everything else has simmered and cooked all day. Dollop some sour cream and more cilantro on top. Yummy!
mm, sounds delish! will definitely have to put that on my list!
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