Comfort Food

I woke up this morning and looked out our bedroom window. It was snowing. Beautiful fluffy white covered ground, and it has continued to snow since. It is one of those days that you want a hot cup of coco topped with home made whip cream. A night where comfort food is a must. Hmmmmm, what to make, what to make...

Maybe a delicious stew, or chicken noodle soup. Maybe a decadent pasta, with hot bread. 

Any ideas ? (Remember: Dairy Free) 

Distractions

Today has been the hardest thus far. We had a meeting at work today, followed by a informational beer seminar than tasting. We braked for lunch (another Pizza party), and I went and bought a sandwich across the street. After lunch was an informational wine seminar, followed by a wine tasting. 


I have to be honest, all I want to eat right now is grease, cheese, and any and everything I am not supposed to be eating. 


Time to keep me distracted with reality T.V. and crackers. 

Pizza Party

Today Nick and I met some friends for lunch to exchange gifts from Christmas. It was a great time! They got us The Family Guy Trivial Pursuit Game ( LOVE IT), and we got them some new kitchen stuff. For lunch I had a flour taco, no cheese, or sour cream included. 


Tonight we have our Christmas Party for work, and guess what's for dinner...Pizza. FML. I will just have to find something to bring along that is not that. 


This Girl has gone 3 days without any mistakes. 

Dreams

Sleeping to dream.
Someone out there is teasing me. 
Last night I had a dream that I was eating ice cream.
I had a dream that my food was drenched in butter.
Stop teasing me please.

Success Story

So it is early Saturday morning (12:32 AM to be exact), and I just got off work. I work at a bar and grill in town, and I do enjoy the food we serve. Our head chef enjoys the same things I do, DAIRY. Many, in fact, the majority of our food includes butter, sour cream, or milk of some kind. 
The challenge:

Find something on the menu that sounded appealing, and that was in the new confines of my resolution.

 The result:

A blackened sashimi sandwich with a creole tartar, and yes, I checked the recipes before I ordered it. Dairy free.

Success! Go me!

My Resolution

Last night at 12:00 AM, I became a dairy free girl for exactly 365 days. This may not seem very hard to some, but consider this...

I have for 23 years been consuming dairy, sour cream, butter, cream cheese, milk, yogurt, cheese, cheese, and more cheese. I love to cook, it is my passion, every recipe I create most likely includes some sort of dairy product. I love whip cream, and grilled cheese sandwiches, mexican food, and italian are among some of my favorites... one may say, I have never met a dairy product that I didn't like. 

So why did I decide to take on this challenge?

I have never been a person who is out of shape, I love sports, and running outside, so my love of cheese has never been a problem until recently. This is my last year of college, and I am working full time, life has become rather hectic, and getting to the gym has gotten lower and lower on my to do list. Cutting dairy will be a great way to cut unnecessary fats out of my diet, as well as unneeded calories; it will also (you will enjoy this Mom) help lower my cholesterol. 

Second, I have been getting sick more and more lately, colds mostly, and they last for months on end. The coughing is getting a little out of control, and I would like to be able to sleep through a night without waking up with flem in my throat.  Eliminating dairy, will (hopefully) help eliminate this problem. 

Lastly, I love a challenge.

So, day one is half way over, and there are only 364 and a half days left.

Wish me luck!