Sweets

My poor husband is feeling deprived. I do so little baking anymore, that yesterday he had to ask Malinda to bake him a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I feel sorry for him in one sense, but in another sense I don't. I know that all that sugar is not good for him, and he gets plenty of it from other places, that I don't make it for him. Another big reason is why make a big cake, when he only eats about 2-3 pieces and the rest gets thrown away. Whenever I go to some function where there is food, I always bring him home the dessert. At least half the time, he doesn't eat it and it gets thrown away. It seems that no matter what I do, I can't win. When I was FAT, he was on my case for eating unhealthy and was worried that I would have major health problems. They were valid things to be worried about. He just didn't know that when I finally "GOT WITH THE PROGRAM", this his life would change dramatically also. Isn't that the case in any marriage. If one person becomes a diabetic, or has high blood pressure, their diet has to change. Usually the other spouse is supportive and to help out their loved one, eats the diet the doctor ordered. I don't want to give the wrong impression. Dennis is somewhat supportive, but he lets me know quite often, that he won't "eat that stuff" because it smells or tastes like "cardboard, mud, dirt, not sweet enough, etc". Now back to the chocolate cake - thanks goodness Malinda is back in town and will help eat the cake so I will probably end up only having to throw away 1/4 of it instead of 3/4.


I decided that since it was the Christmas season I would make some "healthy" snacks. I make a delicious brownie recipe that had no flour and was made from black beans. So moist and delicious. Everyone that has tried it (but Dennis), has just loved it. I have found though that the more sweets I eat, no matter how healthy they are, just makes me crave more sweets. When I eat "raw food" like fruit, raw desserts, or berries in yogurt with granola I don't crave more sweets. This is a good lesson for me to realize right now, so I can be extremely cautious and not eat too many in a day or week. Another thing I have noticed is that when I don't have a lettuce salad sometime during the day, then at night I crave food, even right after dinner when I feel full and satisfied. I don't get those cravings when I eat green salads. I'm positive that is my body telling me that it hasn't got enough chlorophyl during the day. And, YES after 15 months I still love and crave green salads.