A Blog About Food

My first food picture:)

Scrambled eggs with salmon, bacon, and shredded potatoes.

The inspiration of this dish came off the menu of my first waitressing job. Salmon Eggs Benedict. Which I ALWAYS ordered - and still do when I visit. Because The Red Lion Inn's hollandaise sauce is DE-F*CKING-LICIOUS. Buuuut, I'm a beginner, and hollandaise sauce is way out of my skill range.

So I made the closest thing. An omelet with salmon. However, as mentioned before, I'm a beginner and when I went to flip the omelet it broke. So scrambled eggs with salmon it is!! That's the eggssplanation for the eggs. Get it, EGGS-planation?!?!?! Every pun intended on that joke!

The shredded potatoes is straight forward. I ran a yokon gold over a mandoline slicer thing. I got that idea from the kids on MasterChef Junior. And if they can bang out dishes I can't pronounce using one of those slicer things, so can I. And I did. And they came out pretty well.

The bacon. I started cutting out protein from pork, especially bacon (gasp). I'm actually more of a fan of turkey bacon than actual pork bacon (double gasp!) Because turkey bacon has a higher protein/lower fat content than bacon. And I'm (keyword) TRYING to eat healthy and make healthier choices. But this bacon is actual pork bacon. I've seen all of the one-sided food documentaries where animal-based protein is the root cause of diabetes, or how farmers raise the animals for the production of the chicken nuggets you find in the freezer aisle. But this bacon is from my dad's farm. From pigs he raised. Which he fed from the hay he harvested over the summer. And if you didn't bail hay over the summer while working on your stereotypical and all-too-literal farmers tan, did you really have a summer vacation?!?

 And there it is!! My first food post on my new blog. Dated January 1, 2018. I appreciate the feedback/comments/concerns/compliments/constructive criticism, anything you have and want to say! Any suggestions, I will be sure to take that into consideration the next time I make this dish (which will be just about every weekend).

As with everyone around the world who “commits” to New Years resolutions, this blog is to help me keep on track.

Ever since I was a junior in college; left an abusive relationship where he tried to “whip me into shape”, controlled what I ate, called me fat, ordered me salads at dinner, etc, I started to learn how to take care of my body and feed it right and treat it right. Has it been easy? F no. Have I been 100% consistent and honest? I just meal prepped for the week while inhaling dominos pizza.

In the 7 years since then, I’ve joined gyms, diet groups, tried the master cleanse (10/10 DO NOT RECOMMEND IF YOURE LAME WHEN IT COMES TO SPICY SH*T). I’ve followed fitness moguls, chefs, fitstagram models and everyone in between on every social media site possible. While I don’t have .002% body fat, can’t run more than three minutes without losing consciousness, I do work out a lot and I credit that for me being able to keep my “skinny fat” physique.

This blog isn’t about fitness, although I’ll mention my workouts, personal records, personal fails, wins, losses, etc. This blog is about the nutrition aspect of a healthy lifestyle. Ever heard the phrases “it’s 80% nutrition, 20% fitness” or “abs are made in the kitchen”? Hopefully this blog will keep me honest about what I’m feeding myself.

Will my posts be annoying? Probably. Will my posts feature 100% healthy vegan, gluten free, no sodium, no fat, no sugar, no carb meals? Absolutely f*cking not. Otherwise I’d post pictures of ice cubes in different lighting. But I’m starting. And starting is the most important step any person of any shape, size, weight, color, ethnicity, weight loss (or weight gain) goal can do.