A Reckoning

This is Day #2 of The Great Weight Watchers Bonanza. I'm calling it a bonanza because that sounds more like a party than The Great Weight Watchers Starve-a-Thon. So far, it's going ... okay. I haven't quite worked out what I can eat so I don't feel hungry all the time, and I'm also beginning to realize that my kitchen is poorly stocked for this. I can see that I'm going to have to eat waaaay more vegetables than I usually do.

My relationship with vegetables is tenuous at best. I mean, I don't have anything against vegetables--it's just that I lack any creativity in cooking them, and microwaved broccoli isn't all that interesting. Especially when I could be eating chocolate. But I've vowed to be a grown-up this year, and so I'm getting reacquainted with my greens.

Me: Hello, Greens.

Greens: Hello.

Me: So we meet again for the first time for the last time.

Greens: WORD.

I'll let you know how it goes. If Greens and I like each other, I should soon be reaping the rewards of a substantially smaller ass size.

Last night, Dashing Husband and I snuck out for a rare date night. We did something we haven't done in five years: we paid money for movie tickets. It was a sad day when my brother left town and movie tickets stopped being free. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the movie we chose to see: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

I'm a sucker for a good title, and I'd say this movie definitely has that. I had been intrigued by the previews and was even more intrigued after I did a little research into the plot. The idea that someone could truly be born old and then age backwards got me thinking. What if that was possible? What could it mean to the person born this way to be on a course so different from everyone else's?

The story was beautifully told and the cinematography was stunning. Cate Blanchett was luminous as Daisy, and Brad Pitt was believable as Benjamin Button, if a little too stoic in places. If you like slow movies with lots of character development, I think this is an excellent choice.

After the movie, I blew all my "extra" Weight Watchers points on lobster ravioli, sangria, and some kind of dessert made with brownies, Kahlua and chocolate mousse. SO WORTH IT, even though I'm going to have to spend the next seven days trying to love celery (a completely abhorrent addition to the vegetable family, as far as I'm concerned).

Comments

[Lori]

Oh, yeah, that dessert is insanely good.

Veggie ideas: roast them. Heather makes a wonderful roasted cauliflower, and I think brussel sprouts roasted are fantastic. Roasted carrots & onions w/ a drizzle of balsamic is yummy too. Sauteed spinach w/ a bit of garlic and white wine. Hmm, I'll keep thinking.

[Lilly]

I agree that roasted vegetables are pretty awesome. But my heart belongs to those that have been steamed. Steamed broccoli is my favorite with steamed carrots or steamed cauliflower vying for second. You know you have steamed them perfectly when they taste "cooked" but still have that snap to them. Cooked veggies should NEVER be mushy (eww).

[Anna]

Any vegetable tastes good when cut small enough and in spaghetti sauce.