Dear Classic Mom Diary:
I am SO hungry these days! I went from being severely underweight to being well on my way to a medically healthy BMI level for my size, and I fully intend on surpassing that point with ease! This new and fully loaded appetite is here to back me up, too! Wow has pregnancy ever had me hungry!
I don't mean hungry like I could eat a horse, I mean hungry like I'm a savage who's constantly savoring every last crumb and thinking about her next meal before ever tearing into the first bite of her current meal. While I'm shoveling back apples and grapes, I'm planning up the wonderful snack I'll have next of cucumber slices with cheese, or a bagel with cream cheese, or Mom's homemade chicken noodle soup, or anything else I can get my hands on! French Fries, particularly from Wendy's, seem to be a big hit right now for me, too!
I learned that this week (the 10th week) our Wee V has developed taste buds. Yup, maybe that will help to explain the extra serious and specific cravings, as well as the sudden hate for foods I was just eating by the boatload last week (ahem, mango). Nope, this week the flavor is french fries, fried rice, egg rolls, chicken soup, and almost anything else salty. Mmm.
Whatever stomach ailments I was dealing with before pregnancy have certainly lost their importance during pregnancy - while they continue to command what I can and cannot eat, I find that if my pregnancy cravings contradict the "can not's" up to a certain amount, I can handle it just fine. In fact, with way better tolerance than I ever could before. (Oh my goodness, hello oranges, I've missed you so!) Except for coffee. Coffee has gone out the window. I have had 2 cups this whole pregnancy (I'm guilty of holding #2 right now) and for both I've gagged and suffered the whole way down. I know I shouldn't but hey - stubbornness runs in my family, and 2 cups in 10 weeks isn't going to harm anyone. Except maybe my sanity, sometimes - yelp!
Eating so much has definitely been a really hard new habit for me to maintain, I tell you! I am not naturally a big eater, so for me, a couple of snacks and a dinner is usually too much. Making snacks and meals constantly has left me continually out of ideas, searching Pinterest for new inspiration. And let me tell you, my art never looks like the inspiration. Unfortunately for you, my very old cell phone has such a poor camera that you couldn't tell Spaghetti Squash from Chicken Soup, so I haven't wasted any time attempting to share these disasters. What I will share, however, is two kicka-hh...kickbutt snack recipes that I have been craving and chowing all week, mmm!
(1) Cinnamazing Toast Spread
Ingredients
-Equal parts butter, cinnamon, and sugar (can use brown or white)
-Toast
I am SO hungry these days! I went from being severely underweight to being well on my way to a medically healthy BMI level for my size, and I fully intend on surpassing that point with ease! This new and fully loaded appetite is here to back me up, too! Wow has pregnancy ever had me hungry!
I don't mean hungry like I could eat a horse, I mean hungry like I'm a savage who's constantly savoring every last crumb and thinking about her next meal before ever tearing into the first bite of her current meal. While I'm shoveling back apples and grapes, I'm planning up the wonderful snack I'll have next of cucumber slices with cheese, or a bagel with cream cheese, or Mom's homemade chicken noodle soup, or anything else I can get my hands on! French Fries, particularly from Wendy's, seem to be a big hit right now for me, too!
I learned that this week (the 10th week) our Wee V has developed taste buds. Yup, maybe that will help to explain the extra serious and specific cravings, as well as the sudden hate for foods I was just eating by the boatload last week (ahem, mango). Nope, this week the flavor is french fries, fried rice, egg rolls, chicken soup, and almost anything else salty. Mmm.
Whatever stomach ailments I was dealing with before pregnancy have certainly lost their importance during pregnancy - while they continue to command what I can and cannot eat, I find that if my pregnancy cravings contradict the "can not's" up to a certain amount, I can handle it just fine. In fact, with way better tolerance than I ever could before. (Oh my goodness, hello oranges, I've missed you so!) Except for coffee. Coffee has gone out the window. I have had 2 cups this whole pregnancy (I'm guilty of holding #2 right now) and for both I've gagged and suffered the whole way down. I know I shouldn't but hey - stubbornness runs in my family, and 2 cups in 10 weeks isn't going to harm anyone. Except maybe my sanity, sometimes - yelp!
Eating so much has definitely been a really hard new habit for me to maintain, I tell you! I am not naturally a big eater, so for me, a couple of snacks and a dinner is usually too much. Making snacks and meals constantly has left me continually out of ideas, searching Pinterest for new inspiration. And let me tell you, my art never looks like the inspiration. Unfortunately for you, my very old cell phone has such a poor camera that you couldn't tell Spaghetti Squash from Chicken Soup, so I haven't wasted any time attempting to share these disasters. What I will share, however, is two kicka-hh...kickbutt snack recipes that I have been craving and chowing all week, mmm!
(1) Cinnamazing Toast Spread
Ingredients
-Equal parts butter, cinnamon, and sugar (can use brown or white)
-Toast
-Toaster Oven
Directions
-Melt your butter for about 20-30 seconds in the microwave (depending on your heat settings)
-Mix in the cinnamon and sugar, taste - add more of either if desired, to taste.
-Toast your toast LIGHTLY (if you toast it "to the desired amount" like they say, you'll over toast it in the end! Gold or just before gold is a good color, here.)
-Butter up your toast, turn your oven to broil and pop 'er back in there! It's done when the butter is bubbling (if you have it, if not do another *light* toast on the toast setting)
-Enjoy!
P.S: You may want to play with the texture of the cinnamon spread - some like it more cooked because it develops a crunchy texture, others like it just warm (others still will toast the toast fully, put the butter on and eat as is - crazy people I call these ones.) Make what you desire!
(2) Cucumber SandwichesIngredients
-Even number of sliced cucumbers
-Mayo
-Mayo
-Cheese
-Deli Meat (or Tuna or Salmon or none of the above, whatever!)
-Optional: Cranberries, Crushed Almonds (or other Crushed Nuts), Thinly sliced veggies (i.e. carrot, pickles, whatever)
-Deli Meat (or Tuna or Salmon or none of the above, whatever!)
-Optional: Cranberries, Crushed Almonds (or other Crushed Nuts), Thinly sliced veggies (i.e. carrot, pickles, whatever)
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| (Photo credits to http://chirowife.com/ as found on Google Images) |
Directions
-Make mini sandwiches with the cucumber slices as your bread!
-Example (1): Layer cucumber, mayo, tuna, crushed pecan, cranberry, cucumber
-Example (2): Layer cucumber, cheese, sliced carrot, sliced tomato, mayo, cucumber
Make your own creations!
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