O Butter, where art thou?

I have lots of things I should be posting on my regular blog about my cute little family, but I lack access to pictures to make it interesting. So I figured I would write on this blog instead since my cute little family doesn't generally make appearances here. Now that my explanation is over, on to the big news.

I get on these obsessive kicks from time to time and, to save my relationships from alienation due to excessive chatter about my excitement, I write about them on this blog. My reasoning is that you don't actually have to read this if you don't want to and I can't see your glazed eyed, plastered smile nod. You'll notice the last kick I was on was weight loss. That didn't go very far. This time, I want to be a vegetarian (maybe even vegan someday). I'm hoping it will last a little longer.

There, I've said it. (Or, actually, I wrote it. . .Whatever.) I plan on writing about my adventures in meat detox from time to time. Or maybe I won't put anything else up here for another nine months. Only time will tell.

I am currently living under someone else's roof, so the set date for commencement of my new obsession is August 1, give or take a week. Here's to hoping that I actually follow through and that I actually write about it as well.

Hole-y deliciousness

To celebrate my son's decision to take a two-hour nap today, I made homemade bagels. I have never made homemade bagels before.

My conclusions:

• They are a lot of work. It is even trickier holding a baby (who woke up right at the tricky, hands-on part).
• I am not completely convinced that I cooked them the whole way through. Hopefully I do not get salmonella poisoning.
• They are not very pretty. Next time, I will purchase one of those cooking brush things instead of spreading the eggs around with my fingers. Also, the holes need to be smaller.
• Salt bagels are wonderful! Why have I never been introduced to these before? Thank you to whichever of my friends left the box of coarse salt with me before moving.
• In fact, all of them are so stinking delicious that these may not make it until my husband gets home from work.

How I eat my leafy greens

There's a whole cup of spinach in this smoothie. The other ingredients are flax seeds, strawberries, and milk. Oh yeah and there might be a tablespoon or two of chocolate syrup. It is delicious! This time I cooked, pureed, and cooled the spinach myself. I think in the future I'll keep frozen spinach on hand and just cut hunks of it off to add to my smoothies.