What My Pregnant Self is Eating

omnommer

@ckonscider Yeah, I typically use butter for all my high heat cooking since olive oil isn't great for that. But I didn't know the reason why. Super interesting!

katy0990

I was craving Chinese food, so we got some tonight and it was just as amazing as I had hoped, except I ate way too much.

hkom

I've been thinking about macaroni salad all week and I finally just made it and it's everything I hoped it'd be  

scaredunprepared

@hkom I never knew how bad I wanted macaroni salad until this very moment!  Need!

Erinka

I can’t wait to go out for Taiwanese soupy dumplings for my bday tomorrow night!!

kadeephd

Someone made this lemon-almond butter cake at a BBQ I went to yesterday.  Oh my god it was good.  There was also excellent macaroni salad there and now I'm sad I didn't eat more of it!

Erinka

Frozen grapes are AWESOME on a warm Memorial Day weekend!

AdorkablePixie

My BIL made smoked ribs for my MILs cookout last night. I had three of them while I was there. I took three home for dinner tonight... and I ate them before bed last night. Oops.

Selina1313

Hostess cupcakes.

Whitmore1027

I am basically craving any fast food or restaurant food. I am legit tired of home cooking. I feel like this is SO odd. Maybe because I feel so sick, I don't feel like cooking, and I just want quick comfort food. Sad thing is that we are on a tight budget and there are hardly any restaurants near me.

clbness

This pasta salad. https://www.lecremedelacrumb.com/greek-tortellini-pasta-salad/

ETA: @Whitmore1027 I'm with you.  I can't remember the last time I cooked dinner for my family.  The smell/taste of meat repulses me.  All I want is side dishes, snacks and fast food.  

tumbleweed-1

@Whitmore1027 same. The other day I wanted to order pizza and my SO suggested we make calzones (ie- I make calzones, because that’s a dish I do, not him). And I was like “calzones are the opposite amount of work for me as ordering pizza”. I don’t remember what we had that night- but it wasn’t either. I think we just found leftovers to reheat. 

katy0990

I am making a strawberry pie right now and I cannot wait to eat it tonight!

kadeephd

I made that watermelon agua fresca today and added mint leaves and lime.  I didn't bother to strain it because fiber but mostly I'm lazy.  So good!!  Then we made garlic butter shrimp and quinoa for dinner, and banana chocolate chip cookies are in the oven.  It's been a solid food day.

@katy0990 Strawberry pie sounds so good!  I don't think I've ever had that.

hkom

@katy0990 I've made 2 strawberry pies in the past 3 weeks and they were both amaaaazing! 

katy0990

@hkom I didn’t get it finished until nap tim and it wasn’t set in time for dinner, so we settled for strawberries with homemade whipped topping. They were delicious, but now I’m laying here wide awake at 4:30 am debating if I should sneak down and eat a slice.

PensiveCrayon

Brown sugar frosted mini wheats scarfed at 12:30 a.m. because for some reason I was starving (this, after my kid woke up screaming at 12:17). I really hate eating in the middle of the night but I know I wasn’t going to be able to get back to sleep if I didn’t have something. 

AdorkablePixie

Shake Shack. I can't get enough. I am pretty sure I've had shake shack three times in the last month, which is bad because they are not cheap.

Katzalia

I have been on team No Meat so far this time around, but apparently I can tolerate cold roast chicken. I had toast with (pasteurized) brie, cold roast chicken, and strawberry jam the other night for dinner. So amazing. If I had any  homemade cranberry sauce on hand, I’d have used that, but the strawberry jam still was delish. 

hoosiermama-2

Frozen. Grapes. Dooo itttt!

orangecrush29

Just made a s’more. NOM.

katy0990

I just ate a pot pie in the middle of the night. So gross, but satisfying.

AdorkablePixie

@katy0990 My DH's manager took him and some others out to dinner last night and he bought home a crab cake and mashed potatoes, I almost came downstairs at 1:00am and ate them. lol

morgantu

Honey nut Cheerios with peaches, every day. 

AdorkablePixie

My go to foods: peanut butter and banana sandwich. Kellogs fruit and yogurt cereal with banana, Kellogs honey bunches of oats with banana, very berry cheerios with banana. I like bananas... lol

kadeephd

I woke up and had breakfast (strawberries and yogurt with muesli) around 8.  I thought it was about 12 and I was hungry so I had lunch.  It was 10:30.

AdorkablePixie

@kadeephd This makes me giggle only because I eat breakfast and am ready for second breakfast like a hour later. lol What's muesli?

kadeephd

@AdorkablePixie Second breakfasts and elevenses !  It sometimes happens when I'm not pregnant so I don't know if I can blame it totally on that... 

Muesli is a mixture of raw oats, nuts, and dried fruit.  It's basically like uncooked granola I guess?  I used to make granola for yogurt but I've been so lazy lately.  I just pour some oats, dried blueberries, and walnuts on top of my yogurt and call it muesli.

AdorkablePixie

@kadeephd That sounds good. I usually put grape nuts in my yogurt.

morgantu

@kadeephd I ate my lunch at 10:30 yesterday too! I ate a bigger breakfast today so I could hold out and I've still had 2 snacks and am hungry waiting for lunch lol. 

kadeephd

@AdorkablePixie I like my grapenuts with banana (which seems to be one of your favorites!)

AdorkablePixie

@kadeephd Yes!! That is good too.

deutschmama

Now that I have access to all of the amazing sugary cereals I have started keeping a little baggie of cereal next to my bed because EVERY night I wake up craving it at like 3 AM.

Did anyone used to read Calvin and Hobbes?? I feel like I'm eating the equivalent of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs. Especially compared to the healthier (read: less delicious) versions in Germany. 

lagoose23

I can’t get enough of avocados and anything I can put soy sauce on. When the two combine (avocado sushi roll) my mind is blown. I’m writing this and my mouth is legit watering. Last night at the brewery we went to before the movies they had avocado eggrolls. They were southwestern style but I’m thinking about trying my own version with a soy sauce dipping sauce. Just wrapping avocado pieces in egg roll wrappers and deep frying them. Fine, Ill go with baking them too if I can get a similar result. I’m also eating a lot of vegetable gyoza. I never was that into Japanese/Asian cuisine before getting pregnant but holy hell if I could eat it every night I would. Oddly enough, Chinese food is a major turn off for me and I think it’s  the garlic. Meanwhile I’m Italian and have always loved the stuff but now it gives me acid reflux. Anyone else on this one? 

katy0990

@lagoose23 Cheesecake Factory has amazing Southwest egg rolls. Now I want some....

lagoose23

@katy0990 omg thank you for that info... plus cheesecake !