Bariatric Foodie Play with your food

So I’ve been telling you all week, “don’t throw out the carcass…don’t throw out the carcass!!!” And you thought I forgot about it, didn’t you? I didn’t! And the waiting was intentional. Because the week after Thanksgiving there is a time honored tradition that happens in American refrigerators that goes a little something like this: Yeah…except that we now now …

Ok, so I could post a picture with this recipe. But it wouldn’t be of this shake. Why? Well I’m in the process of packing up my house (while simultaneously decorating for Christmas…how psycho is THAT???) and all my pretty glasses are packed away. Besides, I tend to make this shake at work, thanks to these babies: Smaller sized bottles …

Today, instead of food, I thought I would share some stuff I’ve picked up over my nearly four years as a post-op bariatric patient. You may (or may not) have noticed on the sidebar that this month Bariatric Foodie is going to take on the subject of hunger – what it is, how we experience it post-op and how hunger …

Last year BF did a “Leftovers Week” (and a Soup Week…and a Dessert Week. I was really into themed blogging at the time). This year I’m going to add a few more recipes to that but I figured I’d go over what is already here for your culinary enjoyment. So without further adieu…my top 3 fave ways to use Thanksgiving leftovers!!! You …

Four years ago…this was me. She was a nice woman. She had a good-heart and while she deserved a better life she didn’t believe that she did. But she saw other people around her who were happy. Even though that happiness seemed elusive, she dared to believe that perhaps she could find it for herself. But to do that she …

This year I am hosting Thanksgiving for the first time!!! It’s exciting but also a bit sad. Next year we’ll move from the house where we have lived for the last 13 years so this will be my first and last Thanksgiving in this house. That’s why I want to make this meal special. We’re not expecting a big crowd, …

Don’t mind the browned crust. Me and my oven are going through a divorce. Sniff… “Well, it looks like regular sweet potato pie…” Holds plate closer to nose and sniffs again. “Smells like it too…” Pokes with finger then tastes fingertip. “C’mon, Nikki, what’d you do to it? You wouldn’t be asking me to taste it if you didn’t do …

Yes, it is the butt-crack of dawn. It’s early. I know. But I also know you’re going out shopping today for Thanksgiving stuff and I want you to have these recipes before you do that!!! So as your public servant, I offer you the following super-yummy dessert ideas for Thanksgiving. (Click the title of the dish to get the recipe) …

For all my U.S. readers, Turkey Day come-eth!!! This day can be a bit nerve-wracking. After all, it’s a whole day dedicated to eating! And as much as they tell us the holiday is about thankfulness, for many of us it just doesn’t play out that way. Because let’s be real: in many families it’s about the two f’s – …

 Raise your hand if you have a kid that just can’t get into breakfast. You beg, you plead, you guilt trip and still nothing. They are perfectly content to go through the whole morning without eating. Thanks to our “revised” gastrointestinal systems we know that the body can go long periods of time without food, but for kids especially …