Bariatric Foodie Play with your food

I call these little babies “Fiesta tuna boats” cuz…well they are Mexican inspired (which always makes me want to throw a fiesta), they have tuna in them and the lettuce is like little boats sailing all that yummy flavor into my mouth! Ok, that was cheesy…but then again so are these! So here’s the rundown: Fiesta tuna boats 3 Iceberg …

I may, from time to time, post recipes with TVP, or textured vegetable protein, so I thought I’d give a short primer on what it is, how it is used, etc. TVP is a soy product. It can be bought in bulk at places like Whole Foods and some company’s (namely Bob’s Red Mill) sell it pre-packaged. Some important information …

I used to love this stuff. Creamy, super sweet, cold…what’s not to love? I’d drink it alongside a mountainous plate of Pad Thai…I should look up how many calories all that would be. Yikes. Maybe not. Anyway…even this specialty drink is not off limits for us! It is, however, off-limits for drinking at the same time as you eat…even if …

Cinqo de Mayo is now my absolute favorite fake holiday. I have it on good authority from a few Mexican friends that Mexicans generally don’t celebrate the holiday and that it’s basically just a (damn good) excuse to drink. I had INTENDED to celebrate the holiday with this beautiful dish to the left, however, a sick child inspired me to …

So you had gastric bypass…and you thought to yourself “Goodbye cruel food world! I shall miss you!” And you skipped off to be skinny thinking sadly to yourself how you’d never enjoy those foods you love again…but hey, you’d be skinny, right? Well I’m here to mess your whole world up. I love Indian food. I don’t think that should …