Bariatric Recipes

I don’t know why I originally named this post what I did. I do have champagne wishes though in that I wish I had the amount of money a good champagne cost. Cuz a sista is BROKE! Which means we use what we have in our fridge. Tonight the fridge gods were good to me and gave me the ingredients …

Remember Zatarain’s? Yeah…back in the day I used to jazz it UP!!! My favorite was the jambalaya, although they had several “meals in a box” that I loved to fix. I am a spicy food fanatic so anything I can put red pepper flakes in is a done deal. Funny thing is, though, that I did not intend for this …

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 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 …