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1. My body is confused. It spent the entire summer wanting roasted/cooked veggies, and now that it’s essentially winter outside, it wants fresh salads and raw veggies. Couple that with the frozen fruit and smoothies I’ve been craving, and I should probably swap hemispheres so that I can enjoy spring/summer around this time of the year and eat a little more seasonally. Like, this happens to me every year, and I honestly think it has something to do with how dry the air gets and my body just craving more water. Yup. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
2. But the main reason I’m bringing up salads is because… ok… so I’ve stared adding chickpeas to mine, which is all well and good except for the fact that I’m finding chickpeas to be notoriously difficult to eat in salads. Like… if I don’t go out of my way and make sure to spear those suckers one by one, I’ll eat all the veggies and end up with a few salad leaves and a bunch of chickpeas in the bottom of my bowl. Am I the only one with this problem? Am I doing it wrong? Are my bowls the wrong size/shape? My veggies being mean girls? Please explain. At this rate, I’m going to have to start blending up my chickpeas into some sort of paste/dressing and just plopping them on top.
3. Speaking of which… the homemade hummus I was making for a while there? That phase has come and gone. Not because it wasn’t too good or it was too much work, but because I just… stopped wanting hummus? That and I try to keep the bean thing to a minimum or else my stomach starts protesting. And we all know how that goes…
4. So the hummus is out and molasses is in. Again. I feel like I go through one of these phases every year, where out of nowhere I just start craving molasses… and then I won’t want anything to do with it for the next 11 months. Someone please explain.
5. But at least this time it’s seasonally appropriate. I mean… chewy flourless gingerbread cookies, anyone?!?! Please, YES.
6. And speaking of cookies… I haven’t actually made any in a while. So I think I’m gonna go do that now (or at some point today). Hope you guys are having an awesome Thursday!
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A kind of vegan life from what I see! Everyone lives their lives just the way he wants and with what/Who wants it!
I feel like cookie monster, how serious my cravings are after seeing that pic
Yay, I’m happy to see you’re still doing this series! It has been a long time for me too! As for season food, I find I do follow patterns but I will always have hot soup and hot coffee in peak summer, no matter what. I can’t live without those two! Now that I think of it, I’ve had a lot of salad since the weather has turned cold too…it is quick and easy to make a healthy dinner out of!
Your timing for molasses is perfect… And I totally resonate with what you mean by craving cold things and such in the winter. I usually crave ice cream all year long. 😀 I’m thankful that we are sooo incredibly blessed by God’s provision in America with so many options during the summer and winter.
And… those cookies. Can I have a stack?!?
I’m laughing out loud about the veggie switch! I find that happens to me sometimes too. Like I crave more salads in the winter than I do in the summer. And we often make chili in the summer instead of the winter! Things like that.
The chickpea/salad dilemma haha! You’re NOT the only one. I dig putting them into my salads, especially in the summer (which I don’t totally understand!), but yes it’s like gathering them one by one or ending up with fifty at the bottom! URG. I feel like I crave molasses year-round, in oatmeal, smoothies (best thing ever), by itself?
I’m always intrigued by my seasonal changes in food cravings. Lately I’m all about mushrooms & rosemary and have been wanting to add sauerkraut to salads. I figure there must be some good reason based on what my body needs right now.
Haha – yes, I’ve been craving salads too – but I think that’s more cause I have an AeroGarden with salads growing out the wazoo in my kitchen right now! And – yup – chickpeas for the salad win for sure! I haven’t stopped by in too long – hope life has been good to ya…and heck yeah – THOSE cookies so need to happen! 🙂
YES please! Those cookies look amazing. I’ve been wanting all the soups.
Mmmmm give me all the gingerbread everything this time of year! And YES I have the same problem with chickpeas and never really thought about it, lol.