Day 45- One *Big* Meal

Didn't get up until "late"- almost noon- and then it was off on job hunting fun, still icky and full from late night snax. So no breakfast.

Around 4 or 5 I was finally hungry and motivated. I decided to make a calzone- I need to use up the eggplant, tofu, and zucchini, and the second tomato was starting to look a little *too* ripe.

so this is a thrown together guess at a 1C dough recipe.

• 1 C flour (plus extra for kneading)
• 1/2 tsp ital seasoning
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp yeast (might have been less)
• 1 tsp oil
• 1/2 C hot water

all the dry stuff goes together, including the yeast, then that gets mixed so there are no spice clumps. Then add the liquids, mix and knead like normal. I used too much water, 1/2 C less 2 or 3 tablespoons would probably be better. a bit more than 1/3 C, basically. For metric types, that's about (guesstimating here) 150 ml water.

While that was "rising" I mixed up some tofu ricotta. Just 8oz or so tofu, 1/4 lemon of juice, oil, salt, garlic powder, ital seasoning, mushed and mixed up. I use a lot of salt, because that's the main flavor of ricotta to me, and because i like salt. Someday my circulatory system will hate me for that, but for now my blood pressure can just take the hit. (Note- I can't "donate" plasma because my blood pressure is usually too *low*)

Then I rinsed and sliced about 1/3rd of the zucchini into thin rounds, sliced off a thin section of red onion, sliced 1/4 of my tomato, and grabbed the eggplant from the fridge. put flour dusted foil on the cookie sheet, stretched the dough out on it, and filled it. Baked at 450F for 20 minutes

I need to work on making more small things instead of just one huge one. The calzone ended up being over a pound. It was *huge*. It took me more than an hour to eat it. I'm still full. Very full.

While it was cooking I cleaned up- 4 minutes to do all the dishes. I thought how nice it would be to make a salad, but I don't have salad making stuff- yet. So that was out. I also could have started a crock pot of soup, but decided not to. I may not be able to make small calzones, or stop myself from eating a whole pizza in one go (or two, over time....) But I know how much food fits in my body at any one time. And after that calzone, nothing else was going to fit for a good long while.

I'm not sure if the "one big meal" thing is happening because I'm lazy and don't want to cook more than once, or if I just do better that way. While I was still living at home (and not cooking my own meals) I'd graze leftovers and easy stuff out of the fridge and pantry. I have no problem eating more than once. I tell anyone who'll listen that if someone else cooked and brought me the food, I'd never stop eating. It'd be healthier, too. I'm thinking it's the lazy thing.

So, grazing is better from a blood sugar/ energy/ guts stand-point, but anyone else go the huge meal route instead? The only good thing I can see about mine is that at least my huge meal tends to be mid-day.

In other news, I *really* need to use up the last pound of tofu. Time to break out the pasta machine. Ugh. I love ravioli, but it's so much work. At least once it's made it becomes frozen convenience food. And I want to hit publix for flour while I'm out- they have name brand flour (better quality then the save-a-lot stuff) for $1.49/ 5lb bag. I think even the unbleached and bread flours. Also name brand veggie oil for about $1.85/ bottle. Need to check the size though, brands have been changing volumes and weights again.