August | 2008 | Food Embrace

Welcome to OHC Daily Eats! This is the section of the blog where I post what I eat for every meal. Every day. Or at least, I am going to try very hard and post on the weekends too. Typically I stray from the computer during that time. The idea behind it is to help me track and monitor what I eat. I’m a visual person and I need to see something in order for it to register in my brain (recipes with no accompanying pictures make me want to rip out my hair). Taking pictures and recording what it is that I’m eating will help me better understand how I’m taking care of myself.

And yes, you will see chips, wine, or some other type of what society calls, “naughty foods”, as well. My philosophy for my diet is moderation and balance. I do not cut things out of my diet. If I were to say that I will never eat Doritos again, I feel that would set me up for failure. Instead my schedule is that I eat healthy throughout the week and then if I want Doritos, I can have some on the weekend. I’m not an impulse eater and I am not tempted by things. Having Doritos sitting in my pantry is no big deal. I know I can’t have them till the weekend, so I don’t.

Now, OHC weekends start on Thursday. So don’t be shocked when there are pictures of wine and cheese (or Doritos!) starting Thursdays. Typically Thursdays were the “late work day” at the OHC Home Office. Because we would work until 7 or 8pm, we figured it was pretty much the weekend anyway and we were pooped, so let’s relax a bit. Things have changed (because we have Muay Thai now on Thursday evenings) so while we aren’t working as late anymore, it’s still the end of the week and it’s been a long week. Trust me, if you were coming home at the end of the week from a hard Muay Thai conditioning class, you’d want to relax too!

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In a previous life I had a blog where I talked about this, that, and that other thing. A good bit of that blog talked about cooking. What I had made, what I was going to make, how I was going to make it, you get the picture. Sometimes I even posted my grocery list. I’m that kind of crazy about cooking. “What if you did a cooking blog?”, Scott said to me a couple months ago. “Do you think I could?”

“Why not?”

And here I am, trying my hand at the concept of being a food blogger. I’m a bit nervous putting my recipes and ideas out there for the world to see, but I decided to grow a pair and just do it. I love cooking. It’s a part of who I am. It’s my very essence. If I’m unable to cook for a while, I start to get really cranky and a bit unpleasant to be around. Because I cook so much and talk about it to Scott constantly, I’m sure this is what prompted his suggestion.

With this blog, I want to share recipes and ideas with others. It’s also a tool for me to gather information and learn from other’s experiences. I am always learning and researching about food. I’m always cooking. Growing up in a really small farming town didn’t allow for much exposure to things (you mean tuna doesn’t always come in a can?!). It wasn’t until I moved out and away that I really began to experience cooking and had the ability to explore different ideas, ingredients, and techniques. Some things that I have now grown to love and consider staples, are things I have only recently been able to get.

I never write anything down, I just cook. I don’t even measure stuff unless I’m baking. Toss this in there and add some of that and do this, presto, food! And I realized that I really should start keeping track of what I do and how I did it so that I can do it again. Having a cooking blog is a way for me to archive my ideas and the things that I make while at the same time sharing them.

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