Carbo Loading

Christine never met a carbohydrate she didn't love. Two nights ago she made us a pasta with eggplant. It was not her finest moment. Something about the chewy pasta and the soggy eggplant was very unappetizing. I was excited, at first, because I thought the eggplant was portobello mushrooms, but no such luck.

Last night she had more success. She essentially invented a recipe with pearl couscous, black eyed peas, carrots, celery, and spinach. I still thought it could use a little pep (some mushrooms would have been nice -- did I mention I love mushrooms?), but it was pretty tasty.

I realize that there are households that rarely eat carbohydrates, while in our household it's practically all we survive on. I don't buy these low carbohydrate diets. I can't imagine that eating steak 24/7 is good for you, or will keep you skinny. I say you should eat what you like, but in moderation, and exercise! It's not so much what we eat that has made us unhealthy, but the fact that all we do is eat.

In college, when I ran track, we used to get 4 dollars for lunch when we went out of town for a race. Our most anticipated moment was going to Burger King or McDonalds after the race to gorge on the unhealthiest food (in those days, you could get a couple Big Macs, some fries, and a Coke for 4 dollars). You never a skinnier bunch of guys eating the world's most fattening food. Boy, were we happy!