Food.
Anyone surprised?
You know how they say men think about sex every 5 seconds? That’s me with food. It’s my 50 Shades of Grey.
When I saw this quiz on Matt’s blog I was filling it out in my head as I read through his answers.
Breakfast
1. Favorite cereal as a child?
Lucky Charms. I used to get in trouble for only eating the marshmallows.
2. Coffee or Tea? With milk or without?
Coffee. Black like my soul.
Since I started having my morning cocktail, I no longer need to drink coffee before noon. When I’m in the office, I am wondering down to reception to get a mid-afternoon pick-me-up cup!
Sometimes I eat it in Tiramisu Parfaits or drink it in a Pumpkin Frappuccino.
3. The one food you eat most often at breakfast?
That’s tough! I don’t like to repeat meals a lot… but lately I’ve been all about my PB & Aggs.
Lunch
1. Sandwiches are generally considered a “lunch food.” If you had to choose between a grilled cheese and a peanut butter and jelly, which would you pick?
Grilled Peanut Butter and Jelly. the “real” thing was my favorite growing up, but now days I eat this tofu-laced, low-fat, protein-filled version:
2. You can only put four ingredients in your salad (not including greens); what do you throw in the mix? Additionally, which greens and dressing do you pick?
It really depends on the mood! Right now I’m thinking cucumber, red onion, celery, and walnuts on a bed of spinach and dressed with a mix of hummus, apple cider vinegar, and sriracha.
3. One food you can’t live without at lunch?
Again, I’m not a creature of habit! I like to shake it up, but no matter what I need a little something sweet at the end… like a bite of dark chocolate. Or these days on my training plan… I have a calcium chew. *sigh*
Dinner
1. It’s the end of the day. You’re tired, hungry, and your fridge is empty. If fast food (from a chain) is your only option, where do you go and what do you order?
I’m copying Matt and saying Whole Foods. Whatever is looking good on the hot bar (usually a bite of everything). It’s the closest thing to fast food that I will eat!
2. TV/computer on or off while you’re eating?
Computer. In fact, I’m filling this out as I eat.
3. The one food you eat most often at dinner?
Lately it’s been my Cauliflower Pizza. It’s a delicious addiction.
Dessert
1. Choose between these two American desserts: cheesecake or apple pie?
Cheesecake. I don’t like cooked apples… but really I’d rather have chocolate cake than anything.
2. Choose between these two foreign desserts: tiramisu (Italy) or flan (Spain)?
I like them both, but I have to go with tiramisu. Like the parfait above. 😉
3. Ice cream: cone or cup?
Cup. More toppings. Duh.
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Sometimes I wonder if everyone else thinks about food as much as I do… or if I have OCD.
I want your answers! Is there anything you HAVE to have in your salads, or for lunch every day?
How much time to you each day spend thinking about food?
Ha, the majority of my life/ day is spent thinking about food. I used to be a pastry chef and am now on the path to becoming an RD so food is always on the brain! That coupled with wanting to do a bikini contest next year…so food is always #1. 🙂
From pastry chef to RD?! You must make the most delicious healthy food ever. 🙂
Cheesecake or apple pie??? What kind of question is that? It’s like asking which child you love more.
Yeah… CHOCOLATE!
I totally love that analogy with food being your 50 shades…I am the same way! I LOVE food! Lunch is always a salad for me, but the toppings always change! Lately I’ve been scrambling eggs whites for my topping along with the last o the summer tomatoes, nooch and Franks Red Hot…it’s a weakness, I simply love Franks!
I’m a guy and I might think about food more than sex. LOL. That is a tough one 😉
You are not alone. I think about food all the time. That might be a problem sometimes.
I spend WAY too much time thinking about food! And I did the same thing with my lucky charms as a kid…clearly the marshmallows were the best part :-p
1. I always, always want some veggies at lunch, or any meal, really. I feel a pang of guilt if my lunch only contains starch.
2. I’m not even gonna answer that question. It’s on my mind all day every day of my entire life.
1. I am the same way!
2. Thanks for making feel like I’m not alone. 🙂
I spend A LOT of time thinking about food…you’re certainly not alone. Love this quiz, definitely stealing it! 🙂
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I think about food…always. I just might have to steal this quiz. And yes, ice cream is all about the cup. I’m like you–there’s no ONE food I have to always have! I’ll go a week and have the same thing every lunch or dinner, but as soon as that week’s over? On to the newest “must have” food obsession.
Weekly obsessions? You mean like collards? 😉
Haha, I don’t know if that one was an obsession so much as an overabundance issue…
I am the SAME way! I’m always waiting for my next yummy meal! Hehe. I’ve always wanted to try out the cauliflower crust, looks good!!
Please let me know if you do! I’m a little obsessed.
Hahaha – this is TOTALLY me. I think about food constantly. Right when I finish a meal, I’m planning the next in my head!
I do the same thing!
My problem is, I never actually ate lucky charms – i would just eat all the marshmellows and leave the rest. I have always and will always be a sugar addict.
Love this! I wake up thinking about food – the thought of breakfast is really what gets me up in the AM!
And lately I have to have a bit of avocado in my salad…just doesn’t taste the same without it!
I spend a lot of time thinking about food. This comes from reading cookbooks (yes I treat them like a novel), massive blog reading, and just genuinely being interested in foods (flavors, combos that will taste good together, etc).
For salads I love to have chickpeas on it but there is really no one particular thing I must have for it. I eat a variety of things and generally don’t have the same thing everyday (that is B.O.R.I.N.G)
I’m the same way – I used to sit in Borders for hours reading them.
Your food love benefits so many:). For me I have to have some kind of sweet taste at a meal:)
Thank you. 🙂 I’m the same with the sweets!
I think about food all the time! Either things I’m going to eat later or new recipes I want to try. That’s obviously why I started my blog 🙂 I do eat way too much at the computer though. I really need to cut down on that habit.
I’d have to go with 65-70% of my day is spent thinking about food. I’ve started eating more salad recently and find myself adding some type of bean(black usually) or lentils every time. I love that as my protein instead of meat.
I think about food WAY too much too. I’m constantly thinking of new things I want to try. I love that you do grilled PB & Jelly, although I would picked grilled cheeze (with tomato soup, of course).
I don’t except any less from you! 😉
Ha ha. I’m the same I think about food a lot of the time too. I feel like its not always the healthiest to have food on your mind, but I guess if you actually are living life and not consumed so much by food thoughts it works! I swear I was the only child that hated lucky charms! I got food poisoning off marshmallows and can’t even think of eating anything resembling those things.
I don’t know that it’s unhealthy… I can stop any time… I swear. LOL!
mmmmm now you have me HUNGRY! i love reading these and getting to know more about you. You are so funny. I loveeeeeeee basil and arugula in my salads. I cannot get enough. I also like it super spicy so red pepper and sriracha are my bestfriends! food is on my mind a lot, only because with teaching so much zumba, I HAVE to eat eat eat. haha!
Thank you so much! I love arugula. And sriracha. Mmmmm…
always thinking of food! haha
and we love black coffee, Lucky Charms is a classic 😉
I am always thinking about food!! lol
I eat a banana everyday… and eggs are a must have for lunch!
I couldn’t go a day without eggs!
I think about a lot of things all the time. 😉 That said I have to have fruit during the middle of the day. Otherwise I’m a cranky glutton.
btw…no comment on my adventure in West Virginia???
Love this post… it is funny how so many of us think about food so much! HA!
Umm yep I think about food a whole lot too… ALOT lol. And I usually have my computer on when I am eating or doing something else, apparently I need much stimulation in my life lol
I’m the same way – have to be doing at least 2 things at a time.
hey! I was just creepin on by to check out that Mexican brownie recipe you were telling me about! 😀 I loved this quiz, and I agree, food is pretty much all I think about too.
Thanks for creepin’! Let me know if you try those brownies – the pics are bad (brown food – *sigh*), but they are GOOD.
Yeah, food is DEFINITELY my sex! Lol I’m always thinking of what I’m going to make for my next meal…what recipes I want to make…what new flavor combos I want to try. Pretty much ANY downtime I have during the day is filled with foodie thoughts! 🙂
Lucky Charms were my jam as a kid! I used to try to pick up the marshmallows with the back of my spoon! And I ALWAYS eat in front of the computer!
I’m like you, not really a creature of habit when it comes to food…I mean, I eat a lot of salads for dinner, but no two are really ever the same. One thing that HAS to go in my salad (at least during the summer) is tomato!
Really? I’m surprised… LOL! Kidding, kidding.
We need to figure out how to re-create the Lucky Charms.
Love this quiz – my go to place to eat is always Rumbi’s – I’m a sucker for a rice bowl!
I love all your Asian food-porn pics. 🙂
um, same same same… including black coffee… soul
I love this and think I might fill it out too. And, just so you know, I think about food probably just as much as you do. But then, I am pretty sure I *do* have OCD, so it fits.
One of my favorite things about your blog is that you change up your food so much–rarely ever do you repeat anything, and you always come up with interesting, tasty dishes. Never a dull moment around here!
Thank you!!! Maybe my OCD is about change? There are just so many things to try! 🙂
I love that you have breakfast parfaits in a martini glass. this is why I love you. 🙂
It’s the least I can do… apparently drinking an actual martini in the morning is frowned upon. *shrug*
Food is a constant. I think mostly about what to make for dinner since that is when I am most creative (or have time to be). I stick to staples for breakfast ( oatmeal or a protein smoothie) and lunch is usually leftovers from dinner the night before. Lol. I’m tagging that cauliflower pizza because that is going down in my kitchen soon!
I’d love to have dinner with you one day – your stuff always looks so good!
Let me know if you do the pizza – I’d love to see what you top it with!
Must have in my salads: black olives, avocado, tomato and some shredded 6 cheese italian. Greens are usually romaine but sometimes I accidentally buy green lettuce which I find to be pretty much the same. With light parmesan asiago balsamic dressing!
That sounds like a fabulous salad! I love a good balsamic too.
I send… way too much time thinking about food. Sigh.
I like switching my salads up but lately it’s been either cucumber or tomato, onion, spinach & spring mix, hummus or guac, salsa, spices, nooch, and raisins.. mmmmmm….
I love the idea of a little sweet (raisins) in the mix!