He's Home!!!!!!

Andy arrived home safe & sound late Friday night, and I am slowly adjusting back to non-survivalist cooking.  Aside from the leftover Indian food we had for breakfast, that is.  By Wednesday night the casserole was thankfully gone, so Thursday a friend and I went out to lunch at one of the few "legal" places around--a Mongolian Barbecue place.  I would guess some of the sauces are off limits, but I picked the simple ones, so I think I did okay.  Since we ate lunch late, I just skipped dinner entirely--which isn't really good for me, but I figured as healthy as we've been eating this year, my body could probably cut me a little slack one night.  I think the real low point might have been Friday, when I had popcorn for lunch (the real popped stuff, not microwave, and sprinkled with herbs).  I did graze on pomegranates and other fruit all week, and a few nuts whenever I got to feeling a bit light-headed, so not quite as unhealthy as it probably sounds but probably more pathetic than it actually sounds.  I was 35 when Andy & I moved in together & got married, so I did live alone for quite some time, and I swear I didn't really do such pathetic bachelorette-cooking at that time, but I really needed a break from cooking this week.

Now, on to the next challenge:  "legal" cooking for our Christmas party.  Soup night has been reasonably easy--since the soups are homemade I have control over that, and it's usually pretty easy to pick out the things that people bring that wouldn't be legal, but this will be my first attempt at a full-fledged party without "cheats."  For the birthday soirées, we used up cheats.  But, since all our friends know about our experiment by now, I thought we'd include them in a sort of play-along version.  Without telling them ahead of time, of course......:)