I'm Not a Picky Eater, but...

I just haven’t tried a lot of foods. As I’ve discussed before, I’m a vegetarian. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to make many vegetarian dishes.

I think this comes from my upbringing. We Italians are not particularly outgoing in the food department. My mom pretty much stuck to the basics at mealtime. Especially for her vegetarian daughter.

Anyway, so it wasn’t til after college when I was on my own that I started looking into other foods.

It kind of seems like picky eating, but it’s not. I’m actually pretty open to trying vegetarian foods, as long as they’re relatively inexpensive and easy to make. I just often don’t know where to begin.

This weekend though, I had my first acorn squash with Boyfriend.

So, I tried it. It wasn’t bad, but it needed a little something else in it.

Baby steps.

Anyhoo, I thought I should poll you guys: what slightly odd foods should I try next? By slightly odd, I mean not part of the standard American diet (hello, quinoa!).  As long as it’s vegetarian and not incredibly expensive or hard to find, I’m open to it. 

Also, share your picky-eating-but-not-really stories! You know I hate being the only one with the embarrassing confessions.

Onion Goggles

You guys ever have one of those frustrating moments when you think of a GREAT idea and find out it’s already been invented?

This is how it started. I was cutting an onion:

And all of a sudden my eyes starting tearing up.

You know, because I'm a vegetarian.

And then I had a brilliant idea: ONION GOGGLES!

  

Unfortunately, then I told twitter. And they informed me it had already been invented.

I hate being thwarted

I coulda been rich.

So, two questions for you all:

Have you ever thought of something awesome that has already been invented?

Do you have any tricks to onion cutting? I can’t buy these onion goggles out of principle. 

And Then I Ate the World’s Best Burrito.

Alternative Titles for this Post:

Burritos: A life changing experience

So this is Happiness 

An Ode to a Burrito

So Boyfriend and I (read: I) wanted Mexican food last week. We have an On the Border near us, but the service is kind of terrible (and my coworkers were going to eat at the restaurant next to it, so we figured the odds of us running into them were 104%). I googled, and found a hole-in-the-wall place that we could get some takeout from. It was like a tiny pizza parlor – we could have eaten there, but there was no alcohol available, so we picked up burritos and guacamole and brought it to my place.

Naturally, we poured some wine and sat down to eat. First, the chips and guacamole. They were DELICOUS. The chips were pretty greasy, but in a delicious way (okay, in a “my insides would die if I ate these chips often” kind of way. But still delicious).

Then….the BURRITO.  I got a vegetarian one. Firstly, it was HUGE. Like the size of a Chihuahua, approximately.

It might not look like anything fancy from the outside. Do not be deceived.

And it was DELICIOUS. And huge. And delicious. It was like eating heaven, if heaven were in Mexico and meat-free. Boyfriend’s was chicken, and I’m pretty sure he liked his too.

I didn't even remember drawing this one.

He managed to devour his, while I ate about 70% of mine and wrapped the rest up for leftovers. I didn’t want to get to a place where I felt absolutely sick and it turned me off of them – you know, like when you drink way too much coconut rum and vomit and get an aversion to coconut rum even though its delicious and not the rum’s fault?

I know I drew this bad. Also, Boyfriend told me I did. So yeah. They can't all be winners.

Anyhoo, delicious. Boyfriend liked it, but not as much as I did. It was kind of a life changing experience for me. I wanted to have the capacity to finish the burrito at once, but I couldn’t after all that wine and chips and salsa. I went to bed like this:

Guys, I LIKE food, but not usually like this. This was special. I just wanted to spoon Boyfriend and burrito all night long, and feel fulfilled in life.

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[Linking up with yeahwrite! Also, apparently it's the "week of the haiku" which is super ironic because do you all remember when I gave you a sneak peak of this post on Friday? It was, a-hem, a burrito themed haiku. 

Make my mouth water

With all your deliciousness

Sexy burrito.

So I'm psychic or it's fate or something like that. Pretty much, I'm awesomesauce. You're welcome, universe.]

Christmas Whale

Quick question for you guys, before we get to Christmas Whale. Does anyone else experience Cocoonitis? See the following texting:

Me (at 11 am on the weekend): I made a cocoon of warmth and blankets in my bed and now I'm unable to get up. Nooooo

Boyfriend: You redefine sloth.

Me: Hey! This is a real disease. Cocoonitis. I've had since my parents made me sleep in 60 degrees growing up.

Boyfriend: There are less charitable names for it.

I mean, this is a real condition, don't you think? I'm SURE I'm not the only one out there suffering.

 Anyways, let's move on. Time for another Christmas Animal! 

Christmas Whale's Wish: For world peace. Or maybe green peace. I don't know, just SAVE THE WHALES!!

Sally the Whale isn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, but she sure is passionate!