You've Gotta Give it a Go

Dear Readers,

As I touched on in my previous post I am working on becoming a healthier life style. For me this includes, cutting out all of the fast food I've gotten so fond of,

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All soda

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And most of the sweet treats we all love

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I won't lie. This is not easy, I've gotten so used to having a certain amount of junk a day. I'm happy to say, though, that I'm already getting to the point where it's easier to say, "Man, I really want pizza. Or, I could go have some grilled chicken and treat myself with a small piece of dark chocolate." I end up getting a bonus piece of chocolate out of the deal along with less regret.

Lifestyle change also means that I'm drinking about five hundred thousand gallons of water a day (not literally, that would kill you. Seriously, don't try to drink five hundred thousands gallons of water. Ever.). In all honesty, though, by the end of the day I usually end up feeling like a water balloon. Or how I imagine Violet Beauregarde felt.


The way I physically feel, though, is out of control. It was normal for me to get an upset stomach at least once a day due to something I'd eaten (I don't handle grease or dairy well...) but I just wouldn't stop eating that way. 

To help with my healthier lifestyle I've turned to Pinterest (as well as a couple other forum based sites) for my motivation and meal ideas.

Some of these foods sound amazing (who am I kidding, most of them do). My only issue is that a lot of these healthier options I'm unfamiliar with. Like, eggplant.

I know that more than once in my young life my mom had to have made eggplant for us. But when faced with a recipe for eggplant parm I had no idea what that would even taste like. So I decided, Hey, why the heck not? I'm adventurous. I'll give it a go.

So I walked myself down to the store and picked up the things I needed. Now, I've gotten fairly good at picking up produce on my own. Oftentimes I have to use Google to know when something is ripe. But I get by. I didn't google eggplant ripeness criteria.

How the heck do I know if an eggplant is ripe? They all feel the same. Are all of them ripe, or are none of them ripe?

Thanks to this lovely article I now know what to look for. At the time, though, this was completely unknown to me. So I just picked any ol' eggplant.

So, I went back home and cooked up some lovely eggplant parm.

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Presentation aside, I think I made a pretty alright looking eggplant parm. So, I ate it, thinking I knew what to expect from the taste and texture of the vegetable.

Readers, I hate eggplant.

I'm not sad about spending the money on that disgusting vegetable, though. Because I did something I don't normally. I stepped outside of my comfort zone for the purpose of doing something good for myself.

Will I try any more eggplant dishes in the future? Probably not.

Will I continue to try the strange recipes I find on Pinterest? Absolutly.