New yummy!

Pregnancy and Lent (yes, the Catholic thing) have brought about a new discovery—one of my new favorite foods.

I go to the salad bar in the school cafeteria every day for lunch to get my daily dose of multi-colored veggies since dinners in my household are usually monopolized by meat. But, salads are generally not-so-filling, especially for a preggo belly, so I also usually stock it with a thick layer of lightly breaded chicken. BUT, no-meat-Fridays in Lent forced my hand last week—the only protein option was plain tofu. Well, what the hell, I figured I could cover it with enough ranch dressing to choke it down. (I have never, ever been a fan of tofu, despite how uber-chic I would look enjoying this moist and spongy vegan delicacy. By the way, since I'm already writing in a parenthetical, I hate the word moist. Unless you are describing a cake, moist almost always refers to something you don't want to touch.)

I'll congratulate my hormones for blessing me with my new yummy discovery. I'm now hooked on tofu, which has to be the strangest food craving I've ever heard of. With Cavan I was obsessed with doughnuts—the chocolate-covered, cream-filled kind—which may have been responsible for my 42-pound weight gain. But happily, my crazy fetus has chosen a healthy delight for to satisfy my urgent indulgences. Can anyone out there relate??