WARNING! FOOD PORN!

Today I had some friends and cousins over for dinner. I made orange chicken (from scratch) and cauliflower fried rice. I also made sugar cookies and red velvet cookies (using sweeteners) as well as mini cheesecakes (sweeteners again). Everything was a hit! I loved being the hostess with the mostess. I sent them home with goodie bags containing the cookies. And I looked super cute. We took a couple of pictures and i was blown away by how i looked in one of them. wow. amazing.

oh and i confess i ate 1 1/2 red velvet cookies today as well as the frosting from one sugar cookie. but i'm done with baking. i was on some baking kick. but i think i got my fix. i cooked for 3 diff groups in the last 2 weeks. and after working on everything all day since last night I have decided i'm donezo. i'm just gonna kick  back and enjoy the rest of the holidays. i'm on vacay. no more working in the kitchen.

you know what the funny part is? i only ate about 3 pieces of chicken. thats how it is all the time these days. i hardly eat any of my meals, i just can't get much in. but the slice of gouda i had later on tonight was so much more satisfying. i have to tell you i'm so much happier to just come home and have a yummy slice of cheese. its also comforting i guess. since its so gentle and goes down so easy. when i'm starving a slice of cheese will hold me till i can find something more substantial. or if i just want a snack, a slice of gouda is the best. being busy (whether its shopping, cooking, baking, cleaning) the last couple of weeks has really reeked havoc on my routine. when i'm on the road i just can't stop to eat and i can't drink water because i'm afraid to have to pee while i'm on the road. so i'll be happy just to chill out. that way its easier for me to get my protein in. while i have been keeping up with vitamins and water my proteins have been suffering man.

anyway enough about all that. i fixed the picture problem by deleting a bunch of pics so i'll share some with you.

orange chicken

cauliflower fried rice

sugar cookies with almond frosting

red velvet cookies with cream cheese frosting and toasted pecans

mini cheesecake with caramel and toasted pecan topping

mini cheesecake with strawberry topping

this is the picture where i was like wow!!

this is what we like to call our sitcom pose

just me hamming it up for the camera

and just so you can really see the change, here's me in May